As any thorough security assessment can tell you, every infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberthreats. In the face of growing phishing and ransomware attacks, IT leaders must look to advanced anti-malware protection and cloud security measures to guard sensitive corporate data. Next-generation firewalls — many of which feature built-in intrusion prevention system (IPS) technology — allow organizations to analyze network traffic and detect and block vulnerability exploits. Identity and access management (IAM) products and single sign-on (SSO) technology can then go beyond traditional password security to centralize authentication and authorization. Hear from CDW cybersecurity experts as they discuss these protections and others, and explore the benefits of a holistic security approach.
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On the TV show Hoarders, the subjects of the program often explain that they allow apparently useless items to pile up around their houses because they might need them someday. Regardless of its implications for household décor, this is a poor model for data management, but we see some organizations follow it nonetheless. In some…
Organizations face many challenges when it comes to keeping their operations secure and driving the most value from their next-generation firewalls (NGFWs). How to overcome these challenges is one of the most common discussions I have with customers. They often don’t have the personnel resources to tackle these important but mundane tasks. One fix is…
The seemingly endless headlines about security and data breaches can lead us to believe that attackers have become more advanced than ever before. While perhaps their goals and approach are more organized, analysis of recent breaches suggests that their techniques, in fact, have not significantly evolved. As CDW looks back on the last three years…
In our previous post, we shared some tips on how to better secure your Office 365 deployment. We covered: Applying multifactor authentication to your synced Active Directory and cloud passwords Addressing common security exposure points we’ve seen in Exchange Online Enabling the audit features in Office 365 These are all relatively simple steps that can…
Threat hunting has become an important cybersecurity practice. Building on the presumption that sophisticated attackers have already successfully penetrated many enterprise networks, threat hunting seeks to uncover evidence of these compromises, enabling a rapid response. While few of the organizations I work with are conducting threat hunting activities, many of them are talking about it….
When the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect in May 2018, it posed a challenge for many organizations. But with more than a year of experience under their belts, most have been able to work through the growing pains of compliance and settle into new operational routines. Now that most of us…
