In today's fast-paced business environment, maintaining the smooth operation of your IT infrastructure is essential for success. However, managing complex networks, data storage, and cybersecurity can be overwhelming for many businesses. This is where managed services come into play. Managed service providers (MSPs) offer comprehensive solutions to help businesses streamline their IT operations and [...]
In today's fast-paced business landscape, technology plays a critical role in driving success and efficiency. However, managing and maintaining complex IT systems can be a challenging and resource-intensive task. This is where ongoing managed support services come into play. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of ongoing managed support and why [...]
Good security compliance is about more than avoiding fines, or even attacks. When an organization is on top of security compliance, they’re often on top of good data management practices as well. They’re able to keep track of sensitive assets, they know if they’re keeping personal identifiable information about customers, and they often have [...]
Unfortunately, cyberattacks and data breaches are still a big business, despite substantial increases in cybersecurity defenses around the globe. Data breaches in the first quarter were up 14 percent over a year ago, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). The latest increase comes on the heels of 2021’s 68 percent increase in [...]
Security compliance management is the process of monitoring and assessing systems, devices, and networks to ensure they comply with regulatory requirements, as well as industry and local cybersecurity standards. Staying on top of compliance isn’t always easy, especially for highly regulated industries and sectors. Regulations and standards change often, as do threats and vulnerabilities. Organizations often have to [...]
In today’s world, where customers and app users are increasingly aware of the personal information they provide to companies and seek to limit the amount of data they share online, data leaks can be devastating to the organizations that suffer them. A data leak differs from a data breach in that cyber criminals take no direct action to [...]
When an organization uses data in a truly strategic way, stronger customer relationships drive competitive advantage and business growth. But how do you get there? It all starts with a firm commitment from senior leadership. Business alignment is critical, so leaders need to be involved in making needed changes to how their people work [...]
The Cyber Pandemic Continues The COVID-19 pandemic drove a dramatic shift in how business was done. Instead of employees primarily working from the corporate office, a much greater percentage of the workforce is working remotely and is likely to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The pandemic kicked off a cyber pandemic as cyber [...]
Offline Fraud Not all fraudulent activities happen online. Sometimes, smartphones are stolen to access a person’s financial or shopping apps to make transactions. Another practice is to take a picture of a person’s password while they’re typing it. To help stop offline fraud, significant cybersecurity investments should be made in such areas as advanced [...]
Cybersecurity mesh The cybersecurity mesh is a modern conceptual approach to security architecture that enables the distributed enterprise to deploy and integrate security to assets, whether they’re on premises, in data centers or in the cloud. Gartner predicts that by 2024, organizations adopting a cybersecurity mesh architecture will reduce the financial impact of individual security incidents [...]