There have been a lot of data breaches–many of them massive breaches affecting tens of millions of customers–in 2014. That isn’t likely to slow down in 2015. A new report from Experian highlights some of the factors fueling data breach […]
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Use at least 8 characters. Use a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Don’t use any personal information like names or birth dates. Don’t use words that can be found in a dictionary (even when replacing
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It seems like there isn’t much these days that isn’t in the cloud. Entire businesses are launched and run from Rackspace, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Azure. On an individual level, people are using Dropbox, or OneDrive to store data,
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Mark your calendar. Tuesday, December 2 at 1pm Eastern / 1oam Pacific BeyondTrust is presenting a free Web event. BeyondTrust CTO Marc Maiffret will be joined by Geoff Hancock, a senior cybersecurity executive, and Marc Sachs, Vice President for National
Executive roundtable: Knocking Out IT Security Threats in 2015 Read More »
I have used various cloud storage services over the years. A few of them I have only used long enough to test out for a review, and some–like Box–have become my primary cloud storage. With all of the changes and
20,000 file max limits value of ‘unlimited’ OneDrive for Business Read More »
How prepared is your organization in the event of a massive data breach? It might mean a lot to your company’s bottom line to put a plan in place now. A Ponemon Institute survey found that the cost per breached
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What do you do when your company is used to monopolizing virtually everything it touches, and then one day you wake up to find that the world has evolved and shifted, and suddenly your role in it has been greatly
Microsoft seeks agility in DevOps and open source Read More »
It costs money to defend against cyber attacks. You have to invest in the hardware and software necessary to detect and block threats, and you have to dedicate resources to develop, implement, and enforce solid security policies. It can be
2014 Ponemon Cost of Cyber Crime study Read More »
Docker–and the concept of containers–is hot right now, and still gaining momentum. The ability to run virtualized apps in modular containers independent of the operating system enables organizations to be much more agile and efficient. Microsoft wants to incorporate that
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It isn’t a problem so much with the faster broadband speeds these days, but I remember how frustrating it used to be to receive a 3MB or 4MB file attachment on an email over dial-up. Yikes! Even at broadband speed,
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