How to manage third-party risk in the supply chain

Staff Writer/ March 5, 2021/ CTOs Quick Reads, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security threats, IT Management

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFrom third-party risk assessments to multifactor authentication, follow these steps to ensure suppliers don’t end up being your enterprise cybersecurity strategy’s weakest link. By Michael Cobb The recent SolarWinds supply chain hack has affected public and private organizations worldwide, but this type of attack is not new. The Target, Home Depot, Boston Medical Center and PNI Digital Media data breaches

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E-commerce sites warned of heightened DDoS threat

T-Blog Editor/ November 15, 2020/ Data security strategies and governance, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security threats, IT risk management

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesE-commerce sites are being urged to ensure that they have adequate DDoS protection ahead of the vital holiday trading season after attacks ramped up on Black Friday and Cyber Monday By Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks reached their highest levels in November on two of the busiest online trading days of the year, statistics show. On Black

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Any online business a target of DDoS attacks

T-Blog Editor/ November 15, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security threats, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAny business that is online is susceptible to denial of service attacks and should ensure it has the capability to mitigate such attacks, says an industry practitioner who explains how By Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst Any online business or application is vulnerable to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, according to Harshil Parikh, director of security at software-as-a-service platform firm, Medallia. However, there

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DDoS mitigation strategies needed to maintain availability during pandemic

T-Blog Editor/ November 15, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, COVID-19: Organization Mitigation Responses, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security threats, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesThe growing prevalence of DDoS attacks combined with the increased reliance on internet connectivity during the pandemic means enterprises can no longer afford to ignore the threat of DDoS attacks. Computer Weekly explores organisations’ perceptions of the risks and best practice for mitigation By Sebastian Klovig Skelton The increased reliance of enterprises on remote working and internet connectivity during the Covid-19 pandemic

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12 Microsoft 365 security best practices to secure the suite

T-Blog Editor/ November 12, 2020/ Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security threats, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMigrating to or operating cloud-based Microsoft 365 can bring with it a host of problems and misconfigurations. Check out 12 best practices to tighten Microsoft 365 security. By Johna Till Johnson Part one of this two-part series on Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) security weaknesses examined some of main misconfigurations that cause problems when trying to securely operate or migrate to the cloud-based Microsoft

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