Compliance, and Regulations in the Age of Cloud Computing
It’s hard enough just to secure data and comply with legal requirements in your own infrastructure. It’s even harder to secure data when the data is secured in the cloud – also known as Software as a Service (SaaS). SaaS is continuing to grow and will soon exceed on-location infrastructure if it hasn’t already. In […]
Solving Compliance Challenges and Requirements
Cloud computing offers many advantages for businesses of all sizes across all industry sectors. One challenge for cloud computing is regulatory compliance. When company data is stored in-house, the business or organization has control of the information. This includes where the data resides, who can access the data, and how it is stored. When the […]
Managed Security Services: Service Provider Benefits
Business security needs can be a complex issue to tackle. Particularly for nontechnology-oriented businesses, the day-to-day burdens of cyber security, firewall management, malware avoidance, customer data security, intrusion detection, and more can be overwhelming or impossible. Many companies turn to a managed security service provider in order to ensure that these issues are addressed by […]
Why Healthcare Providers Need a HIPAA Compliant Database
As of 1996, HIPAA compliance is mandated by law. Penalties for violations are immediate and costly. Practitioners can be fined and run the risk of losing their license if found to be in repeated violation of HIPPA regulations. Given the complicated nature of the HIPAA regulations and the effort involved in maintaining HIPAA compliant databases, […]
Understanding What Are The Advantages of Colocation to Your Business
Colocation is the term used for servers and network connectivity systems that are housed within a remote data center and utilize cloud based technologies. At the most basic level, colocation (COLO) offers companies increased scalability, improved infrastructure and bandwidth, lower latency levels, increased security, and a host of specialist services. As technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, […]
Understanding Security and Compliance In Colocation Centers
The use of colocation services as a means of increasing productivity and reducing cost has become an ever-growing reality in today’s business world. More and more global enterprises are outsourcing their IT needs to cloud services and colocation centers as a means of reducing IT costs, increasing bandwidth and productivity and ensuring a higher standard […]
Benefits of Cloud Use For Healthcare Companies
Healthcare today is run by regulations that are consistently changing and require a computer and server system capable of meeting the ever expanding EHC (Electronic Health Records) needs. CIO’s and healthcare company owners are required to secure and protect patient data and comply with HIPAA regulations. Healthcare companies and their CIOs have started moving from […]
Why Your Business Should Rely Only On Certified and Compliant Data Centers
There are currently several types of certifications and audits that a data center can go through to show clients all systems are compliant with regulations, safe and working correctly. These include Service Organization Control (SOC) compliance, the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE 16) and the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70. Your business […]
How to Remain HIPAA Compliant In Data Storage and Accessibility
How to Remain HIPAA Compliant Healthcare organizations are required to ensure that their information and that of patients is protected and secured while also being easily accessed. Many healthcare facilities are switching to the simplicity offered by improved access to information through cloud technology. However, in order to avert breaching of the law and remain […]
The Advantages of Cloud Hosting and Cloud Virtualization
Increasing numbers of organizations are employing cloud computing. Expenditures by end-users for cloud computing services are expected to exceed $180 billion in 2015. Cloud hosting is growing at a rapid pace. What are the advantages of cloud hosting and cloud virtualization? Virtualization is the process of separating work processes from the hardware itself. Compute, network, […]
