While strong cybersecurity is critical, organizations should take a balanced approach that considers users’ needs.

If it were up to IT security teams, all systems would be locked down tight with the most robust security controls. Unfortunately, users wouldn’t be very happy.

Older IT equipment may be costing your organization more than you think. Here are key questions to ask.

Ideal economic conditions tend to trigger broad business growth across a variety of industries and sectors — hence the expression “a rising tide lifts all boats.

First introduced in the late 1980s, the firewall is one of the original network security tools — and it remains one of the most important. However, improperly maintained firewalls open the door to security breaches and regulatory failures.

Firewalls exist to prevent unauthorized network access.

Automation and digitalization have become vital to business success. It’s a rather simple choice for organizations – change leverage technology to increase efficiency or risk falling behind those that do.

However, many organizations are struggling to develop and implement a plan to guide the evolution of their IT environments.

The applications we rely on every day are not monolithic. They’re a complex interplay of software from a wide range of sources. If a threat is introduced anywhere within that software supply chain, it can wreak havoc on systems further down the line.

The SolarWinds hack is the best-known supply chain attack.

Trying to prevent network intrusions with conventional perimeter defenses is a bit like trying to dam a river with chicken wire — there are way too many holes to plug.

For decades, organizations focused on perimeter security measures to prevent intruders from accessing the network.

The cloud, distributed computing and remote work models have dramatically changed network traffic patterns. Traditionally, most traffic stayed within the company LAN, and networks were designed to move that traffic efficiently. Because remote users primarily accessed centralized applications and resources, WANs focused on moving traffic into and out of the LAN.

When organizations first began adopting cloud services, they treated them as an extension of their IT environments.

Business and IT leaders now collaborate on difficult buying decisions. IT solutions providers can help.

It wasn’t that long ago that IT departments were essentially technology fiefdoms, largely independent of the rest of the organization, with a few key managers having almost total authority over operations.

Managed services offer relief for productivity-sapping IT problems and stressed-out IT teams.

Providing IT support for remote and hybrid workforces is a significant challenge for most organizations. Resource-strapped IT teams say they are spending significantly more time and manpower supporting remote workers.

Cybercriminals never stop changing their techniques to evade defenses. Ransomware remains a favored form of attack, with variants that target Windows, Linux and virtual machines. Increasingly, ransomware gangs are attacking endpoints and using remote encryption to compromise the entire IT environment.