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There are dozens of different metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of technology solutions. Organizations often base IT investment decisions on characteristics such as processing power, capacity, scalability, throughput, availability and more.
Communications Platform-as-a-Service is changing the way communications and collaboration services are delivered.
Remember when the phone system was a distinct piece of equipment that was managed by specialists? Those days are becoming a distant memory as more organizations adopt unified communications (UC) solutions.
Threat intelligence provides the actionable information organizations need to enhance their security strategies.
Most security tools are designed to detect and defend against specific types of cyberattacks. Firewalls allow only trusted traffic to flow through, while intrusion prevention systems examine data packets and drop those that appear to be malicious.
Although signature-based antivirus solutions remain essential elements of network security, they are no longer adequate as standalone measures. As malware attacks become progressively more sophisticated, organizations of all sizes require additional lines of defense.
Everybody likes to save a buck now and again. However, buying inexpensive, consumer-grade technology for your business can result in significant hidden costs.
In a recent survey of nearly 3,000 working adults in the U.S., the software company Samanage found that one in four believe their productivity is being impeded by inadequate technology.
Most small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are aware of the dangers of cyberattacks, and many are purchasing security tools in an effort to beef up their defenses. But is that enough?
Suppose you decide to invest in a state-of-the-art firewall, encryption software and other security tools.
In The Invisible Man, author H.G. Wells’ main character is stealthy, persistent, formidable and enthusiastically destructive. Those same characteristics describe the emerging class of malware known as firmware exploits.
Firmware attacks target the hard-coded programming written into nonvolatile memory in order to control the function of various hardware devices.
On the night of August 24, 410, an army of Visigoth warriors slipped into Rome through the Salarian Gate and proceeded to burn and plunder the great walled city for three days. It was the first time in nearly 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy, and historians often cite the event as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire.
In our last post, we outlined nine must-have IT policies for reducing security and compliance risks. (add link when published) Many organizations have responded to the uptick in cyberattacks by upgrading their IT security arsenal. However, the best security technology in the world will have limited effectiveness if you don’t have policies and procedures in place to support an overarching security strategy.
A recent report from Kaspersky paints a grim picture of the state of cybercrime. Two global ransomware attacks, WannaCry and Petya, were carried out in the first half of 2017. Overall, the number of ransomware attacks increased 11.4 percent in the past 12 months.
