In August 2023, Toyota Motor Corp. was forced to shut down more than a dozen manufacturing facilities in Japan due to a backup failure. The company said an error during server maintenance left insufficient disk space for its production order system. Backup servers replicated the error and could not be accessed.
How a Managed Backup Solution Enhances Data Protection
4 Ways to Optimize the Contact Center for Customer Retention
Attracting new customers is good for business, but retaining customers is even better. It costs one-fifth as much to retain a customer as it does to obtain a new one. In most organizations, 80 percent of profits are generated by 20 percent of their customers — the ones who are most loyal.
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Tax Scammers
Tax-filing season is upon us, but it’s like Christmas for cybercriminals.
Each spring, scam artists unleash their annual flood of fraudulent emails, phone calls and text messages designed to steal money or information. Millions of Americans are duped by scammers every year, losing billions of dollars.
Cost of a Data Breach
Organizations often overlook some of the short- and long-term data breach costs.
Every second, 58 data records are stolen or lost. That adds up to nearly 5 million per day. More than 3,200 data compromise cases were reported in 2023, impacting more than 353 million individuals.
Cloud Adoption vs. Cloud Maturity
Connecting the dots between cloud maturity and business outcomes.
Many studies estimate cloud adoption rates, but are organizations getting real value from the cloud? Concerns about cloud cost overruns suggest there is room for improvement.
In the Flexera 2023 State of the Cloud Report, “managing the cloud spend” topped security as the No. 1 cloud challenge.
Verteks Consulting is proud to sponsor FLGISA 2024 Annual Symposium July 15-18
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Network with over 175 local government technology leaders
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Join Verteks Consulting at the Data Connectors Cybersecurity Conference in Tampa on March 14th
Data Connectors
Since 1999 Data Connectors has been dedicated to producing high-quality executive symposiums that focus on driving the future of business in the new age of the digital economy. These conference programs are designed to showcase the broad spectrum of new and emerging information security products and services to solve business’s complex IT security challenges.
Why Behavioral Analytics Tools Are Essential in Today’s Threat Environment
The rise of remote work and the extended enterprise have forced us to change the way we think about IT security. In the past, most security investments focused on preventing external threat actors from infiltrating the network at the perimeter. However, many experts agree that insider threats are a significant security risk.
4 Tips for Selecting and Managing Technology Vendors
More technology vendors are bundling managed services with their products. The reasons are clear: Technology products are increasingly complex, and many organizations lack the expertise to adopt and use them effectively. The persistent tech shortage exacerbates these challenges.
Security Automation Has Become an IT Imperative
The near-constant attacks on computer networks make it clear that cybersecurity is no longer a human-scale problem. Traditional security measures such as firewalls and antivirus software aren’t enough to ward off the onslaught of increasingly sophisticated attacks leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning.