A Guide to IT Security Assessments

Network, Security, Technology Assessment

You can’t secure what you can’t see, and a comprehensive IT security assessment can help you identify areas of your IT stack where you may not have the visibility you need to defend against threats. Here’s how else an IT security assessment helps you achieve peace of...

Private vs. Public Cloud vs. Hybrid. What’s the Difference?

Cloud, Security, Strategic IT Sourcing

More and more organizations today are deploying cloud-based solutions to help simplify complex IT architectures and to drive down IT spending. In fact, a study by MarketsandMarkets suggests that the hybrid cloud market is estimated to reach $91.74 billion by 2021...

Ransomware: What It Is, Who It Affects, and How It Can Be Prevented

Security

Ransomware attacks are more common than people think and can affect anyone from small business to enterprises, and from privately owned corporations to the highest government entities. Incidents that may seem distant and isolated often have catastrophic results for...

Cyber Attackers are Exploiting New Remote Workforce Vulnerabilities, and Small Businesses are on the Hit List

Security, Technology Assessment

Smaller companies have valuable information that cybercriminals want, and they typically don’t have the security infrastructure to withstand a data breach or ransomware attack. It’s time for businesses to assess their vulnerabilities and have a strategy in place to...

SD-WAN, SASE, and Network Infrastructure Planning

Network, SD-WAN/SASE, Security, Strategic IT Sourcing

Does the choice of SD-WAN enable a better SASE architecture? SD-WAN is an important part of SASE, but security has taken the more dominant focus during Covid. Where does SD-WAN really stand? ‘Is SD-WAN an important first step to a SASE architecture?’ is a question I...

What Is SASE?

Cloud, Network, SD-WAN/SASE, Security, Technology Assessment

If 2020 was the year of SD-WAN as enterprises had to deal with rapidly evolving network architectures, 2021 is looking to be the year of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). What do you need to know to be successful with a SASE framework, and why do we think it’s poised...