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The critical role security technology plays in the fight against COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a tremendous degree of devastation, both economically and emotionally. To say that it's been trying would be putting it lightly—for many businesses, it represents the greatest challenge they've ever faced. Given the amount of attention it's received, one might say it's viral in more ways than one. A bit of levity is important these days. And with that said, there's a silver lining here.
Remote Work During COVID-19 And How Cloud Computing Can Support
“This is not how I envisioned the distributed work revolution taking hold,” writes Automattic co-founder Matt Mullenweg. “It has been a challenging time around the world—from how we live our daily lives to how we keep our kids safe in schools and our family members healthy in assisted living communities and hospitals…it’s not ideal on any level.” That, I feel, is an understatement. The coronavirus has surged across the world, shutting down entire cities in the process.
What the coronavirus can teach us about ransomware
COVID-19 has changed the world. That’s not hyperbole. It’s objectively true. It has redefined our relationship with our jobs, forcing businesses around the world to support a distributed, remote workforce. It has changed how we view productivity and spits in the face of a traditional nine to five job. The virus has completely disrupted the traditional approach to cybersecurity, destroying the security perimeter and showing just how dangerous the threat of ransomware has become.
Managing Network Performance and Visibility in an Era of Hyperconnectivity
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the world. From augmented reality advanced analytics to new consumer solutions, IoT and the cloud are together redefining both how we work and how we engage with our audiences. They are changing how we live, as well. Per analyst firm IDC, worldwide spending on IoT will reach $1.1 trillion by 2022.
Why more companies should follow Microsoft In collaborating on cyber-security
Last July Microsoft joined the Linux Distribution Security Contacts List. This strategic move is intended to allow it to better address the myriad security challenges of its software products. Should you follow?
Should You Use Multiple Cloud Providers for Disaster Recovery?
By Tim Mullahy, Liberty Center One If there’s one thing my career has taught me, it’s that no system is entirely infallible. Even the cloud, which is known for its resiliency and redundancy, can be brought down in a number of different ways. This is true of every cloud provider, from the smallest vendor straight up to Google and Amazon. Full-blown cloud outages don’t happen often, nor do system failures catastrophic enough to wipe out an entire cloud.
AI and cybersecurity: 3 things your team needs to know
Cyber attacks targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the rise of state-sponsored incidents targeting both businesses and rival governments, and rate of attempted cyber attacks of approximately one every 39 seconds all paint an alarming picture. The array of digital threats facing modern businesses has never been more sophisticated or diverse. Cyber criminals are getting more creative, and the tools they use to target their victims have grown both more sophisticated and more widely accessible.
3 big HIPAA blind spots you need to address
HIPAA isn’t as cut and dry as some might have you believe, and many healthcare agencies violate it without realizing they’ve done so. Unfortunately, ignorance is no excuse. You need to make sure you are aware of some of the more common blind spots – that way, you can avoid fumbling into them yourself. The digitization of healthcare has done some amazing things for both staff and patients. Unfortunately, it’s also introduced a huge laundry list of stumbling blocks and pitfalls.
How to Tell if Your Devices are Part of a Botnet
The past several years have seen some botnets large enough to take down major data centers. The problem can be tied to poor security on IoT endpoints, which are making their way into the corporate world en masse. You need to be cognizant of that because if you aren’t, you’re part of the problem. Botnets have grown bigger and badder than ever. I’m not going to bother retreading old ground by describing any of the recent DDoS attacks for which they’ve been responsible.
Why a Security Risk Assessment Is a Critical Component of HIPAA Compliance
A full risk assessment of your organization can be intimidating, costly, and time-consuming. However, it’s also essential – especially if you deal in any way with Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). After all, if you don’t know the threats facing your business and its data, you cannot adequately defend yourself against them. But where do you start? Let’s get one thing out of the way right now.
A New Era of Privacy - Why Regulations like the GDPR Are Actually a Good Thing for Your Business
You’re probably sick of hearing about the GDPR by now. Between all the advisory pieces being published online and the influx of emails about how businesses are ‘committed to your privacy,’ you’ve spent months being bombarded by news of the EU’s privacy framework. Hopefully, you’ve also made an effort to bring your business into compliance with it.
3 things you’ll need to protect yourself against advanced ransomware
Image credit: depositphotos.com Ransomware is more advanced than ever – and it shows no signs of slowing. Here’s what you need to do to protect yourself and your business. According to analysis by cybersecurity firm Carbon Black, ransomware only continues to advance. If you’ve been paying attention to the news, that should come as no surprise. Ransomware has never been more profitable, nor more prevalent.
Why tech professionals should be up in arms over the death of net neutrality
Net Neutrality is dead – and if you work in the tech industry, that’s a bad thing. Internet providers are no longer classed as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. They are no longer required to treat all Internet traffic and data as equal. FCC chair Ajit Pai would like everyone to believe that this is nothing to worry about. Small businesses and startups, he claims, will benefit greatly from paid prioritisation of traffic.
