E Security

RMail’s AI enhancements are more in line with PRE-crime detection vs. e-security risk mitigation. As sophisticated cybercriminal lures become ever more ubiquitous, and the consequence of a hook-and-steal situation more costly and disruptive (think mis-wiring funds and ransomware), we at Tech Essentials are spotting a new trend very much rooted in science fiction.

Is Technology Fashionable? What’s Trendy… Can Summer Fashion Meet Technology? In fashion, about this time of summer, all those light breezy summer clothes start to appear on sale. It’s like clockwork. Mid-summer sales.

What the Heck is “Integrated Cloud E-Security”? Email is obviously not a new technology, and several companies over the last decade have been trying to replace it via direct messaging either through project management software (e.g., Slack) or dedicated apps (e.g., WhatsApp). Perhaps it’s all the email spamming and abuse or perhaps it’s the associations with […]

RMail’s RSecurity E-Security Suite Stops Whaling, BEC Attacks Before They Happen Seeing as it’s Friday, I thought I’d ask which of the following “facts” are actually common misconceptions: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was composed by Mozart. Vikings wore horns on their helmets. Canada is north of the United States. A toilet’s flush will change direction […]

“Hot Plasma” is the Latest in E-Security Before I begin telling you about the most sophisticated new cyberthreat your organization will face in 2022 — which by the way has a very dull name — I thought I’d at least try and open with something that is more uplifting: Hot Plasma to Re-Invent E-Security (Environmental […]

Looking Back at Our Most Popular Articles of 2021 With 2021 now fully behind us, I thought I’d take you through some of the most popular and shared content Tech Essentials produced. It was obviously a busy year for us and the world at large. The year began with a surge in COVID cases and […]

Our Favorite Tech Trickery from 2021 On this last business day of 2021, you’ve by now probably had your fill of ‘best of’ lists, but please consider our own list of ‘favorite’ tech scams we’ve encountered in the past year. The sad truth is that human beings have tried to trick one another into doing […]

The Art of Choosing an eSignature Provider We continue to get positive responses from our latest “news you can use” insights (we’ll leave out the legalese this time). For this week, we’ve compiled — from speaking to many eSign users — some very exciting and useful tips on how to choose an eSign service provider. […]

We Predicted the Death of Ransomware in 2017. Oh, Time Machines. We first wrote about Ransomware attacks in Tech Essentials in 2017 – back when a Bitcoin was valued at $1800 (oh, the good old days). The crux of the article was that many victims were paying their ransom to the cyber perpetrators, but they […]

Independence from Big Brother, Big Tech and Big Putin This time of year, Americans are obviously thinking about independence. And this year, independence will take on even greater importance because the lockdowns are over, and we are free again to travel to see our friends and family for the holiday.