Telecom Solutions - How Secure Are We?

Once upon a time, when security was brought up it was in the context of physical security – our homes, ourselves, our business assets.  As we know, today the meaning of security has dramatically changed.

Without even knowing it, we, as individuals contribute confidential information to unintended people and databases through the internet.  Something as benign as ordering a book on Amazon, checking the results of a medical test or updating  our Facebook page unleashes an amazing amount of personal information about ourselves.  When this information falls into the wrong hands the effects can be devastating.  Recent events have been reported in various media regarding data breaches at Home Depot, Target, Citibank and several others.  Once investigated, the methods used are amazing.  Disgruntled employees deliberately collecting sensitive information and selling, others who unknowingly sabotage their employers by accepting a USB drive corrupted by virus, a  repair company whose computer had been hacked into through an email account and infected – the stories continue…..

All major communications companies and utilities have regular visits from the Department of Homeland Security to review the attempted breaches into their networks as identified by the FBI and other intelligence agencies.  Any successful cyber-attack to these entities infrastructure could have devastating effects on our nation.

So, how do we stay secure?  As an individual, we are regularly told to change our passwords or make them more difficult – how often do you do this?  As an employer/employee, we should be aware of simple things like anyone giving us a USB drive as a gift, someone we don’t recognize coming in behind us into a secure area, not leaving sensitive open on our desks or computers and, of course, changing our passwords often. 

Data breaches will always be with us – it’s how we as individuals and companies plan, prepare and react to them that matter. 

-Suzanne Beck
VP Business Development
Telecom Solutions - Telamon Corporation  

Energy Solutions - Big Project Updates

In this month’s message, we are pleased to announce two new clients to the Telamon Energy Solutions group. Closure Systems International (CSI) selected Telamon to do a lighting project for their warehouse facility in Crawfordsville Indiana.  CSI was converting an old warehouse into a production space and needed to improve the lighting in the facility. The Telamon team of Mark Brown and Mike Morley reduced their energy consumption by more than 50% by replacing 56 450Watt Metal Halide bulbs with 63 180Watt LED fixtures. All this had to happen within a 30-day window to get the production area up and running on time. Telamon Energy is also investigating other CSI facilities to assist them in further energy reduction. 

CSI Lighting Project.

The Telamon Energy Solutions group was also selected by the Clay Township Trustee’s office to do an energy audit and energy reduction of their office building and fire station.  By replacing over 300 65Watt floods with 14.5Watt LED bulbs they were able to reduce energy consumption by over 75%.  Additionally, Clay Township was able to reduce the high bay 32Watt light fixtures with 22Watt LED bulbs. This action reduced energy consumption by 30% but reduced maintenance to replace the bulbs every 8 years as compared to annually, therefore increasing their return in investment even further.  Mike Morley served as the designer and project manager.

The Energy Solutions team is excited to announce these two great new clients. 

-Bruce Breeden
Director of Business Development
Energy Solutions - Telamon Corporation