You can’t read anything about online security without noting the problem is getting bigger. Ransomware, open-source threats and black hat actors aren’t terms just for the IT guy anymore–they’re real threats coming at your business from online activity.
Even though Locky’s operators were silent for some time, there has never been any doubt that they would be back, with a new massively spread spam campaign.
Virtualized networks and SDN (software-defined network) architectures are “the next big thing,” offering businesses new opportunities to grow and change. They bring together far-flung facilities in a single, secure network and let people from all locations communicate as if they were in the same building. SDNs also create big challenges to IT and cybersecurity teams. Instead of securing one physical data center, they must now secure an increasingly large, complex and distributed network in a virtual environment.
By now we’re all probably very aware of the massive Equifax hack that exposed 143 million Americans social security numbers, birth dates, addresses and drivers’ licenses. There was also a small subset of credit cards and personal identifying documents released with limited personal information to an uncertain amount of Canadian and UK citizens being accessed as well.
Software Defined WAN (Wide Area Network) is currently a hot topic in IT conference rooms across the globe. SDWAN is not a new topic or product for that matter. So why all the hype about SDWAN?
The ransomware industry is exploding, an unearthed pot of gold for cyber attackers. Often, if not everyday one can find a story or an article related to a new occurring ransomware attack. For cybercriminals, ransomware is a lucrative prospect, easily accessible and with a relatively low risk. By the same token, it is a hellish nightmare for CEOs; offline networks, lost productivity and other bureaucratic issues.
Despite organizations’ readiness to embrace cloud and awareness of the risks, too many are too slow to recover from data loss. For example, research from Everbridge finds that organizations take an average of 27 minutes to rally the right team of experts once they declare an incident, and those minutes add up quickly in direct costs to the business. With unplanned IT downtime costing $8,662 per minute on average, companies today are spending an average of $233,874 just to get the right team in place and begin recovery efforts.
They always say teach by example. I find that the IT Profession is one of those professions where business examples are not necessarily followed personally by associates. The biggest example of this would be safeguarding personal data. You all know who you are!
Nowadays, the issue of proper cybersecurity has become increasingly relevant. The number of cyberattacks rises every year and it’s getting pretty hard for businesses, even as big as Microsoft, to protect the data from being attacked by a virus. Therefore, business cybersecurity is a must.
