by Christine Thome | Apr 4, 2022 | Security
For every new technology that cybersecurity professionals invent, it’s only a matter of time until malicious actors find a way around it. We need new leadership approaches as we move into the next phase of securing our organizations. For Boards of Directors (BODs),...
by Christine Thome | Mar 8, 2022 | Security
Everybody uses LinkedIn. Everybody. I mean, at last count the site had 722 million subscribers. That’s what makes the site so incredibly useful for networking, job hunting, recruiting, and promoting your business. It’s also what makes LinkedIn a huge security threat....
by Christine Thome | Mar 8, 2022 | Storage
In the wake of the pandemic, the urgency for truly distributed platforms has peaked. Distributed applications that, just two years ago, were side projects for many environments have been pressed into production. In many cases, you have faced an unpleasant choice:...
by Christine Thome | Mar 8, 2022 | Networking, Security
Jennifer (JJ) Minella of Viszen Security is a longtime IT security consultant, author, and public speaker. Her new book from Wiley Publishing, “Wireless Security Architecture” is available now for preorder I recently had the pleasure of catching up with David...
by Christine Thome | Jan 10, 2022 | Cloud, Storage
The pace of moving to cloud are being constantly accelerated, with IDG predicting by the end of this year, 80% of enterprises will be shifting to cloud centric infrastructure and apps twice as fast as pre-pandemic.(1) Adopting SaaS apps or cloud storage are often the...
by Christine Thome | Jan 10, 2022 | Security
One of the biggest changes that the pandemic has created for enterprises is the need to incorporate digital strategies that support remote connectivity. Whereas IT and security teams didn’t necessarily need strong collaboration to support a limited number of...
by Christine Thome | Nov 30, 2021 | Backup, Security
Ransomware attacks threaten organizations of all types and sizes, and IT teams must be willing to take whatever steps necessary to minimize the risks. In early August, global consulting firm Accenture suffered a LockBit ransomware attack that threatened confidential...
by Christine Thome | Oct 19, 2021 | Security
Summary Adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) are evolving significantly increasing security risk Compliance frameworks – such as PCI DSS, NIST – are minimum security baseline control sets Cyber security operations that align technical solutions like XDR...
by Christine Thome | Oct 19, 2021 | Storage
Rapid, near-constant change is the defining state of today’s modern, digitally transformed business environment. As the past year has made painfully clear, it is time for a storage infrastructure and a storage strategy that can rapidly adapt. Such flexibility is...
by Christine Thome | Oct 19, 2021 | Networking
The goal of this blog is simple: to arm chief information officers (CIOs) and other network professionals with quick and easy talking points to think and speak intelligently about enterprise Wi-Fi and 5G. Talking Point #1: Wi-Fi and 5G are simultaneously...
