Today’s businesses are up against an increasingly organized and sophisticated attacker ecosystem. For example, human-operated attacks exploit vulnerable services and network configuration weaknesses to deploy ransomware payloads, exfiltrate data, and steal credentials. And those threat actors move FAST. When there’s gaps in your security solution or you’ve got silos standing in the way of end-to-end…
According to Microsoft, ransomware has become more sophisticated – and in many ways, more dangerous. While we’re seeing more high-profile attacks make headlines, total attacks are down – but it’s a bit of a mixed bag. Remote networks, the IoT, and supply chain software are uniquely vulnerable to attack. And – attackers are more organized…
The details and updates in a company’s financial records can change as quickly as business does. In order for a company to remain compliant and keep its data safe, audit trails and tracking tools are of utmost importance. What is an Audit Trail? An audit trail is a step-by-step record that is used to trace…
Between the multi-step authentications, increasingly complex captchas, and the fact that special characters are now a normal password requirement, staying safe online has become, well, kind of a burden. And not just for end-users, but also the IT department, the business, and the bottom line. See, when employees can’t remember their passwords, it impacts productivity…
Important update for Dynamics 365 Business Central Customers using basic authentication or web access keys. For any cloud-based/SaaS implementations of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft will be rolling out changes region by region for Dynamics 365 Business Central that will remove the ability to authenticate to their services using basic authentication or a web access…
It’s not like anyone should be surprised that legalization comes with a few trade-offs. The benefits of legal status come with tax obligations, regulation, and of course, the potential for audits – just like any legit business operation. It’s just that when it comes to the IRS, many companies experience the worst of the legal…
The world is a dangerous place for business data. Risks abound at every turn. There is the increasing threat of natural disasters along with a laundry list of cybercrimes—any of which has the potential to destroy your IT infrastructure and either destroy or deny you access to the business data you depend on. Tragically, many businesses never…
Cybercriminals are among the few who welcomed the pandemic that struck the entire globe. The shift from people working in offices to working from home and connecting to the corporate networks remotely gave threat actors more opportunities to expose corporate network vulnerabilities and gaps in security. As a result, many large organizations were victims of…
According to CIO’s 2021 Tech Priorities Poll, 65% of IT decision-makers say they plan to ramp up cybersecurity spending within the next year. The data also found that 21% plan to upgrade their current security stack during that same timeframe. That’s more than planned upgrades in any other category–including analytics, CX, and collaboration tools. Investments…
Business and professional services are the top industries targeted by cyber attackers in the Americas, according to the NTT Security 2020 Global Threat Intelligence Report. This is because these types of businesses retain a significant amount of confidential client data in their computer systems such as financial details, tax returns, identification numbers and intellectual property.…
