Security and systems monitoring are the latest in a long line of services that are seeing increased demand in today’s tech-driven world. As a result, managed service providers (MSPs) are interested in incorporating these services into their business portfolios, especially as cloud security takes precedence for their clients. In order […]
3 Reasons Businesses Need to Re-evaluate Mobile Device Security Strategies
The varied and ubiquitous use of mobile devices in individuals’ work and personal lives only continues to grow. Companies that have not yet adopted a firm mobile device policy or an EMM (enterprise mobility management) solution need to do so now, and businesses that were early adopters of device management […]
7 Best Practices That Beef Up Cyber Security
Who would have imagined that even global enterprises with superior security protection could fall victim to brutal hacking? The recent past has seen a dramatic rise in the rate and severity of hacking attacks. eBay went down in a torrent of embarrassment as hackers plundered the company’s data arsenal. The […]
Mobile Virtualization: A New and Effective Security Solution for Mobile Data
With data traffic continuing its dramatic migration to the mobile sphere, smartphones and handheld devices have (predictably) become prime targets for criminals. The diverse array of data stored on smartphones is one of the reasons they are so appealing to cybercriminals. The longstanding “work phone/personal phone” dichotomy is also disappearing, […]
Do Businesses Need Advanced Security Against Spear Phishing?
Spear Phishing — what sounds like an oceanic documentary about terrible peril for sea creatures is actually a different kind of danger involving fraudulent email attacks against friends, family and employees. Fortunately, there are email security packages with advanced threat features designed to stave off these attacks. Just Phishing Common […]
Securing Your Virtual Environment
Learn more about securing your virtual environment. Take a look at these 3 different options for securing the virtual machines (VMs) on your network. The first is standard agent based security where each terminal downloads and updates its own copy of anti virus software. The second is agentless security where […]
Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) Listed as the #2 Cybercrime Trend for 2013
Webroot, the cyber-security threat blog has compiled a list of 2013’s most successful malware and security exploits, based on propagation, proliferation, professionalism and business strategy. Topping the list is Blackhole Web’s malware exploitation kit, which was a huge player until the author’s arrest. Coming in second were telephony denial of […]
Got VoIP? Is it Secure?
Know the risks of using VoIP services and how you can make your network more secure from infiltration. It talks about how using encryption and certificate based authentication can prevent VoIP fraud from happening to you. Many organizations have begun using VoIP without being aware of the risks associated with using […]
How to Respond to a Data Breach
According to statistics cyber crime is actually yet on the list of males apparently in charge of making and also stocking your IDENTITY robbery bazaar, a bunch Symantec message or calls your “Cyclops company.” In spite of increased extreme caution with regards to cyber security, files breaches continue to be […]