Vulnerability Assessment vs. Penetration Test
It is quite a common problem to pay for network penetration testing services and getting a hundred pages penetration testing report listing the vulnerabilities detected by a scanning tool. Vulnerability assessments are often offered in place of penetration tests. But what is the difference? Vulnerability Assessment A vulnerability assessment intends to identify certain weaknesses in […]
How Can Managed Security Services Providers Be Beneficial for a Business?
Good and in-house security professionals are hard to find, and finding the right team can prove to be a daunting task. Every company prefers to secure its software applications, customer data, intellectual property, and other business assets. In order to implement this efficiently, your business needs the right people, the right technologies, proper strategies, and […]
DDoS Attack Types & Mitigation Methods
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make any online service dysfunctional or unavailable by overwhelming it with requests and web traffic. This overloads the servers with requests, and the web service or website essentially crashes. The attacks attack a variety of resources like banks and news sites and even government […]
Why Today’s IT Leaders Should Be Considering Colocation
Technology has taken over the world over the course of the last few years. It looks like there is an innovation every day and each with more and more benefits than the previous one. Colocation is amongst the most incredible jumps of technology and innovation. This is simply where businesses bring their personal servers to […]
Storage Tiering and Cost Savings for Data Backup and Recovery
No matter where you look, the cost of the newest technology is rising for businesses. While older tech tends to plummet in price faster, the latest and greatest brings such complexity to the table that costs tend to run high. Due to the rising cost, industries are now learning to become more efficient in how […]
Why Are Cybercriminals Targeting Educational Institutions
Last year saw a sharp increase in the number and impact of cyber attacks on educational institutions across the US. While healthcare and financial industries have always been prime targets, cyber criminals seem to be turning more to learning institutions as targets for hacking. It is not just criminals prepared to sell your information on […]
Essential Questions to Ask When Developing a Business Continuity Plan
Developing a business continuity plan is essential in this age of instant connectivity and will give you the peace of mind that comes with knowing you are prepared for anything. With a business continuity plan, you can ensure that, in times of downtime and power outage, your information and data will be safe and secure. […]
The Growing Trend of Data Protection as a Service
As business needs grow and evolve, so does the level of the services that they require to operate effectively in a technology-driven world. Due to the increased growth in cloud services’ popularity, many businesses are looking to enhance their hosted services to give them access to better benefits such as higher scalability, management, and recovery […]
RTO & RPO: Know the Differences
Disaster Recovery: The Basics How well would your company fare if your area was struck by a natural disaster tomorrow? Would your business survive? Would your business operations be able to be restored so that your company could get back to normal? In a world where cyber-attacks and natural disasters are on the rise, it […]
What Are The Ingredients For Next-Generation Colocation
Data centers colocation began as a way of helping businesses address data storage issues and security issues. Data centers now allow for companies to have access to more software applications, more secure networks, and more data. Data centers are helping companies become more flexible and adapt faster to the ever-changing IT world. New trends The […]
