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If you read our 2016 predictions for IT you would have noticed our 2nd prediction was “we’ll all be hacked”. As I mentioned the threat and top of mind placement for Cyber Security is stating the obvious. Cyber Security at top of mind has been a recurring theme over the past 3-5 years culminating with its attention in the C-Suite over the more recent end of that range. Based on […]
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Imperva (IMPV) Imperva, Inc (www.imperva.com) is a California-based cyber security firm offering integrated platforms and appliances for web, database and file security. Imperva’s primary application is a Web Application Firewall known as Secure Sphere which was recently rated as the leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s analysis noted Imperva’s lead in several areas High success rate on protection rather than just detection of threats Simple “drop-in install” (alternatively called transparent bridge deployment) Amazon […]
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Are you thinking of cloud migration, but have your doubts whether cloud security is adequate? You are not alone. Some small and mid-market businesses are hesitant to full embrace cloud migration, fearing that their business sensitive data might get breached when stored in the public cloud. But is the risk really that high or can it be managed? As statistics show, more than half of all enterprises and third of […]
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For mid-sized business the cloud is a necessity for driving business agility, speed-to-market and reducing capital expenses. Despite that many IT leaders remain hesitant to migrate to the public cloud due to ongoing concerns about Cloud Security. There are many misunderstood points about security in the cloud. This post will highlight a few from our experience as a Cloud Managed Services provider in New York. I can stop Shadow IT […]
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There has been a significant increase of late in cyber attacks. In fact, the FBI now ranks cyber crime as one of its top law enforcement activities. In the recent budget proposed by President Obama, he said that he would drastically raise the United States’ spending on cyber security to $15 billion annually. From fraud and identity theft to commercial hacking assaults, cyber security has never been so important for governments, businesses […]
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Small and mid-size businesses rely on business critical data and applications as much as the enterprise. Many though are lacking the talent pool or expertise in order to execute an appropriate Backup and Disaster Recovery strategy. The spread of Cloud Backup and Backup-as-a-Service are making the solutions more affordable than ever for SMB and threat landscape is the same effects on business large or small. Lost productivity, lost revenue and possibly […]
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Many HIPAA covered entity continue to maintain their own data center forgoing the cloud to ensure they remain within compliance requirements. For highly regulated industries including healthcare with strict HIPAA requirements there are barriers and challenges to Cloud Migration. How can healthcare providers achieve a balance between meeting the requirements of being a covered entity and taking advantage of the benefits of Private/Public/Hybrid cloud migration? To help healthcare providers learn how to verify […]
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The State of IT Disaster Recovery for SMBs Axcient recently published their analysis of the State of IT Disaster Recovery for SMBs. The goal of this report was to analyze current trends and SMB experience with IT backup and recovery along with the growing trend of cloud managed services based Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service. Key Findings 83% of small companies and 74% of mid-sized companies have had a major IT failure in the past 2 […]
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Many IT disaster recovery plans are providing false sense of security to leadership. Here are some common “gotchas” when implementing your disaster recovery and business continuity plan. Ignoring the Cloud or not taking full advantage of cloud’s benefits in disaster recovery If you are only using the cloud for data backup or storage, you are ignoring a key component of what could be a life saver for your business. Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service from […]
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