27 August 2010

Third Quarter Here we go!

A season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather, ecology, and hours of daylight.  Seasons result from the yearly revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth’s axis relative to the plane of revolution. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth’s surface, variations of which may cause animals to go into hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant.

Alas the fall is finally here and I for one am very happy since it is my favorite time of the year. While it has been a bit challenging this summer ( Security wise ) things seemed to have calmed down over here at Nexonta Technologies Inc. I also felt it necessary to add a little tidbit about Internet Security. It is important that when you have an in house team or contract a third party to design or build any type of hosted application or client administration panel that once the job is completed make sure that all of your files are backed up and transferred onto your secure name server. (just because the file has your company name in it doesn’t mean that it is being hosted on your name server. Found that out) For the past 8 weeks we have had a breach in our admin panel security and while I was assured by my host company that my control panel and FTP login accounts were secure I kept having someone access my admin panel and client files costing our company allot in bottom line dollars. Finally we did some investigating and found out that the whole admin panel was sitting on the server of the programmer who built it for us and he was just helping himself to our company information.

A lesson learned. In most cases people don’t do this kind of thing however when you come across someone who lacks moral fiber then you better pay special attention to potential security breaches like this one. It was an expensive lesson and I do mean expensive however a good lesson to learn. I would also advise you to always have a back up of files for your applications as if you do encounter a situation with someone who is up to no good then you can protect your business from this type of tampering and theft.

On a lighter note the fall season is upon us and it is going to be a busy time as our business has already started becoming quite crazy( in a good way ) the last week of August is usually that week that we get our proverbial houses in order as kids go back to school and the movers and the shakers return from their yachts and the Hampton’s to start creating power deals to get the economy moving so that they may spend large at Christmas time. In many ways the fall is like the rebirth of business after a coma toast summer it is get up and get at it! For right now there is just Labor day weekend and then back to the hustle and bustle of the exciting third quarter. I love the fall it is like a crisp clean woodsy new page in the business cycle and a time for new beginnings. Have a fun and safe Labor Day weekend everyone and see you when you get back!

Nexonta Technologies Inc