When IT professionals hear that criminals have hacked a company’s network via a trivial exploit, we wonder why the victim didn’t have basic security precautions in place. In most cases, businesses aren’t compromised through imaginative social engineering or ingenious and complex multi-layer attacks against hardened defences.
Administrators control the software installed on their servers and its configuration, but they don’t control endpoints, the devices on which software is used and data is accessed. As client-server software delivery models grew in popularity, particularly Software-as-a-Service, endpoint security became increasingly important. But server admins can’t guarantee endpoint security given the vast array of devices […]
Many organizations still aren’t GDPR compliant, and it’s unclear if or when they will be. Some news agencies and organizations have even taken the (honestly pigheaded) approach of completely disallowing European users from accessing their sites. Others have made it so their services are impossible to access without consenting to data collection and analysis – Facebook among them.
A very interesting piece on Politico recently caught my eye. Titled How Silicon Valley Became a Den of Spies, it laments how the West Coast is a hotbed for foreign espionage, with spies attempting to steal technology and ideas for their own countries. Silicon Valley is especially bad due to its culture of openness and innovation, notes the piece’s author Zach Dorfman.
In this article, we’ll show you how to compare and analyze site traffic so you can take control of your site today.
In today’s article, we’re going to discuss cyber security concerns for small businesses and how to keep yourself protected.
Linux tends to be the operating system of choice for hosted servers thanks to its inherent stability and low license costs. Although there are hundreds of distros to choose from, the decision often comes down to CentOS vs Ubuntu, both of which are seen to be among the very best. So how do you pick […]
Google has recently been at the forefront of sweeping industry changes to improve the security behind SSL issuance. The next round of changes impacting certificate holders is about to go live, and it’s important for domain owners to take notice.
We all know how important data backups are. Backups ensure you are prepared in the event of accidental deletion or data corruption. But there are a lot of backup options to choose from, and they may not all work for your company needs. So how do you know which one to use? Take a look […]
Before you can launch a new website, company or e-commerce store – you need to find an available domain name. Unfortunately, it takes more than a few minutes to think of a fitting domain name. There are a lot of steps involved in the process. But you don’t have to do it on your own. […]
