Category Archives: Business Management

GoGreenET.com Reboot

Back in 2008, I founded GoGreenET to help East Tennessee businesses approach sustainability in practical, business‑driven ways. At the time, there was no local, business‑focused resource that connected environmental responsibility with what leaders actually cared about, costs, efficiency, and long‑term viability. GoGreenET grew into a community platform supported by business leaders, media partners, and academic […]
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A 56k Modem in a Closet — and a Leadership Lesson in Cyber Risk

During a recent clean out ahead of a remodeling project, our IT team opened a long ignored storage closet. Inside was a 56k dial up USB modem, carefully tucked away years ago. At first, it was a curiosity. A relic from another era. But the more I thought about it, the more that modem felt […]
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Threat Actors – Their Loyalties and Attack Mechanisms

I am attending the MTA meeting to exchange best practices with other MSPs, and the presenter put this slide up on the screen. The slide contains a list of Threat Actors and who they currently support in the Ukraine – Russia conflict and the kind of attacks they are undertaking. Very interesting!
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Centriworks Earns CompTIA Security Trustmark+™

Centriworks, East Tennessee’s oldest and largest business technology company, announced today it has received the CompTIA Security Trustmark+ from CompTIA, the non-profit association for the world’s information technology (IT) industry. The CompTIA Security Trustmark+ validates that Centriworks uses the security processes identified by the IT industry as generally accepted best practices and has been evaluated […]
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