Smaller organizations are achieving cost savings, productivity gains and competitive advantages by fully leveraging the latest technologies.

New research from TechAisle finds that 51 percent of small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are accelerating their digital transformation initiatives despite the operational and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Network attacks, malware campaigns and phishing scams are on the rise as cybercriminals seek to capitalize on our increased anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic and the lax security measures of at-home workers. According to the FBI, threat reports through the first six months of the year have already surpassed the total for all of 2019, which was widely considered to be the worst year ever for cyberattacks.

Secure support for remote workers was a high priority for many companies as the year began. Now it is a global imperative.

Three months into the pandemic-driven work-from-home experiment, organizations are now looking to beef up support for their remote workers.

With a 1,500-horsepower engine featuring four turbochargers, the Bugatti Chiron has a top speed of nearly 305 mph, making it the fastest production sports car in history. Put it on a two-lane road with bumper-to-bumper traffic and intermittent speed bumps, however, and all that speed becomes pointless.

Wi-Fi has become an essential business tool, capable of enabling greater flexibility, operational efficiency and customer service. But because Wi-Fi transports data over radio frequencies, it is vulnerable to six threats that don’t impact the wired network.

As we discussed in a previous post, there remains widespread confusion about the cloud’s “shared responsibility” security model. Major cloud service providers such as Microsoft and Google have strong measures in place to protect their platforms, but their customers are responsible for securing their data within these cloud environments.

Desktop virtualization can provide secure remote access to applications and data, but the implementation comes with significant challenges.

The need to support work-from-home strategies has renewed interest in desktop virtualization. With virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), all components of each user’s desktop environment are stored in the data center or the cloud and delivered to the user on nearly any device.

Employers should identify digital assets used by remote employees and establish procedures for disabling access and ensuring their return.

Many people have trouble thinking about the “endgame” at the beginning of a relationship. However, things can (and do) turn sour, particularly in an employment relationship.

Businesses are aggressively adopting cloud-based productivity suites to improve agility, efficiency and collaboration in a work-from-anywhere world. Two of the more popular platforms, Microsoft’s Office 365 and Google’s G Suite, have hundreds of millions of users.

With attacks on the rise, proper incident response is an essential element of effective cybersecurity.

Following a record year for cyberattacks, industry analysts say security breaches are now virtually inevitable — a matter of “when” not “if.