Anthony (05:40)
I mean, you have- and SMB's struggle with this- but, enterprises as well, you know, running SAP, whatever major system they have, you know, CRM tools, right, Gmail, It's called joiners, movers, leavers, right. So, you know, join a new joiner to the organization, mover lateral, or promote it within the organization. Leave remedy, leaving the organizations, a lot of organizations have issues with keeping up with those type of movements, right. I think part of it, what you want to do, is make sure that you understand the JML [joiners movers leavers] process and make sure you can account for who's in your organizations, who's connected, and who's gone, right? Those state changes are important.
James (06:23)
That's good, yeah. We have a- a personal wish too, to not be hacked. So I know that there was the- a giant push for identity theft protection. That was what, four or five years ago, it seems like everybody was buying something they could make sure their identity wouldn't get stolen.
Anthony (06:42)
Yeah.
James (06:43)
I know the credit card companies are doing their end of it, your- your applications you signed into now at MFA, but there's still a concern about our own personal data, and will it ever get hacked or picked up. What measures do you recommend people take and maybe, what's too far?
Anthony (06:57)
I mean, you have some industry regulation, you know some products out there like the neat locks and things of that sort but, well, it was- I'm big on prevention, more than detection, right. I- I think you, you get smart on where your data is located. You get smart on leveraging encryption, you know across any of your sensitive data, especially PHI data or whatever data you may have and you get smart on, you know, one key work. Where I kind of advise SMB's is that, you know, you have accounting software that's probably web-based. Use a dedicated browser, right, you know, for that accounting software. Don't- you know, don't use the general browser, you know, your employees use to access the internet. Use that dedicated browser and it's only to be used for the accounting software. You limit your threat surface, as we call it, and you limit your exposure and your risk, right, because we all know one of the most important, you know, life is first- right you want to protect life but we all know that SMB's is important for the revenue, you know, liquidity to remain- remain intact.
Anthony (8:14)
At the end of the day, we're all here to protect life, you know,
James (08:18)
This is a completely, the most- by far, this is the most important question- are you ready for this one?
Anthony (08:24)
Yeah.
James (08:24)
We're going to finish on this. You can only go to one barbecue joint the rest of your life. Which barbecue joint you're going to?
Anthony (08:31)
Yeah, that's- that's a- that's a tough one for me. I- I actually, you know, if I had rest of my life?
James (08:39)
All the other ones closed down. There's only one left.
Anthony (08:41)
Just cook at home. Do I got the smoker at home? You know?
James (08:46)
I find- you know, I find your ability to analyze the risk and recognize that you're going to isolate somebody's business by saying- saying a name and therefore taking the easy way out to home,
Anthony (08:56)
Yeah, yeah
James (08:57)
It's uncanny, you're good at that.
Anthony (9:00)
I- I could but I think that the key is the smoke and the flavor that you're looking for, you get the- you know, what you- what you like or what you know just like SMB's they kind of know what they're looking for, right, in products and services, right. You kind of know what you're looking for at home and then you can cook the best barbecue you possibly can.
James (09:17)
So you build yours at home as opposed to outsourcing? You see what I did there? I would outsource mine.
Anthony (09:22)
You would?
James (09:23)
Yeah, because- well I- I'd like to go to my kids sporting events and games in the morning and not worry about that barbecue pit while I'm gone-
Anthony (09:29)
Okay.
James (09:30)
-and then if I come back and turn it on, I don't want to take a shower right after because I'm all smoky. I like to go to Pinkerton's and have a- a- a dollar beer on a Thursday and some brisket, or over the Truth barbecue and enjoy some, some tater tot casserole, yeah.
Anthony (09:44)
Yeah I mean part of it too is- you know, when you think about it, you're smoking the brisket at home but you still have to go buy the brisket at the store, right.
James (09:54)
I don't want to make two trips.
Anthony (09:54)
You know so, yeah, I mean if you haven't on the farm and then you get- you could handle that. Most folks don't have that type of acreage, right? So the idea is that, you know, whether you kick it at home- where you procure it from, you still have to procure that beef. You have to procure that brisket, right and so that's the most important thing to remember, you know. You can cook it at home how you like it but you still have to procure it.
James (10:20)
So the next thing I want to cook is a Creekstone brisket at my house. What's the-
Anthony (10:25)
Creekstone?
James (10:26)
Yeah, that's one of the places that some of these joints like Pinkerton's, like Goldie's up in Fort Worth, they're buying stuff from Creekstone.
Anthony (10:32)
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
James (10:33)
Where- where would you- what would- where would you procure- what would you make next that you haven't done yet?
Anthony (10:38)
Ah man, I- I've been watching-
James (10:41)
the whole hog?
Anthony (10:42)
Oh man I- I whole hog that's- that's- I'm- I'm an I.T. guy, so you know security- so whole hog, I will be totally lost.
James (10:49)
Security
Anthony (10:50)
I could secure it, right, maybe we'll have some- some IOT devices connected to measure the temperature, right, and they need to secure that- we need to secure that connection right, but that's when I work with the professionals, you know, that- that- you know, this is what they do, right, so.
James (11:08)
So what would- what do you think you'd do next? If you could go store now and pick something up that you're looking forward to cooking, what would you want to do?
Anthony (11:14)
I don't know man. My wife has been talking about, you know, cooking some- some- you know, like, got Franklin they- they- picked the- what do you call it? The hall? I'm not a- not a smoker but, you know, you- you smoke out the- not the whole hog but, it's the- it's the pork butt?
James (11:35)
Yeah, the front shoulder.
Anthony (11:36)
Yeah, yeah. Okay, okay-
James (11:37)
Isn't that funny that they call the front shoulder the pork butt and the back shoulder, the back hip? It's a ham.
Anthony (11:42)
Yeah, that's weird.
James (11:43)
Yeah.
Anthony (11:44)
I mean, good. Thanks for the clarity. I- I- I don't know where the meat came from but, now I know.