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How Can CIOs Deal with Pervasive Data? [Video]

September 28, 2015 • Published by
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Omnipresent data is presenting major challenges for today’s CIOs. The constant evolution of data-driven business practices requires the appropriate checks and balances throughout the entire organization and across every channel.

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Does Compliance Equal Security? [Video]

September 22, 2015 • Published by
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It’s getting harder and harder to hire people that understand and can evolve with the growing security threat, so for a business what do I select as the technology and then how do I staff appropriately in order to make it all work together. Watch this short video to learn the truth behind security and compliance.

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Operate Your Website Security Like a Boss!

August 12, 2015 • Published by

Google has published some interesting statistics in continuation with their #NoHacked campaign: Over the past year, Google has noticed a 180% increase in the number of websites getting hacked. Google also offers some tips to protect your website from getting hacked. Unfortunately, the advice they offer, while good, is very basic and will only protect you to a point.

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5 Tips for Evaluating a Managed Security Service Provider

June 23, 2015 • Published by
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Today’s IT manager has an overwhelming number of competing priorities. Strategic initiatives to improve the customer experience vie with mission-critical activities such as ensuring maximum operational uptime and efficiency, deploying system upgrades and updates, and executing new technology strategies aimed at building the business.

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Bundled Adware: Not Only Unethical but Unsecure

February 20, 2015 • Published by

The Internet is abuzz with the news that Lenovo has been installing an adware named Superfish on a number of consumer laptops. The adware not only injects third-party ads on Google searches and websites without the user’s permission, but also has the capability to intercept and hijack SSL/TLS connections to websites, due to the installation of a self-signing certificate authority on affected machines.

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Survey Finds SMBs Leaving Mobile Data, Devices Unprotected

October 27, 2014 • Published by
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ControlScan recently released a new report detailing its latest research findings on mobile technology adoption among SMBs. The report, Mobile at the Point of Sale: How SMBs are Adopting Mobile Devices to Accept Card-Present Payments, is based on input from more than 6,000 US-based SMBs responding to the company’s 2014 Mobile Payment Acceptance Survey.

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The Critical Security Challenges UTM Solves

October 26, 2014 • Published by
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In today’s SMB organizations, IT managers have an overwhelming number of competing priorities. Strategic initiatives to improve the customer experience vie with mission-critical activities such as ensuring maximum operational uptime and efficiency, deploying system upgrades and updates, and executing new technology strategies aimed at building the business. Yet cyber criminals don’t discriminate among those they target; businesses of all sizes are under a constant barrage of attacks from malware, Trojans and viruses.

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Guest Wi-Fi Security Best Practices

October 24, 2014 • Published by
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“Excuse me, do you have WiFi?” While you may find the increased frequency of that question irritating, there’s no denying it: Your customers crave connectivity. And if you don’t provide it today, they will go elsewhere tomorrow.

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