This episode is perfect for you if you are interested in how to run a meeting, how to lead a meeting and how to keep a meeting moving and focused when “side track chats” and discussions happen.

Patrick Houlahan of Strategic Leadership Consultants is a real life Top Gun! He’s a graduate of the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program. For over 20 years he flew high performing fighter aircrafts in the Marines.

00:00 - 03:15 Barb's Intro

03:16 - 6:13 Meet Patrick Houlahan

06:14 - 05:48 About Strategic Leadership Consultants

05:49 - 07:56 How do you know when you need to have a meeting?

07:57 - 09:44 How do you start a meeting?

09:45 - 11:49 How do you keep everyone on point?

11:50 - 18:44 What is the biggest trend that you have seen recently in leadership?

18:45 - 21:30 How do you end a meeting?

21:31 - 24:20 What is the most important thing you have ever learned?

24:21 - 26:20 Barb's Extro

Cyber criminals are exploiting COVID 19 in an attempt to hack us for their own gain and it is up to us to protect ourselves from cyber scams and hackers. Every new device or online service that improves our life also opens doors for attackers to discover our passwords, banking accounts, personal photos and any other personal information.

This episode is perfect for you if you are wondering what you can do right now to protect yourself while working from home on a personal and professional level, on a personal level, and away from the office.

Digital security is one of the most important and least understood aspects of our daily lives. But it doesn’t have to be that way. So with me here today is James Hatzell of Skout Cybersecurity, to help us rest more easily knowing that we’re protected, our families are protected, our businesses are protect from digital attacks. Prior to Skout Cyber Security James served as the CTO for a healthcare start-up and holds degrees in both Information Sciences and Cybersecurity from Penn State University.

00:00 - 01:30 Barb's Intro

01:30 - 1:50 Meet James Hatzell

01:51 - 03:19 About Skout Cyber Security

03:20 - 14:28 What are some steps people can take to protect their business?

14:29 - 17:20 How has Skout pivoted during COVID?

17:21 - 19:55 What is the biggest trend that James Hatzell has seen recently in cybersecurity?

19:56 - 20:49 What is the most important thing James Hatzell has ever learned?

Today’s workers use multiple devices while working, so your business is presented with unique security challenges that traditional firewalls can't adequately solve. Greg Gage, CEO and Founder of Zorus, speaks with Barb Paluszkiewicz of CDN Technologies about how to protect your employees and business whether they are in the building or not.  Remember it only takes a click to fall victim, to a phishing email, ransomware, or malware. Every day companies are making headlines about being victims of a cyber crime, or a security breach, and when your customers data gets stolen, your employees information gets released – they get mad and are not happy campers.

This episode is perfect for you if you are wondering what your employees do between logging into their systems at the start of their work day and logging out at the end of the day. It doesn’t matter if they’re working from home or if they are on premise. Wherever they are,it's important to monitor, filter and secure web traffic because a good portion of what we do all day is internet based and hackers don’t hack systems, they hack people!

00:00 - 02:50Barb's Intro02:51 - 3:54 The problem Zorus solves03:55 - 07:24 DNS filter vs. Proxy filter07:25 - 08:00 How Achron works with other antivirus products08:01 - 08:49 If you have Achron does that mean you don’t need a firewall?08:50 - 09:52 What stops a user or hacker from bypassing achron and going to the internet direct? 09:53 - 13:35 - How does a customer know that their employee is being productive?13:36 - 14:08 What’s next for Zorus? 14:09 - 15:54 The Zorus origin story15:55 - 17:22 Lessons learned along the way17:23 - 18:56 Barb’s extro

What should companies be thinking about as we move to the “new normal”? Michelle Brooks Of Security Compass talks with Barb Paluszkiewicz of CDN Technologies about what companies are  doing now for employees to support changes in work in response to COVID-19.

Overnight  businesses were forced to embrace or speed up their digital transformation. This meant new tools, new norms, and new behaviours that needed to be addressed. It is hard for an employer to ensure the health and safety of their employees when the employer no longer has control over the physical workspace. 

Because people are scared and confused right now, it’s the perfect time for hackers to send e-mails with dangerous malware and viruses. At this moment, your in-box is probably filled with “COVID-19” subject lines and coronavirus-focused e-mails. Ensure your work-from-home computers are secure. Listen to Danny Jenkins and Barb Paluszkiewicz talk about keeping your financial and customer information safe as employees working from home access your company data.

Barb Talks With Travis Lee, Owner and Co-Founder of 3D Mail Results about how to connect and communicate with customers past, present and future during these interesting times.

Nick Espinosa of Security Fanatics talks with Barb Paluszkiewicz of CDN Technologies about keeping your kids and your data safe when using apps like TikTok. 

Privacy and Security usually go hand in hand. Is your personal or professional privacy compromised when you use a video door bell? Listen to Nick Espinosa of Security Fanatics talk with Barb Paluszkiewicz about the trust relationship that you enter into when you subscribe to a service. How is your information safeguarded? How do you know if you are being data mined?

John Lawson is a 3-time Amazon #1 best-selling author, entrepreneur and international speaker. John talks with Barb Paluszkiewicz  about how to use social media in your business, and how you should use Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter to generate revenue, no matter what your business. 

Hackers are just looking for easy targets and sadly a lot of small businesses fit the bill.  Listen to Barb Paluszkiewicz share insider technology tips to make your business run faster, easier and more profitably.