Following last summer's hurricanes and looking ahead to the snowy season, Kelser COO & CTO Jonathan Stone teamed up with Larry Selnick, SVP, Director, Treasury & Payment Solutions Sales at Webster Bank for an article on CFO.com about business continuity and disaster recovery. The article looks at how businesses can prepare for major weather events and other disasters from both a technology and banking standpoint.

It seems like you can’t open a web browser, scroll through your LinkedIn timeline, or turn on the TV today without hearing about the latest data breach or threat to your cybersecurity. With high-profile breaches like Equifax and global ransomware outbreaks like Bad Rabbit, we’re in a very different world than just a few years ago. Perhaps you find that cyber threats and cybersecurity in general is annoying, overwhelming, or even frustrating but it’s imperative that cybersecurity protection become part of your business strategy. It doesn’t have to be as complicated or costly as you might think.

Given the current cyber threat landscape, we think it’s a good time to talk about what to actually do about cybersecurity. After all, though you likely hear about a new data breach or critical vulnerability every other week, awareness without action isn’t much use! Before we dive in, however, let’s talk about some thought patterns we often see that prevent companies from taking effective action on cybersecurity.

Last week the third major ransomware outbreak in 2017 was spreading through Eastern Europe and even starting to creep further across the globe. So far striking Russia and Ukraine the most, Bad Rabbit has disrupted industries ranging from media outlets to banks. Some reports even have the attack showing up right here in the U.S. Similar to the Petya/NotPetya ransomware outbreak earlier this year (so similar in fact that Bad Rabbit reportedly shares 2/3 of its code with variants of Petya), this ransomware encrypts a system, requests a ransom (the current rate is about $285 in bitcoin) to decrypt the victim’s files, and then attempts to spread itself across the network. With ransomware and cyberattacks commonplace in today’s world, what takeaways can come out of the Bad Rabbit outbreak to help prevent these types of attacks from derailing your organization?

The New Britain Herald sent a reporter to the 21st Kelser Charity Challenge. The golf tournament at Indian Hill Country Club raised an estimated $16,000 for the Hospital for Special Care's forthcoming Center for Memory Disorders. The article, which also ran in the Newington Town Crier, included photos and descriptions of the gorgeous fall day of golf and highlighted the personal connection to the cause for many of Kelser's leaders and employees.

IndustryWeek, one of the largest trade publications in the country serving the manufacturing sector, published a detailed article about the new NIST 800-171 cybersecurity guidelines, the bulk of which is an extensive Q&A with Kelser VP of Professional Services Matt Kozloski.

NEWINGTON, CT - Thanks to beautiful October weather, a sold-out field, generous golfers, charitable sponsors, and fantastic volunteers, we had another amazing event for golf and fundraising.

Bloomfield, CT – Kelser and Datto asked their guests a simple question, “have you ever poured beer on your computer and what would happen if you did?”