Tag Archives: cyber security
More than half of IT execs believe in the cloud’s security benefits
Some companies are hesitant to adopt cloud computing for fear that the use of hosted environments may make mission-critical data and applications more vulnerable to security breaches.
Cyber-Attacks are Wrecking the Internet, What Should We Do?
With the amount of cyber-attacks that occur on a regular basis to large and small companies (just a few weeks ago, hackers breached LivingSocial.com, affecting 50 million users), it’s starting to look like there’s really nothing we can do to secure ourselves effectively. Of course, there are many philosophies when it comes to security…
Solving Java Security Issues Once and For All
You may have read in tech news lately about “zero-day” threats that are exposed to Java. Zero-day threats are vulnerabilities that have been discovered by hackers, but the software maker has not had time to publish a fix for the flaw.
Is virtualization a security threat?
Although industry research continues to show the popularity of virtualization, some believe that the technology is a security threat.
Bring Your Own Device and Mobile Virtualization
IT managers have been struggling to determine the best way to incorporate employee owned devices into the business structure without compromising security; is virtualization the key?
Keeping Information Safe From Potential Clients
We spend a lot of time talking about cyber security and encouraging you to have proper backups in case of disaster, but we haven’t taken a whole lot of time to talk about making deals with clients. That said, let’s address security issues you might face when courting prospective clients. It’s easy to get wrapped
The Worst Botnets of 2012
Part of business continuity and disaster planning is avoiding disasters, if at all possible. Anybody connected to the internet faces threats from malware, viruses, and more. Cyber-criminals want your information and you must keep if safe. Each infected unit is known as a bot, forming a full-fledged botnet once several networked computers are infected by
The Biggest Cloud Security Threat? Your Employees
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Relaxed computer and internet usage policies might make employees happy, but can in many ways put company data in jeopardy. IT professionals have a lot of security threats to deal with these days. Bring-your-own-device (BYON) and even bring-your-own-network (BYON) practices are growing steadily and various internet and device related conveniences and services are growing faster
Security, reliability key points for cloud recovery
According to eWeek, there is a growing divide between cloud services and the related IT policies that govern them.
Is your Password on the List of Worst Passwords?
Infoworld.com pointed out that a recent study showed that the most popular password in the world is still, you guessed it, “password.” Others topping the list of twenty five worst passwords are “123456,” “qwerty,” “monkey” and one of my favorites, “trustno1.” Hackers often use software designed to guess passwords one at a time until it
Bring-Your-Own-Network Could be the Latest Security Threat
We’ve looked at bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, cloud security and keeping big data safe but there’s another growing threat. As mobile devices continue to flourish, many workers are using their own devices at work and more companies are implementing BYOD policies. Just as IT security specialists start to get a decent grip on securing employee-owned mobile
Is America in Danger of Cyber Attack?
Cyber security is a subject of growing intrigue and great importance. I mentioned in a recent article that Obama is expected to sign an executive order that would establish programs in which companies operating critical infrastructures would work towards securing their systems and draft a set of security guidelines. The White House has not confirmed
How Much Personal Info Does Facebook Have?
Personal privacy is a growing issue. The National Security Agency is currently building a data center in Bluffdale, Utah, where it will house data from its various branches across the United States. Many worry about agencies like the NSA breaching personal privacy for the sake of national security, but the biggest offender in breaching privacy
Obama’s Cyber Security Order
Having a well-balanced backup and disaster recovery plan involves a lot of things, one of which is preparing for threats before they become an issue. Preparing for threats is a very large task, especially for a government mitigating the danger of cyber-attacks. Luckily, a new executive order might help the U.S. government fortify its cyber
Demand for MSPs Focused On Disaster Recovery Grows
I hear it again and again. When it comes to disaster recovery, cloud computing, and IT security services, decision makers increasingly look to MSPs to handle their needs. In fact, Dan Berthiaume of MSPMentor recently claimed in his blog, MSPs get the call for Disaster Recovery, IT Security, that MSPs are the number one choice
Software Licensing and Piracy
A company finds it difficult enough to maintain a well-tuned disaster recovery plan without having to worry about software licensing issues. We at StorageCraft try to make the activation and deactivation process as reasonable as possible, but we find that some users still have issues. Recently, for example, we’ve seen some issues around the deactivation
Security and Encryption in the Cloud
Clicking the news section of any of the big tech sites will likely yield stories about how another company’s systems were breached by hackers, and how thousands of user accounts have been compromised. You may have even had your own Facebook, email or Twitter account hacked. According to Verizon Business’s latest study on data breach
Radiation therapy company acknowledges sensitive information stolen
Cancer Care Group, a leading radiology healthcare provider, this week announced that personal files on over 55,000 of its patients and employees were recently stolen.
What level of personal security is reasonable in the cloud?
The internet has been abuzz with discussions about cloud security this week. First, Steve Wozniak of Apple essentially said the cloud is a free-for-all and will be for a few years to come. Then there was the story of Mat Honan getting hacked and completely wiped which, if it all went down the way it
Intel and McAfee: A marriage made in cloud heaven?
The channel is buzzing on today’s news that Intel is acquiring McAfee, the security technology firm, for nearly $8 billion. The VAR Guy says this new union should cause a little fear and trembling in Redmond and Mountain View as it is signaling that Intel doesn’t trust Microsoft and Symantec to keep IT secure as
Server Phobia
The March 2010 edition of Channel Pro has a great story about how to sell small businesses on system security. The article focuses on business that don’t have servers, but still need data protection and security. One StorageCraft partner, Bill Hole of The Hole Group, discussed how he’s using StorageCraft ShadowProtect to backup his customers’
What’s Your Second Line of Defense Against a Virus?
The headlines are always scary: “Conficker Worm Strikes Police Department,” “Botnet Attack Launched on Government Web Sites” and “Computer Virus Brings Down Hospital.” The way viruses, malware, spyware and denial of service attacks are striking businesses on a regular basis show that they’ve almost become a way of life for us. These problems constantly put
Warning: McAfee’s Most Dangerous Domains Announced
And McAfee Labs reports that the amount of malware proliferating on the Web has exploded this year. What are the riskiest domains?
