Data Protection Strategies for the Modern Business
Businesses manage an incredible amount of data, making it difficult to catch vulnerabilities. In the era of remote work, your data protection strategy must evolve to match security threats and protect work across multiple devices. An IT partner can assess your present environment, offer solutions for improvement, and implement cybersecurity, access control, and disaster recovery […]
How the Cloud Reinforces Security for Remote Workers
71% of employed Americans have transitioned to working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic (PewResearch). For some people, working from a home office or kitchen table is brand new. Now businesses have a need to protect employee data/devices on a much larger attack surface. At this point, traditional security processes aren’t equipped to handle remote […]
History Lesson: Cybersecurity Through the Decades
Cybersecurity is major for the modern business, but where did it all start? Let’s take a quick dive into the important cyber milestones (both innovative and nefarious) throughout the decades. Even before computer crime as we know it, there were thieves searching for something to steal. In 1834, the French Telegraph System was hacked to […]
How Managed Tech Helps Overcome Challenges for Mergers and Acquisitions
Merging two companies almost always creates challenges, especially when trying to combine contrasting IT environments. Requirements around security, compliance, and privacy can cause unanticipated issues for customers and confusion for employees. To overcome these hurdles, it’s important to work with an expert IT partner when exploring potential M&A deals. A professional due diligence assessment and […]
Strengthen Your Data Security with Access Control
Not everyone has access to a bank vault, and the same should be true of your business data. The best way to protect sensitive information is to make it available to appropriate parties only. For example, does a customer support rep need access to financial records? No – it’s not relevant to their job and […]
The Data Protection Battle, Part 3 – Send in Reinforcements
In Part 1 and Part 2 we discussed how to protect your business from cyberattacks and what recovery steps to take if you get hit. For this final part, let’s talk about how you can use a breach to make more informed security decisions moving forward. After the threat is contained, your IT staff or […]
The Data Protection Battle, Part 2 – Tend to the Wounded
In Part 1 of the Data Protection Battle blog series, we discussed security measures to defend against cyberattacks. But what happens if something slips through? How do you even begin to control and recover from an attack? The following five sections will show how to: find out what hit you tend to the wounded systems […]
The Data Protection Battle, Part 1 – Prepare for Combat
How do you defend your data? Every day, opportunistic hackers search for cracks in IT systems, target sensitive financial/personal info, and extort companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Small/medium businesses are often among the most common victims (many think they have nothing worth stealing and therefore don’t implement security measures). As the sophistication […]
Shadow IT Part 2: Light in the Darkness
Part 2 is a continuation of our Shadow IT discussion from Traveler’s whitepaper, “Shining a Light on Shadow IT”. We’ve learned what Shadow IT is and how it arises, but what are the specific risks? And how does the IT team work to combat them? Technology vulnerability is scary for the IT department, as it’s […]
Managed IT in a Patient-Centered Healthcare Organization
Technology practices in healthcare have changed. Fifteen years ago, IT meant the guy that came and fixed your computers. Today, the complexity of patient medical information, billing systems, and surgical machinery must be supported by an automated IT network. Additionally, patients are engaged in their own healthcare like never before; from digital fitness apps to […]