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What This Year’s Massive DDOS Attacks Can Teach Us
2016 has been a momentous year for cyber security, especially after the massive DDoS attack on the DNS provider Dyn, which resulted in temporary downtime for several huge sites such as Twitter, Netflix, Reddit, Spotify, and Airbnb. This is a brave new world for cyber security in general, and businesses everywhere are concerned about whether […]
What Can Cloud Computing Really Do For Your Business?
For those not keeping up with current tech trends, cloud computing sounds like an exotic service. However, the technology has been around for some time. Today, cloud computing is everywhere, and if you’ve ever used Facebook, Twitter, or another similar social media app, you’ve used it. Cloud computing simply comprises Internet-based storage and services, as […]
The Future of IT and Financial Services
As IT and financial technology solutions become more intensive due to pressures introduced by technological and regulatory change, more and more businesses are outsourcing their IT and financial technology work. There are many advantages associated with this approach. Outsourcing reduces the need for capital expenditure on infrastructure and talent. It also allows you to free […]
How Cyber Attacks Are Evolving and What You Can Do
According to numerous indicators, including a sweeping survey of 330 service providers, cyber attacks are on the rise and poised to get worse. US intelligence officials have gone as far as to warn that such attacks and espionage pose a greater security threat to the United States than terrorism. Cyber attacks are growing in number, […]
Essential 2017 Security Upgrades For Your Network
2017 is a big year as far as technology trends go, as we are going to see huge changes in business’ relationships to various technologies, as well as the way in which they are structured to facilitate these relationships. So, let’s examine the information technology trends for 2017, what these changes mean for your cyber […]
Cost implications in upskilling for Cyber Security
Is there a shortage of InfoSec skills in the world? According to ESG Research, 46% of organizations say they have a “problematic shortage” of cybersecurity skills in 2016, a rise from 28% the previous year. And in the 2015 (ISC) Global Information Security Workforce Study, 62% of the survey respondents stated that their organizations have […]