If Only We Could Rewind Time

Insight from Todd Creek

Years ago, I had a 1980-something Ford Probe that I literally drove into the ground. The car had a few problems, but it was paid off, so I continued to ignore them. I always had a better way to spend my money than on upgrades and maintenance.

One night, I was driving with my girlfriend (now my wife) when a loud BANG let out and the car died. Then my only choice was an expensive tow bill and buy a new car. If I had only kept my wheels up to date and maintained. An extremely hard lesson that I had to learn at a young age.

A few weeks ago, cyber-thieves launched an attack on unpatched legacy Microsoft Exchange servers and brought a nightmarish week across our industry. Even worse, if the servers were patched after the attack, they are still vulnerable unless a complete cleanup is done to remove the compromise. So many companies, even though now patched, may still be compromised and losing critical business data.

Since my earlier car experience, I’ve learned my lesson to pay attention to the signs when technology needs to be upgraded. It was a lesson that has even saved our clients! Dura-Tech and EVERY ONE of our clients had earlier made the investment to move away from the legacy Exchange Servers to Microsoft Office 365 and cloud, so not one of our MSP clients were affected by the recent breach.

Ignoring the warning signs – NO WAY! I learned that painful lesson in my teens! 

Respectfully,
Todd Creek