Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesExperts offer six tips about how to improve cybersecurity protection and response plans to mitigate the fallout of data breaches and attacks on sensitive information. By Mary K. Pratt Many enterprise security leaders and teams struggle to get the resources needed to prevent data breaches, but the frequency of attacks and consequences of such events continues to rise. Consider some
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCompanies need both detection and prevention cybersecurity tools to effectively keep data and employees safe from attackers. Just one or the other isn’t enough. By Rohit Dhamankar, Guest Contributor We are living in unique times with companies of all sizes and industries shifting to a remote workforce to limit social interaction and help contain the COVID-19 outbreak. For many businesses,
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesEven during pandemics, hackers use malware such as ransomware and phishing to exploit an organization’s vulnerabilities. IT security pros discuss how they prevent cyber attacks. By Sandra Gittlen With the coronavirus pandemic well underway, the last thing information security professionals want to deal with are the devastating effects of ransomware and phishing attacks. Many are hoping the steps they have
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBased on our top 10 most-read stories of 2019, IT pros sought to learn the benefits of virtualization, as well as the drawbacks, as the technology gained ground. By Mike Gleason When an organization decides to pursue a virtual desktop solution, a host of questions awaits it. Our most popular virtual desktop articles this year highlight that fact and show
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesBest practices, tips for designing a hyper-converged infrastructure to support virtual desktops for remote workers in today’s coronavirus-accentuated, work-from-home environment. By Kurt Marko HCI and VDI have historically gotten along well together. In fact, one of the first and still popular use cases for hyper-converged technology is as a work-from-home infrastructure platform for serving virtual desktops to remote users, the
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA zombie server is a physical server that is running but has no external communications or visibility and contributes no compute resources; essentially, it consumes electricity but serves no useful purpose. Posted by: Margaret Rouse Contributor(s): Matthew Haughn Zombie servers are often created because user-requested applications end up getting no use or almost no use (typically defined as under six percent). Other causes include redundant or legacy applications and services that have been replaced. An estimated one in three
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAdministrators who build a server monitoring framework with PowerShell can develop their own customized checks for deeper insights into their environment. By Adam Bertram As your server inventory expands, you will need assistance to ensure you can head off any problems. There are many server monitoring and reporting options in the market, but certain situations may call for a lightweight
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesResearch shows that business email compromise attacks continue to proliferate as threat actors continue to see success. Here are a few ways to protect your company. By Justin Brecese For a company victimized by a business email compromise (BEC), discovering missing funds or inappropriate financial transactions can, at first, be like following a very confusing trail of breadcrumbs. Victim organizations
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesLearn how to prevent island-hopping cyberattacks to keep hackers from gaining the confidence of a phishing victim who could then accidentally commit corporate financial fraud. By Nick Cavalancia In many cases, your company may not be the intended victim of a cybercrime, but instead is used as a pawn to gain confidence and access to a company you do business
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSending sensitive information in attachments is inherently unsafe, and the main way to secure them — encryption — can be implemented inconsistently, negating security benefits. By Michael Heller Michael Cobb Sending sensitive information securely in an email or as an attachment is possible, but enabling encryption to do so can have issues that could negate any security benefits. Sending an
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