by Spencer Heckathorn | Mar 29, 2026 | Risk, Artificial Intelligence, Shadow AI
Let’s be honest: AI is the shiny new toy that everyone wants to play with. Whether it’s drafting a tricky email to a client, summarizing a long-winded meeting transcript, or generating a quick bit of code, AI tools like ChatGPT are incredibly tempting. They make us...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Feb 23, 2025 | Data Recovery
This is an ongoing project I needed a place to keep notes I can easily access from a bootable Linux live. I will update this with full details once the entire project is completed. Systems: Running older versions of Linux seemed like it would be no issue since this...
by Spencer Heckathorn | May 27, 2023 | General Computing
The original version of this was posted on Hektechnologies in 2017 and was called Take It to the Next Level: Stop Losing to Competitors. I’ve made some changes and updates, moving the post here as this post will be helpful for knowledge workers. In business and...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Mar 16, 2023 | General Computing
If you have government contracts involving Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), you might have to comply with the NIST SP 800-171 guidelines. Managing a business is already a handful, so I read the documentation and created a simplified checklist to help you...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Mar 7, 2023 | General Computing
Working with some troublesome systems can frequently be a cumbersome process. These systems can pose particularly challenging situations when the underlying hardware is much slower than what you use. Other times you may have a cloud provider you would like to move...
