Overview
The Orlando Cyber Security Conference features 40-60 vendor exhibits and 8-12 educational speaker sessions discussing current cyber-security issues such as cloud security, email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security & more.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is enabling an economic transformation that may eventually rival the Industrial Revolution. PricewaterhouseCoopers analysts say the IoT will soon become a multi-trillion dollar industry, and Gartner researchers predict more than half of new businesses will run on the IoT within two years.
In the previous post, we discussed the fact that many organizations are creating security risks by handing out local admin rights to too many users. The goal is to keep users happy by providing them with more control of their devices and reduce reliance on IT, but the convenience factor shouldn’t outweigh the security risk.
In a previous post, we discussed why access control isn't just about restricting network access to users with legitimate credentials. Access control should also restrict access to sensitive systems and data to specific users. When employees have free rein across the network, it’s like opening up a buffet for hackers who steal credentials.
Most organizations have some kind of mechanism in place to determine who is allowed to access their IT systems and to authenticate that access. But many organizations give little thought to the type of data that users are allowed to see. Although access to some sensitive data, such as financial or private customer data, tends to be restricted, the average user with legitimate credentials will be able to view, modify, copy or delete a large proportion of data across the IT environment.
Data backup is one of the most critical IT functions, but historically it has been difficult to get right. Studies regularly find that about one-third of all companies never back up their business data, while roughly the same number say they conduct intermittent backups but never test their backups to ensure they’re working properly.
What do your customers want? Are you providing it? These may be the two most important questions any business can ask about its operations, but a new study suggests most won’t like the answers.
According to Forrester’s 2018 U.S. Customer Experience (CX) Index, the vast majority of businesses across all sectors don’t seem to fully understand what matters to their customers.