As our business and personal lives cause us to do more online, the number of passwords we must use and remember on a regular basis increases. We all know we should be keeping our passwords unique, private, and secure, but it can be a chore to remember them all. Instead of writing your password on a Post-It and sticking it to the bottom of your keyboard or hiding that piece of paper in your desk, let’s talk about some easy and secure options. The three most common ways passwords are compromised are brute force, social engineering, or phishing. Brute Force is the process of testing all possible iterations of a password (ie. aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaab, aaaaaaac, etc.). Therefore, the longer the passwor

Salesforce Overall Lightning Experience Gets a New Look and Feel Based on your feedback, we improved information density, legibility, contrast, and even added a splash of color. That means less time scrolling and scanning and more time focused on what matters most. This change applies to Lightning Experience only. Here’s a closer look at what’s changed. More information density and less white space, so you can see more of what you need without scrolling. Improved legibility (using font size and color) to draw attention to what’s most important. Better contrast between foreground and background, making it easier to scan and scroll while staying focused on what you need. We even added color an

Two-factor authentication (TFA) may seem complex, but it’s actually a simple way to make your accounts secure from all but the most persistent attackers. TFA is just what it sounds like: instead of just a password paired with your username, you must provide a second component obtained by immediate physical access. The key to TFA is that it requires something you know (your password), and something you have (token, fingerprint, etc.). This ensures that even if your password gets compromised, an attacker doesn’t have the second necessary item to gain access. TFA comes in a few common forms including: a USB thumb-drive or cellphone app that uses an algorithm to generate a one-time passcode whic

GoldMine Premium GoldMine Link for Microsoft Outlook A new Outlook add-in for linking email messages to GoldMine contacts. Link Email/ Unlink Email The “Link Email” button in the toolbar enables the user to link email messages, search a contact, or create a contact. When an email message is linked, it will be filed to the contact’s History tab The “Unlink Email” toolbar button enables the user to unlink email messages. View Contact in GoldMine The “View in GoldMine” button in the toolbar enables viewing the contact in GoldMine. Synchronization Select the “Start/Stop Sync” button in the toolbar to start or stop Outlook synchronization with GoldMine. Address Book The GoldMine address book is a

Summer’s scorching weather is over, the kids are back to school, things are settling into a routine, and you can catch your breath from the whirlwind of activity. It’s a nice lull, but year-end isn’t as far away as it seems. Now is a perfect time to make sure your routine bookkeeping is up-to-date, OR start making arrangements to bring it current. Toward the end of the year, it’s easier to make strategic and tax-related decisions if your income and expense records are in order. You’ll be giving yourself the best opportunity to make skillful decisions about whether to make a last minute capital acquisition, or defer some expenditures to the new year (or to get good professional advice as to t