Cyber Security

It isn’t always possible to migrate legacy systems to up-to-date platforms, which makes them vulnerable to old and new security threats on an ongoing basis. However, there are several measures [...]

Malware gets a lot of publicity, but computer viruses aren’t the main cause of security breaches. Instead, the attacks rely on stolen credentials, which are increasingly available and cheap, as [...]

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 [...]