It’s hard to imagine how businesses could have overcome pandemic-driven operational challenges without the cloud. By some estimates, organizations accelerated their cloud adoption plans by an average of six years in order to ensure remote workers had access to the applications, data and services they needed.
Accelerated Cloud Adoption Brings Elevated Risk
Rising Threats Require New Approach to Email Security
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in May created chaos that rippled throughout the economy. The six-day shutdown interrupted the flow of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products between Texas and the East Coast. It drove gas prices to their highest levels in years, led to panic buying across large swaths of the country and forced airlines to adjust their flight schedules to conserve fuel.
Why Government Agencies Need Multifactor Authentication
In last year’s SolarWinds hack, Russia-backed attackers hijacked a routine update for the company’s remote monitoring software in order to launch what Microsoft president Brad Smith called "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen.
Reliable Wi-Fi Connectivity Requires Meticulous Planning
A fast, reliable and scalable Wi-Fi network is no longer merely a convenience — it is an operational imperative. It underpins some of today’s most important technology initiatives, ranging from remote work and the Internet of Things to edge computing and customer journey analytics.
‘Magecart’ Attacks Pose Significant Threat
Cybercriminals use e-skimming techniques to exfiltrate data from website shopping carts.
The global e-commerce market has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic, and shows no sign of slowing down. Organizations in a wide range of industries have added an e-commerce component to their websites, facilitating customer payments for products, services, subscriptions and fees.
Protecting Privacy in Virtual Meetings
Video conferencing presents great benefits and great risks. Consider these precautions.
Video conferencing has been a powerful business tool for many years, but its impact over the past year has been profound. It became an absolutely essential tool for remaining operational in the face of strict travel limitations and social-distancing requirements.
How Network Segmentation Limits Cyber Risks
Financial managers recommend building a diversified portfolio of investments in several different companies and industries in order to reduce your risk profile. In a similar way, network segmentation limits cybersecurity risks by breaking up the corporate network into smaller, isolated parts.
Protect Your Business with Dark Web Monitoring
Billions of stolen passwords, usernames and other digital credentials are now for sale on the Dark Web. Chances are pretty good that yours are among them.
The Dark Web is a collection of websites that are not indexed by search engines and are highly encrypted, allowing users to remain anonymous.
The Adaptable Office
In a post-Covid world, employees and employers alike want more flexible workspaces.
A year of unprecedented disruption has brought profound changes to the workplace, leading businesses everywhere to reconsider how, when and where work will get done in the future.
Overcoming the IT ‘Skills Gap’
How to get the talent needed to keep up with today’s technology demands.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused organizations of all sizes to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives. Organizations are digitizing business processes, consolidating systems and data, and adopting cloud services to facilitate work-from-home models.