Security Executive Commentary
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ASCII Insight: MSPs Share Their Thoughts On All Things Ransomware
9/10/2021
In our ongoing quest to provide you with the best business advice possible, we’ve partnered with The ASCII Group and their members who are going to share their thoughts on timely topics or best business practices.
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Building A Solid Defense Against Insider Attacks
9/6/2021
MSPs have a problem that not many people talk about in public. Cybersecurity effectiveness relies heavily on the people who access, operate, and support the systems, and no protection measure can completely eliminate human error or employee sabotage. Technology can only go so far, and even MSPs are not safe from this ongoing and constantly increasing vulnerability.
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Building Your Own Cloud Security Remediation System? Not So Fast!
8/23/2021
Security is the “job zero” function for all cloud providers. Bar none, it’s the single most important requirement they must meet before anything else happens on the platform.
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SIM Hijacking Has Become A Business Threat: Are You Prepared?
6/7/2021
It’s no secret that consumers often fall prey to cyber-attacks from criminals, but many business leaders mistakenly believe they’re not as vulnerable to such scams. The reality is, though, that fraudsters are becoming more and more sophisticated - and setting their sights on victimizing organizations too. Consider SIM swapping, for example.
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Prevention Always The Channel’s Best Cybersecurity Medicine
3/4/2021
Fraud is alive and too well in society. It’s also alarmingly entrenched in the IT channel. To VARs and other types of solutions providers, the consequences of inaction or inadequate cybersecurity measures can be catastrophic. Reputations and partnerships are at stake, along with the potential for massive business losses — as well as regulator and financial liability.
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How After-Breach Cybersecurity Augments Prevention
1/21/2021
Years ago, “good” IT security meant focusing on prevention: putting a firewall on the edge of your network, tossing in some antivirus for good measure, and moving on with your life. Today, things look a bit different.
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Navigating The Infosecurity Compliance Minefield With Automation
12/21/2020
When it comes to cybersecurity, manual and disconnected processes often slow down business progress. While this is generally true across the board, it’s a particular challenge for later-stage companies that are trying to grow and scale while also protecting their assets from data breaches and staying compliant. More and more, automation offers a better way for companies to reduce the headaches associated with staying secure as their business expands.
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Top 5 Areas Of Print Management Security
9/24/2020
Ensuring your customer’s print infrastructure, and the data processed within it, is secure has never been more important. Data breaches make headline news and come with hefty price tags. The disruption and far-reaching consequences to reputation mean your customers need to know they have a print solution that will keep their data safe and secure, from wherever they are printing. With the rise of the Cloud and internet of things (IoT), the threat to security has increased. The good news is that there are proactive steps you can take to ensure print security for your customers.
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Mobile Security Is The New Remote Nightmare
6/25/2020
Your customers are scared. Many of them have recently become fully remote workers for the first time. They’re learning new types of software to help them connect—and they are all working outside the protection of the office firewall. Many have weak internet security at their homes; perhaps they have extra “coworkers” (or children) who use all sorts of insecure apps on the same network the remote worker is using. Worse, we know 3 in 4 workers access business data from a personal device or vice versa, regardless of whether it’s against company policy.
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COVID-19, Security, And Remote Workers – Common Myths And Misconceptions
6/4/2020
With COVID-19 stay-at-home orders still in place in many states, remote working has become the beginning of what will be the ‘new normal’ in the post-pandemic world. Given this, remote security should be at the top of every organizations’ priority list.