LAN Infotech

MARCH 20, 2025

Its about leveraging technology strategically to enhance productivity, secure sensitive data and drive growth in all areas of the business. Even a one-hour outage can lead to significant revenue loss and damage to the companys reputation. Security Vulnerabilities: Outdated systems are more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

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everbridge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Leadership teams and employees on-the-ground need to be armed with the proper plans and standardized instruction in order to keep people safe, facilities secure, and operations running. Utility outages. Perhaps order statuses need to be amended or alerts of an outage need to be shared. Cyberattacks. Loss or illness of key staff.

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Pure Storage

JULY 14, 2022

According to Cybersecurity Insiders’ 2022 Cloud Security Report : . Nearly half (47%) of organizations cite “loss of visibility and control” as one of their biggest challenges around securing multi-cloud environments. . In part 2 of our three-part cloud data security blog series, we discussed the issue of complexity.

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BCP Builder

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These could range from natural disasters like floods and earthquakes to more specific risks like power outages, data breaches, or supply chain issues. However, small businesses often operate with tighter margins and fewer resources, making them more vulnerable to disruptions.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 28, 2024

Security Pros Share the Secret to Data Resilience by Blog Home Summary In a recent Tech Talk, experts from Presidio and Pure Storage discussed how enterprises can take advantage of their increasing amount of data while keeping it secure. Still, all companies are going to have to face the issue of scale. How to protect your data? “MFA

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: How to Get Strong: Unlocking the Power of Vulnerability Management The Practice of Vulnerability Management Last week, MHA CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog about vulnerability management , the practice of identifying and mitigating the weaknesses in an organization’s people, processes, and technology.

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LogisManager

JULY 30, 2024

This wasn’t just a blip; it was the largest outage in IT history. While a fix was eventually released , the necessity for manual repairs prolonged the outages, exacerbating the crisis. Nonexistent : The manual fixes and lingering outages showed just how unprepared everyone was. million Microsoft Windows systems to crash.

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Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2025

Whether you’re safeguarding cloud workloads or securing petabytes of mission-critical data, the wisdom shared here is designed to inform, inspire, and elevate your data resilience strategy. Secure backup copies: Store backups safely in a secured, climate-controlled environment and comply with retention period guidelines.

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Zerto

APRIL 13, 2023

These disruptions range from minor inconveniences to major outages and can have a significant impact on the availability and performance of your applications. Security vulnerabilities: Kubernetes is a complex system with many components and dependencies. But like any system, it can be subject to unplanned disruptions.

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Zerto

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Indeed, besides any business’ need to be able to cope with natural disasters or planned outages (maintenance, etc.), On the preventive side, patch management helps to reduce the attack surface of an organization by fixing known vulnerabilities. Threat and vulnerability management. What Is Cyber Resilience?

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 3, 2022

The top barriers to cloud migration were centered on existing on-premises contact center investments and security concerns, as well as a resistance to change. The Vulnerability of Customer Data. And there’s yet another challenge when it comes to the mountains of data being collected by cloud-based contact centers: security.

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Zerto

JANUARY 17, 2023

This study uncovered a demand for data that has never been greater, and yet the vulnerability and risks to data integrity are escalating, with ransomware attacks growing in both severity and scale. This vulnerability is particularly alarming for organizations that are refactoring their applications for Kubernetes and containers.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This is so whether the company is applying some combination of the four main risk mitigation strategies (risk acceptance, risk avoidance, risk reduction, and risk transfer) or implementing such specific measures as installing a backup power generator or requiring the use of secure VPNs. This is all to the good.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 2, 2021

To get the conversation started with your security team, here are five key questions to ask your CISO—plus a download, Ten Questions to Ask Your CISO, to guide more in-depth discussions. Do we have a vulnerability and patch management program? How do we measure its effectiveness? . How will we restore data? Or 10 hours?”

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Zero Trust is the emerging approach to network security that requires verification of all traffic, external and internal. Here’s what business continuity professionals need to know about the rigorous new security framework that is designed to protect organizations from hackers and their bots.

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Reciprocity

APRIL 4, 2022

Cybersecurity and information security are often assumed to be synonymous terms. On the contrary, they have several critical differences that security professionals should understand, if you want to deliver the best protection and risk management possible to your organization. Application security. Cloud security.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

Anything and everything is out there regarding how you can protect your organization and its stakeholders from disruptions and recover quickly when outages occur. of Homeland Security website has great general information on preparing for disasters. All you have to do is take the initiative and go get it. Other BCM professionals.

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PagerDuty

JANUARY 16, 2024

With challenges ranging from major technical issues to cloud service interruptions and cybersecurity vulnerabilities, modern day businesses must take a proactive approach to incident management. Access Gap : Modern security standards dictate that privileged access should not be handed out flippantly to anyone.

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Disaster Safety

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Implement a secure data backup solution to prevent data loss. Generators are an integral part of the preparedness planning process and can keep your business operating even if there’s a power outage. This can be especially crucial when temperatures are below freezing leaving the building vulnerable to internal temperature drops.