A New Era of Privacy – Why Regulations like the GDPR Are Actually a Good Thing for Your Business - CPO Magazine
You’re probably sick of hearing about the GDPR by now. Between all the advisory pieces being published online and the influx of emails about how businesses are ‘committed to your privacy,’ you’ve spent months being bombarded by news of the EU’s privacy framework. Hopefully, you’ve also made an effort to bring your business into compliance with it.
The Risks and Rewards of Healthcare IoT
The Internet of Things has a great deal of potential where the healthcare industry is concerned. From new treatment methods to more efficient patient flow to better outcomes, connected medical devices can do a lot of good. At the same time, they come hand in hand with a range of cybersecurity threats, which left unchecked can cause great harm.
Dealing With a Healthcare Data Breach:
a Step-by-Step Guide The health industry routinely deals with some of the most sensitive data in the world. Healthcare professionals have a duty of care to ensure that information does not fall into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, as with any industry, a data breach is sometimes unavoidable. What matters is how you deal with one when it does happen.
Don’t Forget These 7 Security Measures When Implementing a BYOD Policy
It’s great to offer your employees the choice to work from anywhere and with any device. However, security and risk mitigation go right on with it - we show you how. BYOD or Bring your own device is now a buzzword across industries and sectors. However, with new and emerging forms of work, spanning locations, platforms and devices, come several uncertainties about risks and security threats. That said, employers continue to offer BYOD as a perk to a young and dynamic workforce.
What Is HIPAAs Role In Disaster Recovery
What Is HIPAA's Role In Disaster Recovery? Business continuity is critical to every organization and every industry - but if you work in healthcare, it’s even more important. In large part, that’s due to HIPAA. That’s not the only reason, though. What happens to your organization in the event of an emergency? If your infrastructure fails due to a natural disaster, how will you ensure business continuity? If there’s a data breach, what’s your response plan?
6 Things Your Employee Cyber Security Policy Needs
The best way to educate your employees about cybersecurity is to develop an employee cybersecurity policy. Here are six things your employee cybersecurity policy needs There is a lot of impressive technology that exists to help prevent cyber attacks, but if your employees aren’t informed, that technology alone will not be able to stop a breach. The best way to educate your employees about cybersecurity is to develop an employee cybersecurity policy.
How Can We Prepare Ourselves For Healthcare IoT?
How Can We Prepare Ourselves For Healthcare IoT? By Tim Mullahy, executive vice president, Liberty Center One. Remote monitoring. Smart sensors. Better communication and overall patient care. The internet of things has some incredible applications for the health industry — assuming we can overcome the security challenges it brings with it. But where do we start?
Social Media’s Impact on Culture and Cybersecurity in the Workplace
Steven Bearak, CEO of IdentityForce argues that with the “always on” Millennials dominating workplaces social media has gained unprecedented importance as a mode of communication and promotion. Find out how this brings with it serious security concerns and what HR teams need to do to address this challenge Since 2016, Millennials, known as the “digital natives,” have been the largest generation in the American workforce. By 2025 they will comprise 75 percent of all workers.
Identity Theft Protection: A Powerful Voluntary Benefit
With the rise of online banking and digital transactions, identity fraud has increased. Peter Marcia, CEO of YouDecide, a voluntary benefits outsourcing firm, discusses why employers should offer identity theft protection insurance to their employees as an additional benefit We live in a world of digital wallets, online banking, e-commerce, and multiple social media platforms. This hyper-automated lifestyle is causing individuals to be more vulnerable to fraud than ever.
GDPR enforces practices that should have already been in place
The long-anticipated General Data Protection Regulation is finally upon us. For the benefit of anyone that has been living under a rock, GDPR is a regulation put forth by the European Union that intends to ensure stronger data protection and better ownership of private data for all European citizens. It gives control over private data back to said citizens and includes some very severe penalties for any organization that does not comply.
The best and worst match ever: IoT and cloud cybersecurity
If you informed someone in 1988 that in thirty years’ time we’d be nearing a society where everything is connected to the web, they’d probably say you were insane. If you told someone in 1995 that you could one day run everything from data processing to your entire infrastructure in a decentralized fashion through the Internet, they probably wouldn’t believe you. Yet this is the world we now live in. In a way, it couldn’t be better.
How Modern Data Replication Is Changing The Face of Disaster Reco
Some might remember what disaster recovery (DR) used to look like for IT. Endless stacks of tapes made for a logistical nightmare, and if even one was missing an entire recovery effort could fall apart at the seams. While backup tapes certainly do still have their part to play, they’ve fallen by the wayside in favor of something new. Something better. Data replication is really just a simplified way to say that you’re copying the data from one location to a backup location.
