Top 5 benefits of using the cloud As most cloud providers are breached all your data has already leaked so as long as you have a backup for ransomware there is no need to worry about security--you already have none.
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Can Converged Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) be Secured? The short answer? No. Upon recent review of a NIST/NCCoE project guideline for backup/recovery of manufacturing networks, the scope was realistic but frank, pessimistic – clearly when IT/OT intertwine an attack
Who's to Blame for Downstream Ransomware? The president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, in response to the SolarWinds breach said, "I think from a software engineering perspective, it’s probably fair to say that this is the largest and most
air gap Stuxnet Ironically Highlights Solution to $6 Trillion Cybercrime Industry The Stuxnet worm was believed to have been first developed around 2005, and depending on who you asked, could have been authored by a number of different hackers (or groups) working in collaboration.
The Struggle of Securing your A.I. The organizations generating the most market value from their products (consumer data) have been those successful at flipping the consumer-producer dynamic on its head. Having successfully marketed a platform for users to provide
What's a Better Ransomware Hostage, Supercomputing or Production Cycles? Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Data Science insights are at the forefront of market innovation; neural networks have become a means of survival as Blue Chips look to develop wealth-preservation strategies.
Who Will You Call To Negotiate Back Control Of Your Factory? Manufacturing companies account for almost 30% of all ransomware victims globally, and US companies account for more than half of all victims. The US auto industry can see the writing on the wall
Private Clouds: No Internet? No Problem. It’s easy to envision on premises High Performance Computing (HPC) budget and strategy meetings focusing on compute and storage bandwidth, rather than consider complex infrastructure overhauls. “We need to increase compute cycle
Cyber Insurance Isn't Enough? Stepping in to address the consequences of poor InfoSec strategy and performance, insurance groups have seized the opportunity to offer cyber liability insurance. As businesses host critical data in off premises clouds, the
Ransomware as a Service? Perhaps more interesting than insurance premiums growing on average 96%, year-over-year, is considering the growth of the Ransomware-as-a-Service industry. In 2021 the global cost of reported incidents was valued at $20B, 57 times
How to migrate your Amazon S3 data to NetThunder Migrating your Amazon S3 data to Net-Thunder is simple, thanks to our platform's Minio service API and storage auto-expansion capabilities. First, set up your Minio service using the Net-Thunder platform by selecting "Add
How to create a Web-to-Lead form in SuiteCRM Often times, when running a sales campaign, you will need to set up a web form that can send leads directly into your CRM system. Luckily for us, SuiteCRM makes this easy. First,
Saying Goodbye to Windows Small Business Server 2011 Microsoft support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Small Business Server (SMBS) 2011 is set to end on January 14, 2020. When a desktop operating system reaches its end of life (EOL) it
How to keep your data on premise These days there are so many "cloud-based" business applications. When an application is refered to as "cloud-based" that means it will be hosted on someone else's computer. There are many advantages to this
Best Halloween Prank The trick-or-treaters were long gone. The kids were in bed there was football on TV. Our town had just gotten Comcast Cable. Everyone had the same remote. After 10 minutes of fooling around
Virtualization licensing tax Virtualization for servers was a game changing moment. Not only could you do more with your systems but replicate systems easily. The price of virtualization is performance and licensing costs. To truly have
99% uptime Office 365 and other cloud hosted exchange servers are simple to use and effective for small companies, but giving another company the keys to your infrastructure means you have zero control when it
The Dangers of "Cloud Based" Many b2b software applications these days are "cloud based" or at least have "cloud based" offerings. Some companies worry about the security implications but are swayed by the conveniance of one-click setups; however,
How are your passwords stored on someone else's computer? These days big data rules our lives; we constantly make use of large datasets to give us driving directions, help us shop around, find our friends, and many other modern day conveniances.. However,
Facebook Outage As shown in this CNBC article and as many people have experienced Facebook had major outages today. More information is here: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/facebook-suffers-outage-related-to-core-whatsapp-and-instagram.html I'm going to
Privacy is Back A big proponent of cloud technology in consumer technology was Apple in the past with the iCloud in 2011. In fact they are one of the major reasons many consumers associate cloud primarily
What is private cloud and how can it replace Traditional IT? In-house traditional IT yields the best performance when optimized, but leaves a lot to be lacking in the form of resource utilization and the time and effort taken to produce an optimized system
The Handshake Problem These days we hear about IT outages and data breaches every day. Many times these breaches or outages result from simple misconfigurations that seem to be preventable. Many armchair analysts will claim that