by Christine Thome | Feb 4, 2021 | Networking
Today’s organizations are more reliant on their tech infrastructure than ever before. With everything from laptops and phones, to printers, meeting rooms and even the occasional vending machine being a connected device, a strong networking backbone is needed to ensure...
by Christine Thome | Feb 4, 2021 | Security, Uncategorized
Just about every story you read about responding to ransomware includes the directive to “never pay the ransom.” That’s easy enough to say if you’re not the one whose data is being held hostage. And the odds are pretty good it will happen to your company. CyberEdge’s...
by Christine Thome | Feb 4, 2021 | mobile threats, Security
Ransomware is nothing short of a cyber pestilence. Its financial impact in 2019 was estimated at at over $7.5 billion. And 2021 is off to an equally inauspicious start, with many potential attacks to be aware of, along with the massive SolarWinds supply chain...
by Christine Thome | Dec 28, 2020 | Cloud, Security
When COVID-19 forced office closures, enterprises either fast-tracked digital transformation initiatives or expanded IT resources to mobilize remote workers. Enabling hundreds, even thousands, of remote workers stretched traditional enterprise network security stacks...
by Christine Thome | Nov 18, 2020 | Storage
I like Mexican food. But several years ago, I started noticing the same distribution trucks delivering ingredients to all of the local restaurants: That meant the same cheese, rice, tortillas, beans, etc. So, despite the rearranging of ingredients (“The #22 has...
by Christine Thome | Nov 18, 2020 | Backup, Cloud, Infrastructure, Storage
Cloud computing has become a mainstay of enterprise operations. Not only do organizations turn to public cloud services for their application and data requirements, but many are now deploying private clouds in their own data centers or other facilities — perhaps...
by Christine Thome | Oct 14, 2020 | Infrastructure
After six months of the Covid-19 crisis, most CIOs have begun looking beyond immediate response measures to focus on more strategic priorities. IT leaders are rightly re-evaluating strategies to make their organisations more resilient and better able to respond to...
by Christine Thome | Oct 7, 2020 | Security
Ransomware is a type of malware that cybercriminals use to extort money from their victims. Essentially, it encrypts a user’s systems and data, which prevents them from accessing their files until they pay a ransom in virtual currency to get a decryption key. But how...
by Christine Thome | Oct 6, 2020 | Backup, Cloud, Storage
Interestingly, we have a professional photographer to thank for the 3-2-1 backup strategy that many companies employ today. Peter Krogh originally shared the concept in his 2009 book The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers. This backup strategy has...
by Christine Thome | Oct 2, 2020 | Networking, Security
Campus networks are undergoing another massive transition in the COVID teleworking era. With this fundamental shift and as administrators consider an interconnected IoT (Internet of Things) environment, the boundary between the office, home, teleworker and user is...
