Thank you to Lakeside Mall Management for hosting our Breakfast & Business networking event on March 1. Eighty plus attendees came and made some great connections!  Save the date for our nest B & B scheduled for June 7 at Holiday Inn Express, Sterling Heights.

This week's hot deal is a BOGO for the March 29 Sales and Marketing Conference at Wyndham Garden in Sterling Heights. But act fast! This deal ends at 11:59 pm tonight, March 13, and is only good for the first five takers. To claim your hot deal, register here and use promo code CONNECTION29.

If you're an older (I preferred experienced) technician like myself, you'll remember the days of John Wayne saying, "Circle up the wagons boys, it's going to be a long night." Well, the same can be said today regarding how we defend ourselves from attacks while navigating the perils of the Cyber frontier. In the old westerns, circling the wagons was a way of setting a defense barrier when a wagon train stopped for the evening. The circle was to prevent many intruders from rushing the camp overnight. It had its faults but served a purpose and saved lives. In the world of technology, firewalls, antivirus, security parameters, etc. take the place of wagons in this analogy. The difference nowadays is the varying layers of defense/circles that can be put in place against the dangers of the new frontier. The only real question is how many circles do you need to keep your wagon train protected? In today's world, a minimum of at least four should be in place.