Cyber Security

Cybersecurity efforts are often all about catchup: installing patches that have piled up, updating applications that have reached their end of support date, ensuring antivirus software has the [...]

Americans expect their towns to provide safe drinking water; there are major news stories and investigations when they fail at this. But how many municipalities consider their information [...]

Developing an information security strategy requires addressing the concerns from multiple angles. There are things you need to know; things you need to do; things you need to monitor; and things [...]

Too often, businesses are reactive in their information security strategy. They put some basic safeguards in place, and then wait for something—an attack—to happen before doing anything else. [...]

The high cost of security breaches ($150 per record, according to the latest Ponemon Institute study) is matched by the high cost of defending against them. It’s important for companies to make [...]

There are constant challenges in information technology. Deciding where to focus your efforts is the key to achieving stable infrastructure that supports the business. Some of the more important [...]

Today’s data center looks very different than it used to. Many times, there isn’t a data center at all. Security strategies need to match this new design and provide comprehensive protection to [...]

The problem with security isn’t that there aren’t enough security tools. There’s a whole laundry list of tools you can use, including firewalls, antivirus, data loss prevention, intrusion [...]

Your most powerful users are the most trusted. Their privileged accounts give them access to administrator functions that can change how your systems behave. When stolen, these accounts give [...]

Firewalls are a first line of defense, but they’re only a first line. The threats to networks today are smart, persistent, and ever-changing, and it’s inevitable that an attack will eventually [...]