by Nikole Garcia | May 17, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
This post is half a rant and half a lesson for all to learn — and 100% an exercise in bravery for saying it all. I’ll start out with the rant because I just have to get this off my chest before anyone gets hurt, and then we’ll talk about how you can...
by Nikole Garcia | Apr 18, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
1. You can’t afford a data breach. I was actually one of the people that was involved in the Target Black Friday data breach — in fact, I shopped there twice during the time period, and used two different cards in those trips, so you can imagine my card...
by Nikole Garcia | Apr 3, 2014 | Web Tech |
A friend of mine went to his website to log in the other day, and all he saw was this: Without so much as an e-mail, his "lifetime plan" at his web hosting company went down in flames, with only the hint that they might be able to find his data if he...
by Nikole Garcia | Jan 19, 2014 | Web Tech |
I have often been asked why hosting matters for a web site. To many people, any cheap shared hosting will do. But is that the truth? Does it really not matter where you host your website? I think your choice of webhost is important — and by the end of this post,...
by Nikole Garcia | Oct 16, 2013 | Web Tech |
There has been a lot of talk this week of acquisitions of certain hosting companies by larger companies. Whether or not your company has been sold, it is a possibility for everyone. This is what I suggest to prepare yourself: 1. Keep your site backed up Use a plugin...