Dark Clouds: Troubleshooting Poor SaaS Performance
Together with mobility, the cloud has changed the face of business. Thanks to software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps, every employee in the business world is basically walking around with an office in the palm of their hands. And it shows. According to Gartner, the public cloud services market will reach $246.8 billion globally. SaaS will be the largest of these markets, at $75.7 billion.
What You Need To Know About DR Testing – SQLServerCentral
Your IT infrastructure is a significant investment no matter how you look at it. With that in mind, it’s kind of baffling how many firms seem to skimp on disaster recovery. Many of the ones I’ve spoken to in the past have had their eyes glaze over when I’ve mentioned DR planning, and a troubling number seemed completely ignorant of the necessity of disaster recovery testing. Here’s the thing about that - practice makes perfect.
The cloud can supercharge organisations’ productivity - but only if it is secured
In less than six years, organisations that neglect the advantages of cloud infrastructure will most likely be in a minority. It’s not difficult to see why, really. Not only do cloud services save both time and money, they also have the potential to completely revolutionise how your business operates, opening up new opportunities and revenue streams that would otherwise remain untapped. Cloud infrastructure provides for a more connected workforce supported by a professional IT helpdesk.
The Sysadmin's Guide to Securing Your SaaS Apps
As an admin, app security should be a top priority - but SaaS apps represent a difficult challenge in that regard. How can you protect your business from their risks, while enjoying all their rewards? Within the average enterprise, there are 508 unique cloud applications in use. That number's overwhelming enough on its own without considering that 88% of those applications aren't enterprise ready, or the fact that one in five cloud applications has data sharing as a core functionality.
Why The Cloud Will Be Essential In Defending Against The DDOS Attacks Of The Future
DDOS attacks are about to get a whole lot worse thanks to the Internet of Things. But help may come from an unlikely source – the cloud. The Internet of Things promises to do some great stuff for both our professional and personal lives. But all that enrichment comes at a pretty hefty cost, at least now, in its early days. I’m talking, of course, about security. Or rather, the lack thereof. Internet-connected devices are easy targets for hackers and ideal candidates for use in botnets.
Cloud Automation Can Get Your Data Center's Maintenance On Track
Do you have a data center lifecycle management strategy in place? Have you laid out established, clear-cut management procedures and processes? Do you have a regular maintenance schedule? Good. You’ve taken the first steps. Now how do you ensure that you and your staff stick to those schedules? Managing a data center isn’t exactly a walk in the park, after all. Especially where larger facilities are concerned, data centers are extremely complex.
Do You Have a Plan for When Your ISP Goes Down?
It can happen to anyone—everything in your facility is working as intended, and suddenly, without warning, all your company’s activities come grinding to a halt. It turns out that even though you did your job right, somewhere along the line, someone else didn’t. Somewhere outside your facility, a cable has been cut, and the end result is that your Internet service provider (ISP) is down.
The key to defending your data centre against the Internet of Things
Opinion The Internet of Things has the potential to revolutionise society once it surmounts its initial growing pains. Unfortunately, one of those involves security. DDOS attacks are one of the oldest and most enduring things on the web, like that creepy uncle who no one can get rid of at family reunions. And like that uncle, they’re getting progressively worse as time goes on.
SB Nation - Tidslinje
I am so terribly saddened and disappoint horoughly enjoyed this show during long commutes, gym work, and have shared this show with many friends who have also become fans. This has been the single most fun, entertaini l, and overall great radio shows I've ever listened to. I have laughed so hard that I've had to pull over. Steve and crew have insights and chemistry like no other in this great country.
SB Nation - Tidslinje
the Steve Czaban show reflects the lack of vision and connection that SB Nation has with its listeners. It had the uncanny ability to make you feel like you were sitting around your kitchen table with a group of friends talking about whatever. It's the whatever that made the show. Most other talk radio programs have hosts who have to scream at, demean or ridicule their callers or their listeners. by being your next door neighbor with an opinion, but more importantl usness. So long SBNation.
What Can You Do About Ransomware On Your Systems?
Posted by Contributor on 7/22/16 • Categorized as Professionalisms by Tim Mullahy, General Manager at Liberty Center One Ransomware is on the rise. Rather than targeting enterprises and users to steal their personal data, criminals are increasingly taking an alternative approach: holding that data for ransom and turning a profit that way, instead. It’s much easier than trying to sell sensitive documents on the black markets – and as an added bonus, it’s much more difficult to trace, too.
How You Can Protect Your Startup From The Risks Of Mobile
Mobile seems tailor-made for startups. And it is – provided you’re cautious. If you don’t take the necessary steps to see to mobile security, you’ll get burned. If you want to see the impact mobile technology has had on small businesses and startups, you need only look at the numbers. According to the BCG Perspectives survey The Mobile Revolution: How Mobile Technologies Drive A Trillion Dollar Impact: Basically, mobile is a big deal.
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