As Cybersecurity Awareness Month winds down, I am stunned at the feedback I have been receiving on my daily social media posts about cybersecurity and cyber storage resilience and recovery. An awakening is happening that serious changes are underway in the cyber threat landscape − just as there is a realization that too many enterprises have not […]
How to Quickly Return to Normal Operations After a Cyberattack
Enterprise IT environments are notoriously complex. Increasingly, organizations are using a hybrid IT landscape of on-premises and cloud infrastructure, and a growing number now use a multi-cloud environment. This enables more agile business transformation but also affords cyberattackers increased options to mount cyberattacks. Companies need to arm themselves because cyberattacks such as ransomware have led […]
The Hidden Costs of Cyberattacks
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! All month long, we’ll be exploring cybersecurity-related topics to help you (and your data) stay safe online. Click to learn more about author Mike Phelan. A new day, a new cyberattack. That’s the reality of contemporary business. Check the headlines and you’re bound to find coverage of breaches and demands […]
The Transition to Remote Work Makes Zero Trust More Important Than Ever
Click to learn more about author Rajesh Ganesan. The current corporate landscape is populated by remote workers, many of whom are using non-sanctioned devices to access corporate applications and services. This transition to remote work is placing many companies at risk. According to the 2021 Digital Readiness Survey, 83% of information technology professionals say that the recent […]
What Is Data Security?
Data security describes the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure people and things take the right actions with data and information assets, even in the presence of malicious inputs. The right actions mean controlling and enabling data activity by balancing needs from: Stakeholders: Protect personal information while allowing access for legitimate transactions agreed upon […]
Three Best Practices to Neutralize Ransomware Attacks
Click to learn more about author Ken Steinhardt. The question about whether your organization will be hit with a ransomware attack is not “if” but “when.” As the world has seen recently, ransomware attacks are on the rise, and they can hit anything ranging from critical infrastructure to smaller enterprises that try to stay under […]
4 Essential Cybersecurity Measures for Businesses to Take
Click to learn more about author Anas Baig. In the last few years, Colombia has become an increasingly excellent place to do business. That’s because it has some of the higher rates of internet penetration in Latin America and a strong labor force, which have made it easier for everybody to do business there. However, Colombia […]
Five Ways to Future-Proof Your Data Privacy
Click to learn more about author Deepak Gupta. It is always a challenging effort to anticipate the direction data privacy is going. There is an ever-growing need for companies to future-proof data privacy and safeguard sensitive information. With regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impacting full force, companies now better protect sensitive data […]
As Account Takeover Escalates, Enterprises Strengthen Identity Verification in 2021
Click to learn more about author Robert Prigge. With over 36 billion records breached in 2020, the amount of personal information on the dark web has skyrocketed, allowing cybercriminals to easily obtain the data needed to impersonate users and take over accounts. In 2021, we’ll see these enterprises take the necessary and long-overdue steps to […]
Why Your Business Is Targeted by Cyber Attackers and What to Do About Data Security
Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. Here’s news that may shock you about cyberattacks. No, it’s highly unlikely that your business is being targeted. Your data security is probably just weak. A Clark School (University of Maryland) study found that, on average, there is a hacker attack every 39 seconds, and these attacks affect […]