Category: Security & Compliance

At the beginning of the recent pandemic, we experienced a sudden, widespread transition to remote work. Companies did what they could to keep their teams connected to each other—and to the software and data everyone needs to do their jobs. And some leveraged virtual private networks (VPN) to enable remote work, while others upgraded to (or used…

Ever since someone first coined the term “digital transformation,” businesses have been discussing the topic of cloud security. At first, the idea of exchanging on-premises infrastructure that you could physically lock up at night in favor of trusting sensitive data to managed cloud security was a big leap of faith. Even though some of those fears…

Smart business owners have taken a different view of IT over the past few decades. Their facilities no longer include large server rooms or data centers, filled with their signature racks and bundles of multicolored cables. Now, there’s minimal hardware on-site. Most of their infrastructure has moved to a cloud environment. There are numerous reasons…

Moving infrastructure to a cloud workspace is unlike any other tech project. There can be a tremendous amount of benefit for making this move. At the same time, it’s essential that the move is executed properly.  Although infrastructure as a service (IaaS) options like Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and other public cloud platforms can…

If you’ve ever experienced losing a document that wasn’t backed up, imagine how much worse it can be when it’s your company’s whole system at risk! While many people believe one of the benefits of using M365 is that Microsoft backs up all your data, the truth is that Microsoft considers this a “shared responsibility.”…

Keeping data safe is (or should be!) a top concern for all businesses these days. On top of that, many industries have additional challenges with needing to maintain some sort of regulatory compliance. HIPAA, PCI, SOC2, NIST, and other similar regulations provide minimum requirements for security controls to ensure data confidentiality. According to Enterprise Strategy…

“We regret to inform you that our organization experienced a recent security incident….” These days, you count yourself lucky if you’ve only heard those words once from vendors who have your sensitive information. Your heart races, trying to remember what data they have. Credit card? Definitely. Social Security number? You hope not! It’s no surprise…

The coronavirus pandemic impacted virtually every aspect of business – including acceleration of cloud data protection. Veeam’s Data Protection Report 2021, the largest survey of its kind with more than 3,000 business leaders around the world, found that 96 percent of organizations already started accelerating cloud usage, and more than 50 percent accelerated their digital…