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Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2023

Jonathan Halstuch, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of RackTop Systems If you are protecting data with backups, you also need to secure it “Organizations have been using backups as a strategy to recover data and prevent total data loss in the instances of a critical system failure or natural disaster.

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Pure Storage

JULY 17, 2023

As you review the key objectives and recommendations, ask yourself: Is my security architecture resilient? Key Pillars and Objectives to Note Here are the objectives I believe will be most relevant for C-suite leaders and IT decision-makers as they build more resilient infrastructures and harden data security policies: 1.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 22, 2024

The CrowdStrike outage underscores that the global economy and U.S. national security are vulnerable to attack. Managing risks will require intragovernmental and perhaps international coordination.

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LAN Infotech

JANUARY 2, 2022

Wireless Network Security and Penetration Testing. Wireless network security ensures protection against unauthorized access from the internet connection to the computer or server before it gets to the firewall. With so many different, remote connections, the MSP can ensure that every connection from any remote location is secure.

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LAN Infotech

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As a result, companies are only required to report breaches involving personal data loss, such as social security numbers, credit card information, names, addresses, et cetera to relevant authorities. Bundled software is a security risk due to poor programming practices. Review Policies and Procedures Regarding Materiality.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

At the same time, a new need has developed: one for a place remote workers can go if they are no longer able to work at home (due to a power outage or whatever it might be). The threat was minimal and security was light. Concern with vendor security has followed a trajectory similar to that of cybersecurity. The “What, Me Worry?”

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PagerDuty

AUGUST 6, 2024

The recent global outage reminds us that identifying issues and their impact radius is just the first part of a lengthy process to remediation. This allows teams to continue using their preferred solutions while ensuring compliance with security, visibility, and self-service requirements. choice of scripting languages).

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

In recent years, we have entered a uniquely tumultuous period, one characterized by weird weather, global conflict, and heightened supply chain vulnerability, among other challenges. The threat of utility or network outages. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, and Department of Homeland Security. Human tipsters.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 2, 2024

This adds up to millions of dollars in losses for larger companies during a single outage. Downtime can also lead to: Missed opportunities: During an outage, businesses are unable to capitalize on potential sales or leads. Bad News from Your Surgeon, or Security Team Defeat Ransomware. Get Your Data Back Fast.

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OffsiteDataSync

MAY 18, 2022

Unfortunately, amidst the excitement, a critical vulnerability was overlooked. Then, regardless of how much SaaS has benefited your company, it’ll only be talk when the data you thought was backed up isn’t there or when productivity grinds to a halt because an outage is keeping users from the resources they need to get their job done.

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OffsiteDataSync

MARCH 17, 2022

According to the 2022 Veeam 2022 Data Protection Trends Report , 76% of organizations were attacked by ransomware in 2021, more than half (51%) suffered ransomware-related outages and more than a third of data (36%) was unrecoverable after a successful attack. Vulnerabilities Can Go Unnoticed. The real kicker?

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everbridge

JUNE 12, 2023

Download Financial Vulnerabilities White Paper The financial impact of climate change on organizations The cost of climate change on organizations is multi-faceted, and the consequences can be severe. For example, in February 2021 a severe winter storm hit Texas , causing widespread power outages and water shortages.

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PagerDuty

AUGUST 6, 2024

The recent global outage reminds us that identifying issues and their impact radius is just the first part of a lengthy process to remediation. This allows teams to continue using their preferred solutions while ensuring compliance with security, visibility, and self-service requirements. choice of scripting languages).

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 12, 2024

A recent Pure Storage survey found that 69% of organizations consider recovering from a cyber event to be fundamentally different from recovering from a “traditional” outage or disaster. for your data storage are real: If you’re not using only the most flexible, secure, and affordable data storage, you’ll likely be out of compliance.

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Solutions Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Description: Throughout this course, we will discuss what comprises Risk (assets, threats, and vulnerabilities), providing numerous real-world examples along the way. We will also cover Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Measurements, showing how you can calculate the risk of an uncertainty due to vulnerabilities and threats.

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Solutions Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The company’s platform takes a multi-layered approach to security to combat ransomware and malware using threat detection, intelligent backup scheduling, encryption and delete protection. Read on for more. Read on for more. Read on for more.

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Reciprocity

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Third parties generate, manage, or hold this data, resulting in even more severe threats to healthcare organizations and their information security. This is why third-party risk management and healthcare data security are critical. What is Healthcare Vendor Risk Management? In healthcare, outdated software is a severe problem.

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Zerto

JANUARY 10, 2024

Why Securing SaaS Data for Google Workspace is a Must While Google Workspace is an exceptionally secure SaaS application platform, it cannot protect your workloads from data loss or corruption. While this platform is secure, it’s a mistake to think it doesn’t need backup—it does, just like any other data storage solution.

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