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September 22, 2017 Sharif Jameel

Privilege Creep: Prevention & Correction

By sheer definition, privilege creep is the gradual accumulation of access rights beyond what an individual needs to do their job[1]. When someone needs rights to a specific resource, and

What if I told you just because I can use a computer doesn't mean I understand everything about every piece of tech in the house

September 16, 2017 Sharif Jameel

Lighter Side – The Computer Guy’s Bane

It’s the nightmare of techs everywhere. So many times. Random Person: So What do you do for a living? Computer Tech: I work on computers & servers. Random Person: Oh

September 13, 2017 Sharif Jameel

Discord App Review: Not Just for Gamers

It’s been a while since I’ve done an app review. Most apps don’t impress me very much. Although it was designed with multiplayer gamers in mind, Discord works equally well

September 8, 2017 Sharif Jameel

Equifax Data Breach – Free Protection: Huge Price

By now everyone has heard about the massive Equifax data breach. Not only were 143 million people (half the US adult population) affected, but the credit giant knew about the

August 24, 2017 Sharif Jameel

How to Create an NFS Share in Linux Mint

Summary: How to create an NFS share on Linux Mint that can be accessed from any system that supports NFS connections such as Windows, OSX, & VMware. Windows File Sharing

August 20, 2017 Henry Foster

The Two Pillars of Content Marketing Success

Here’s a problem that happens just a bit too often: A small business owner is told over and over again that they need a website. And they do. It’s not

August 18, 2017 Sharif Jameel

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins You Can’t Live Without

WordPress is the #1 content management system (CMS) on the Internet. It powers a full 25% of all the world’s websites. When you consider the number of ways a website

August 15, 2017 Sharif Jameel

WordPress: ColorMag Child Theme Download

The Push to Pay for ColorMag Some developers really go out of their way to get people to purchase their WordPress themes. I recently had a client who was running

August 3, 2017 Sharif Jameel

Prankster Tricks White House Officials via Email Phishing

Americans in the land’s highest office apparently have the tech skills of our grandparents. When White House staffers received emails from coworkers that came from mail.com and outlook.com domain addresses,

July 13, 2017 Sharif Jameel

Dealing With Clients Who Don’t Get Cyber Security

This post is also available without ads as an eBook at the CGS Computers Cyber Store Cyber Security is one of the most important issues for any company that has