Adaptive Information Systems
Overview
Adaptive’s mission is to provide technology advice and assistance to increase the profitability and efficiency of our clients’ business.
The strategic selection, implementation and support of technology is essential for a firm to compete and prosper in the future.
To that end, we listen to the opportunities and challenges of our clients and then design and implement robust and creative technology solutions.
We pride ourselves in our ability to serve as guides through the technology maze of the present and future.
When Staff Tap Approve Without Reading: How MFA Gets Beaten
Direct Answer: An attacker who already has a password spams repeated login approval prompts until a tired employee taps approve. The password still worked. The second factor got answered by the wrong person. Your insurance renewal asked whether you had multifactor authentication turned on. You said yes, because you do. That was the right answer
Direct Answer: An attacker who already has a password spams repeated login approval prompts until a tired employee taps approve. The password still worked. The second factor got answered by the wrong person. Your insurance renewal asked whether you had multifactor authentication turned on. You said yes, because you do. That was the right answer
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SQL Server 2016 Lost Support in July. What That Adds to a Server Upgrade
Direct Answer: SQL Server 2016 reached end of extended support on July 14, 2026. It still runs, but it gets no security patches, and it will not run on Windows Server 2022 or 2025. A quote for a new server lands on your desk and the number is bigger than you expected. You asked for
Direct Answer: SQL Server 2016 reached end of extended support on July 14, 2026. It still runs, but it gets no security patches, and it will not run on Windows Server 2022 or 2025. A quote for a new server lands on your desk and the number is bigger than you expected. You asked for
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The Windows Nobody Updates: Kiosks, Scales, and the October 13 Deadline
Direct Answer: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB get their final security update on October 13, 2026. After that, Microsoft ships no patches, fixes, or support for those builds. Most business owners around here already filed this one away. Windows 10 support ended in October 2025, they handled the
Direct Answer: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB get their final security update on October 13, 2026. After that, Microsoft ships no patches, fixes, or support for those builds. Most business owners around here already filed this one away. Windows 10 support ended in October 2025, they handled the
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AT&T copper landlines face a June 1, 2027 shutoff in California
Direct Answer: The FCC cleared AT&T to end copper voice service at more than 184,000 California locations. AT&T says current customers keep service until it is discontinued on or after June 1, 2027. Somewhere in your building there is probably a phone line nobody thinks about. It runs to the fire alarm panel, the elevator,
Direct Answer: The FCC cleared AT&T to end copper voice service at more than 184,000 California locations. AT&T says current customers keep service until it is discontinued on or after June 1, 2027. Somewhere in your building there is probably a phone line nobody thinks about. It runs to the fire alarm panel, the elevator,
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A Wet Winter Is Forecast. Where Do Your Servers Physically Sit?
Direct Answer: Walk your server room before winter. Check rack height off the floor, pipes and roof drains overhead, and whether your second backup copy sits in the same building as the first. Forecasters spent this past summer raising the odds of a strong El Nino winter, with federal outlooks putting coastal California above a
Direct Answer: Walk your server room before winter. Check rack height off the floor, pipes and roof drains overhead, and whether your second backup copy sits in the same building as the first. Forecasters spent this past summer raising the odds of a strong El Nino winter, with federal outlooks putting coastal California above a
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Screening Job Applicants With AI? A California Rule Starts January 1
Direct Answer: If your business uses software to screen or rank job applicants and you meet California’s privacy law thresholds, you have until January 1, 2027 to give pre-use notice and an opt-out. Someone forwarded you an article about California’s new AI rules, and now you are sitting there wondering if your 40 person company
Direct Answer: If your business uses software to screen or rank job applicants and you meet California’s privacy law thresholds, you have until January 1, 2027 to give pre-use notice and an opt-out. Someone forwarded you an article about California’s new AI rules, and now you are sitting there wondering if your 40 person company
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Your CCPA delete request now covers data you bought, starting January 1
Direct Answer: Starting January 1, 2027, SB 923 expands the CCPA right to delete so it covers personal information a business got from third parties, including data brokers, not just data collected directly from the consumer. Most Monterey County businesses built their privacy process around one simple idea: if a customer asks you to delete
Direct Answer: Starting January 1, 2027, SB 923 expands the CCPA right to delete so it covers personal information a business got from third parties, including data brokers, not just data collected directly from the consumer. Most Monterey County businesses built their privacy process around one simple idea: if a customer asks you to delete
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Who Installs the Firewall and Server Updates at Your Office?
Direct Answer: In most small offices, nobody does. Windows updates itself, but firewalls, switches, access points, and server software need a named owner and a monthly schedule, or they quietly fall years behind. Ask around your office: who installs the updates on the firewall? Most owners we talk to in Salinas and on the Peninsula
Direct Answer: In most small offices, nobody does. Windows updates itself, but firewalls, switches, access points, and server software need a named owner and a monthly schedule, or they quietly fall years behind. Ask around your office: who installs the updates on the firewall? Most owners we talk to in Salinas and on the Peninsula
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Guest WiFi, Card Readers, and Smart Locks: Who Shares Your Network?
Direct Answer: Guest WiFi segmentation puts visitors in their own network lane, separated by VLANs and firewall rules, so a guest device cannot reach your card reader, printer, cameras, or office computers. A small inn on the Monterey Peninsula reached out to us with a problem that sounded simple. Their wireless had stopped behaving, the
Direct Answer: Guest WiFi segmentation puts visitors in their own network lane, separated by VLANs and firewall rules, so a guest device cannot reach your card reader, printer, cameras, or office computers. A small inn on the Monterey Peninsula reached out to us with a problem that sounded simple. Their wireless had stopped behaving, the
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California’s delete right now covers data you bought: fix your systems by Jan 1
Direct Answer: Starting January 1, 2027, SB 923 requires covered California businesses to delete all personal information they hold about a consumer on request, including data bought from third parties and data brokers. Most business owners think of a privacy request as a nuisance email. Somebody asks you to delete their info, you find the
Direct Answer: Starting January 1, 2027, SB 923 requires covered California businesses to delete all personal information they hold about a consumer on request, including data bought from third parties and data brokers. Most business owners think of a privacy request as a nuisance email. Somebody asks you to delete their info, you find the
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