If you’re a small business owner, you may have heard the term digital transformation, but assumed it was a concept that only applied to large enterprises with extensive IT resources. While the process may look a bit different for a small business than a global organization, it is a strategy worth pursuing, no matter what size of business you own. In fact, the disruptive benefits of digital transformation may deliver a bigger impact to smaller companies. In the past, your budg

Any number of events can lead to a disaster. Whether it’s a flood, fire, hurricane, tornado, human error, or cybercriminal attack, having a disaster recovery plan in place for any scenario is the only way to ensure your business won’t get derailed. As a cautionary tale, consider the companies that failed to effectively implement a disaster recovery plan — in many cases, loss of data access for 10 days or more resulted in bankruptcy within a year of the event. Testing the Reco

Today, innovative cyber criminals continue to evolve and work around protections that have been put in place to keep them out of cloud environments, and cloud security has struggled to keep pace. One of the main ports of entry for cyber criminals is through gateways left open by risky behavior on the part of the victim. Often, it’s just a lack of education that leaves data and systems vulnerable. But what else can organizations do to protect themselves? Monitor the Environmen

Neither the power of data nor its value are in question. In fact, many industries face tough penalties for having their data breached by cyber criminals, forcing them to come up with strict compliance standards. However, it’s not all about avoiding fines — staying afloat as a business requires that the data be available at all times. Finding Solutions in the Cloud Seeking out disaster recovery solutions in the cloud is a go-to strategy today. There are a number of perks wit

The Internet of Things (IoT) is streamlining processes and allowing enterprises to collect huge amounts of data, but allowing all of that data to travel into the network and past the firewall also introduces a lot of risk. Many chief security officers (CSOs) are taking advantage of the intelligent edge concept, which handles the processing of data outside the firewall. Instead of moving data from hundreds, or even thousands, of IoT devices and pulling it through the firewall,

You may believe that ransomware attacks only hit large businesses or government agencies. However, cybercriminals are busy attacking businesses of all sizes today, including small- to mid-size companies. In the past year, attacks have also become more frequent for educational institutions. The FBI recently came out with a warning for educational institutions, reporting that cybercriminals are busy trying to sell more than 100 million private records from more than 100 schools