This week we welcome a guest host to the podcast, Erick Jensen, Information Systems Security Manager at IV Desk, an applications hosting provider here in Minneapolis.  Our hosts were eager to cover the Panama Papers this week and Erick has the security chops to help us dive in to the tech surrounding it as well as the potential security lapses which may have contributed to the leak.  Erick also provided a great counterweight to our team of IT hardware techs, providing the cloud-based vantage point on the discussion of Physical vs Virtual & Cloud servers.

We close up by discussing a few light topics such as the worst IT buzzwords, what it’s like to be the first people in the office and some keyboard/mice options for users.

Topics / Links:

Any Benefit to Physical Servers Anymore?
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1542924-any-benefit-to-physical-servers-anymore

The Panama Papers (and the tech behind it):
https://www.reddit.com/r/PanamaPapers/
https://source.opennews.org/en-US/articles/people-and-tech-behind-panama-papers/
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/reporters-pulled-off-panama-papers-biggest-leak-whistleblower-history/
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-04/04/panama-papers-data-leak-how-analysed-amount
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/11/hackers_pwn_mossack_fonseca/
http://fortune.com/2016/04/09/bad-security-panama-papers/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3537371/Swiss-banking-whistleblower-claims-CIA-Panama-Papers-leak-named-enemies-United-States.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/panama-papers-firm-office-raided-by-prosecutors-1460520089

What do you do when you’re the first person in the office?
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1548120-what-do-you-do-if-you-are-the-first-one-at-the-office-in-the-morning

What’s the worst IT Vendor word?
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1554831-what-s-the-worst-it-vendor-word

What Mouse & Keyboard do you stock for users?
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1548551-what-mouse-and-keyboard-do-you-stock-for-your-users

Thanks to our studio sponsor, Vibrant Technologies, reseller of used servers, storage and networking equipment.