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The question for organizations comes down to how to best avoid the common traps that come with Azure's convenience.

You can level up your identity management game with Microsoft Authenticator, scoring not only a strong, phishing-resistant solution, but also providing passwordless authentication for your users.

Nick takes us inside the two largest infosec conferences to help you decide which is the better use of your time and money.

Given what's been happening in the world of cybersecurity, there's just not enough being said about how it impacts collaboration. What's happening, you ask? 

Regular security audits help ensure compliance, reduce risks, and improve overall security.

Even outside of any perceived turmoil resulting from VMware's acquisition, Azure Stack HCI has come to command the attention of those looking for the benefits offered by HCI.

Microsoft Practice Manager Mark Alexander shares three quick-and-easy methods for inventorying devices that are within reach of anyone charged with managing an M365 tenant.

John Parker outlines 3 common negative side effects arising when making architectural upgrades that can, with planning and careful consideration, be avoided.

AI seems poised to disrupt SOC services. Our Senior Cyber Security Engineer, David Belkin, ponders what such a disruption might entail, acknowledging the dangers that lie ahead.

This new alternative to the traditional VPN is positioned to make a huge impact in the market due to its innovative approach to providing remote access to resources within the firewall. And is this intended application as a VPN replacement just scratching the surface of its potential?

Will you learn of malicious activity within your network in time to contain the damage?

Who knew that looking through a medieval lens could bring the process of building a strategic cybersecurity program into focus?! Our own cyberknight, Nick Whittington, dons his chainmail and lays out a useful outline to follow in the quest to protect your company’s data in a modern world.

While advantages of a cloud architecture apply to more organizations than ever, this decision still isn’t exactly a one-size-fits-all scenario. Let's cut to the chase to see if running Exchange on prem is a legitimate option for you.

Being aware of the risks is a starting point in the effort to mitigate them. Behold the modern world, a melting pot of technologies where BYOD, sadly, doesn’t stand for “Bring Your Own Donuts”.

Why investing in a comprehensive disaster recovery plan for your organization is more than just an insurance policy.

Even with the considerable evolution of cybersecurity technologies and organizational requirements, the essential challenges of a successful cybersecurity initiative haven't aged.

Save time and money during a crisis by using business priorities to plan effectively.

Combine Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Identify and Address Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities.

John Parker clears the air surrounding the value and application of SD-WAN when it comes to satisfying a remote or hybrid workforce. The bottom line: Understanding how IT affects the business is the key to determining whether SD-WAN can or should still play a role in your organization’s overall IT strategy.

IT systems aren't one-size-fits-all. Prescriptive's Joe Galvan examines the drawbacks of an under- or over-sized infrastructure and reveals how we offer tailor-made solutions that both meet organizational requirements and maximize budget effectiveness.

After multiple compromising security incidents over the last eight years, is it time to say so long to LastPass?

If technologies falling under SASE are nothing new, then why the hype? John Parker, Prescriptive's Network and Security Practice Manager, simplifies SASE and makes clear the real benefit.

When considering the challenges of protecting your organization from cyber criminals, don't overlook the challenge of securing a quality cyber insurance policy. While good coverage is more widely available than ever, it's harder than ever to qualify for it.

A combination of process and technology is your only hope to preventing those pesky—and often costly—impersonation scams.

Understanding the role of and options surrounding multifactor authentication within the greater universe of security standardization.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program specifically for state, local, and territorial (SLT) governments across the country.

Insights into why business professionals are often apathetic towards cybersecurity and how to make a strong argument for a healthy cybersecurity budget.

Offering perspective on what the future may hold after Broadcom's announcement to buy VMware.

Observations across successful IT deployments, and sussing out what differentiates leaders who make the most of information technology in an increasingly complex environment.

(or rather, the Next Generation of Remote Access)

Fighting ransomware through backup modernization and best practices

Cutting Through Information Overload to Understand the Five Critical Measures for Protecting your Organization from a Serious Cyber Incident

While many organizations feel adequately protected, many security suites, including some of the most popular ones, do not effectively protect against these strains of ransomware.

Today I was looking forward to sitting down and working more on Zerto DR into Azure. I had my schedule (and more importantly my mind) clear and ready to go. I woke up checked email, shuttled the kiddos off to school and grabbed a bite. Everything was ready! Wrong!

I’m not suggesting demos are bad, just that you shouldn’t become mesmerized by a slick demo. This is particularly important when it comes to Backup and DR to the cloud.

Imagine if every time you swapped out an old server you had to keep the old server sitting around and powered up for the next 5 to 7 years. Ridiculous right, but that’s what many organizations do with their legacy backups.

One of the most powerful tools in the marketing arsenal is the check box. Does your solution do this? Absolutely, there’s the check box right there! Compare our solution to our competitors? See that, we have way more check boxes.

One of the biggest problems for businesses today is an absence of or gaps in business continuity. Business continuity allows business to continue operating during and after a disaster. A business continuity plan (BCP) is comprised of policies and procedures to help fulfill that goal.

One of the most common barriers to Docker adoption for production deployments is a misconception around data persistence, or lack thereof. While it is true that if you remove a Docker container it’s destroyed and the data is lost but that doesn’t have to be the case.

I recently attended the Netapp Insight conference in Las Vegas. There were a lot of great speakers and sessions but for my money, the best one was Best Practices and Deep Dive for VMware with SolidFire. The presenter for this session was Andy Banta, his title was Storage Janitor.

While working on another project I ran into an issue running the Cloud/VMware modules for Ansible. No mater what I did it appeared broken. Newer module features required a newer version of Ansible. But I was being denied, stuck at 1.8 and no amount of apt foo seemed to resolve the issue.

What we generally see is that successful organizations approach transitioning to cloud purposefully, with a great deal of forethought and planning.

Marchitecture Noun A technology solution designed purely based on the information found in marketing slicks and Power Point presentations. Marchitecture can be created with no more than a high level understanding of the underlying technology and no attention need be paid to how the solution will actually solve a problem or achieve a desired outcome.

Over the last couple of years there have been huge advances in Disaster Recovery solutions. DR capabilities that are simpler and more cost effective are being built into platforms, included with Backup technologies or in many cases, come bundled with the applications themselves.

Outside of IT, "legacy" is usually a good thing. In sports, players and teams hope to build a legacy of winning, of making big plays in the clutch! But in IT, calling something legacy makes it sound old and crusty, like it might smell of arthritis cream.

There are many vectors to look at when protecting digital assets. The top concerns in my mind are backups, and security. I don’t think either are classified as sexy, but neglecting them tends to end poorly for your company, and possibly your career.

I’m still searching for that person that tells me they got into IT because they wanted to do backups. If you meet this person at a dinner party, get ready for a lively conversation! Nothing like discussing retention policies to get the party going!

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