Security and IT Events in August 2021 What’s occurring in cybersecurity? This article will break down major happenings which will potentially shape strategy and policy in the years to come. NIST’s Updates to Cybersecurity Policy and Practices The NIST, or National Institute of Standards and Technology, has renewed...
Remaining productive, healthy, and on-point in a remote driven world Confronted with independent, hands-off work and production environments (mostly), staying on task can prove more challenging than we’d like. And I don’t say this to imply laziness. Distractions just happen. In a home environment, even more...
Maintaining positive mental health and being in a remote-driven world The COVID-19 pandemic forced a lot of people into isolated, remote environments. Even ignoring work demands, staying indoors was necessary to help curb the spread of Coronavirus. But, hey, here we are again. At the time of...
Hey, ransomware, that’s fun, right? Plaguing businesses for years, you’ve seen it explode in any IT or cybersecurity-related news over the course of 2020 with the rise of remote working. A nasty piece of malware, it’s caused billions and damages while ransomware gangs have only...
Healthy practices for remote work solutions The shifts and trends shaping remote work operations today will determine good and bad remote work culture. That is to say, one direction takes advantage of mobile work and reinforces it with nuance and productivity. The other path creates an...
What will change in the wake of another critical infrastructure attack Not too long ago I dove into the big cyberattacks like SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline to emphasize the reality of infrastructure attacks. Topping it off like an unholy trifecta was the JBS cyberattack, a strike...
Escalating cyber threats could involve sabotage and threaten civil safety I’m going to briefly yank you back in time for a fast history. The new millennium was fast approaching, the big 2000, and at the time there was a big stink about total technological oblivion. It...
Beginner strategies for new freelancers and remote working As a remote worker, you might discover there’s a whole other side to the world of online work: freelancing. Freelancing is a big part of every industry. In fact, the need for remote workers and freelancers exploded after...
How our mindsets are shifting post-pandemic An opinion piece by Douglas James When I started my journey as a freelancer way back in 2013, it was from both necessity and frustration. Personal health reasons meant traditional work environments wouldn’t work for me. At the same time, I...
Freelancing, remote work, and experience I don’t often get a chance to directly address the readers. I’m Douglas James, and I’ve been authoring content on Bytagig now for quite some time, going on 2, nearly 3 years. It seems like only yesterday I was fiddling with...
