By now, many have heard about the HBO hack and all the intellectual data that has been compromised. There have been numerous data breaches over the past several years. Most of that attention has been focused on stolen credit card…
Data is one of the most cherished valuables to any company and its customers. But how does that valuable data stay safe? How is that valuable data protected? Gone are the days of a breach-proof dream. However, there are a…
Phishing remains one of the most common and important tools used by cyber criminals, especially as it relates to the insertion of ransomware. They mainly come from opening an infected email or attachment via social engineering exercises. Repeated attempts to…
Malicious attacks against corporate assets have risen 64% in 2015 compared to 2014. As new solutions are brought online, security is often an afterthought. For example, a recent study found that 33% of companies did not test mobile applications for…
CIOs, business continuity managers and IT managers understand the value of forward-thinking business continuity and business resiliency solutions: They know that cloud computing can lower recovery point objectives and recovery time objectives. That dramatically improves the availability of data and…
Summary of Akamai Edge: One of the frustrating aspects of doing business on the internet is trying to make content fit and run properly on the myriad number and types of devices accessing a web site. What is acceptable for…
On Friday, Oct. 21, Internet Performance Management Company, Dynamic Network Services (Dyn), was the victim of the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) cyberattack to date. The DDOS attack severely disrupted Internet access across the United States to sites including Twitter, Netflix and Amazon.
There are many ideas on what the current and future cloud trends are. This is my take on what’s happening and what will happen this year. Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity as a service Everyone is looking for a model…
In what has been described as a bold move last week, IBM announced the intent to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, a fast growing global Cloud provider. SoftLayer focusses on medium sized companies, a market that historically IBM has struggled to penetrate.…