SR2 News
Latest News about SR2 and the Cyber Security Industry
SR2 Transfer Service Launched to Make Teleworking Easier
We are very excited to announce the launch of our new SR2 Transfer Service! Everyone is stuck working from home. This means we're away from our coworkers and away from our clients. But we still have to be able to move files around, quickly and securely. Before...
Business Continuity During Stay At Home Orders
So as many in Southeast Texas have learned by the time of this writing, both the City of Beaumont and the various Southeast Texas counties have declared a "Stay At Home Order". Different jurisdictions appear to be putting these orders in place at different times. If...
Hackers Haven’t Closed Their Doors for COVID19, So Neither Will SR2 Solutions
While the current COVID19 situation has caused the shut down of a lot of businesses' normal operations, SR2 Solutions continues to operate while maintaining maximum safety for our team and our clients. The way we see it, the hackers haven't closed their doors so...
Work From Home To Help With COVID19, But With Cyber Security In Mind
By now pretty much everyone has heard the terms “social distancing” (keeping 6-10 feet away from each other in public) and “self quarantining” (locking down in your home when you’re symptomatic) to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus and “flatten the curve” (to...
Fake Online Coronavirus Map Delivers Well-known Malware
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has put out an advisory about a malicious website pretending to be a live map of the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. By taking advantage of the high profile events surrounding COVID-19, the website...
“Sign In With Apple” Announced, Why SR2 Is In Favor of This
Yesterday at Apple’s annual Developer Conference, a new feature, called Sign In With Apple, was announced for the upcoming iOS 13 to be launched to the general public this coming Fall 2019. We’ve had a number of questions from people asking what our cyber security opinion is about this feature. Bottom line, we are very much in favor of the use of this new feature wherever possible and highly recommend its use over other single sign-on services provided by companies like Google and Facebook.
SR2 Secure Cloud Now Available to Everyone
We are very excited to announce that we are making available the SR2 Secure Cloud Service for Individuals available to the general public today! All new users will receive 1 Gigabyte of storage for free with options to upgrade to larger plans. So what makes this cloud storage service unique from other services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive? It’s simple. We put your security and privacy first.
Lamar University Opens Science & Technology Building
An exciting afternoon as Lamar University opened the Science & Technology Building! The first academic building built on campus in almost five decades! Many of the STEM departments will be playing a role in this building including the Computer Science department’s new Cyber Security program. While it is a Science & Technology focused facility, they also included several pieces of artwork throughout the building to emphasize the role that the humanities have always played in the world of science and technology. Congratulations to the people of Lamar University on the opening of this great new building!
A Week of Security Developments
It’s been an interesting week for security for SR2 Solutions this week, so I decided to do just a full blog post.
SR2 Solutions Launches Secure Cloud Storage Service
SR2 Solutions is proud to announce the launch of our own Secure Cloud Storage Service! Cloud storage services are great tools for businesses to be able to share files within their teams and with their clients. They have become essential collaboration tools for organizations of all types. But the well known brands like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Box have been the target of successful cyber attacks that have exposed the confidential files of businesses both large and small costing these businesses millions of dollars in some cases.