VMware is Frequent Attack Target Cybercriminals have been targeting VMware and vCenter more than ever, exploiting newly discovered vulnerabilities with ease. Without high availability redundancies in place to facilitate patching, organizations can be particularly exposed to serious cyber risks resulting from their inability to update or secure systems quickly enough. As such companies must …
Most businesses know data backups are important, but they still treat them as an afterthought. However, backups aren’t just important—they’re essential. Losing your system data isn’t just an annoyance or a setback. It could break your business overnight. You might not be able to restore functionality, and customers will lose trust in your company. Customers …
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Video Overview As Layoffs Abound, HR and IT Teams Must Collaborate to Deter Insider Cyber Threats Airiam, a managed IT and cybersecurity company with a strong focus on cyber resilience, today revealed an increased risk of insider cybersecurity breaches due to tens of thousands of recent layoffs in the technology sector. As part of Airiam’s …
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Many companies are facing personnel shortages and supply chain issues that make the December 2022 FTC Safeguard Rule compliance deadline difficult. In response to the current situation and industry lobbying, the FTC extended the compliance deadline to June 9, 2023. While companies might be breathing a sigh of relief, they shouldn’t ignore the vital safety …
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Cyber resilience and cybersecurity get bunched together in discussions around digital protection, but they are two separate philosophies. Both are important to understand and implement in your organization. There are overlaps in the implementation of both concepts. At a basic level, cybersecurity establishes a proactive defense against hackers by producing barriers to entry and mitigating …
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Your cyber resilience framework defines the techniques and processes your business uses to protect its sensitive data, services, and uptime. Frameworks will vary depending on your geographic operations, industry, and datasets, but many of the fundamentals and best practices apply universally. Every business should be striving toward cyber resilience, but it’s not an overnight transformation—nor …
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We can’t stress enough to our clients that it’s not a matter of if but when they’ll face a cyberattack. It’s not just large companies that face threats—small and medium companies face risks too. Smaller organizations often lack staff and security resources, leaving them more vulnerable, thinking an attack won’t happen to them. Last year, …
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How Can You “See Yourself in Cyber”? Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared October Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The goal for the month is to bring awareness and insights to people so they can take action to protect themselves. As online threats to technology and confidential data become more common …
Cleaning Your Viruses in 6 Sort-of-Easy Steps Some of our clients are the “DO IT YOURSELF” type so we thought we would try to spell out some basic steps to help you fix a virus on your own. Note: this won’t work for severe infections that require lots of manual tedious work. If you need help along the …
