social media

7 Ways Social Media Sabotages Your Cybersecurity

cybersecurity, Ransomware

Social media can do wonders for you as an individual, as well as if you are running your own online business. It can help you build a loyal following, spread word and awareness about your brand, and reach out to other like-minded people, as well as customers. And the best about it is that it’s incredibly easy to do, since everyone you are looking for is already there. It is estimated that there will about 2.77 billion users on social media in 2019!

However, because the power of social media is so easy to utilize, most people let their guard down when it comes to cybersecurity, which can come back to haunt them at some point in the future, in a number of different ways. In order to avoid that, let’s take a look at seven ways in which social media sites sabotage your cybersecurity.

Vulnerability Management

Podcast: CISO Speak – Vulnerability Management in the Cloud

Cloud Computing, cybersecurity, podcast

This months podcast features Matthew Pascucci, cybersecurity practice manager at CCSI, speaking with guest CISO Patricia Smith from Cox Automotive, on vulnerability management in the Cloud. Does vulnerability management change depending on deployment model? How to you measure cloud vulnerability metrics? Patricia Smith and Matthew Pascucci touch upon these and more in this podcast episode.

maintenance

Become a Budget Hero, Use Third Party Maintenance for IT Assets

Infrastructure, Network Security1 Comment

The first question you may be asking is, “Why should I be considering third party maintenance over OEM maintenance contracts?” The short answer: MONEY

Most buyers who utilize third party maintenance services save up to 50 percent or more over three years, in most cases. In reality though, it isn’t just about the money you could save, excellent service is also an important trait, third party technicians come just as qualified as manufacturer technicians. Third party maintenance requires careful vetting, but in the end, it can be more than worth it.

containers

Best Practices for Containers

Cloud Computing, hybrid cloud

As more enterprise IT operations organizations move to container technology, IT administrators are having to morph into DevOps roles to deal with the container orchestration systems within IT production. These include systems like Docker Swarm, Apache Mesos, and Google Kubernetes, as well as a handful of lesser known players. Container technology has become a reliable way to quickly package, deploy and run application workloads without the need for concern of the physical underlying hardware or operating systems.

Just as important as the containers themselves is the container orchestration technology. These products allow you to start and stop containers through scheduling. They also allow you to scale container usage through managed container clusters. Enterprise data centers have come to expect 99.99% uptime, and introducing new technologies puts a lot of pressure on those individuals expected to run them.