As part of CDW’s cybersecurity team, I often have the opportunity to visit with our customers and help them identify gaps in their security programs. CDW offers a variety of security assessments that help organizations shore up their cybersecurity weaknesses.

I’ve performed dozens of these assessments, which provides me with a unique vantage point on the state of cybersecurity across different industries and organizations of various sizes. With that perspective, I’ve seen four common threats that continue to pose significant risk to cybersecurity programs.

The intense interest in cybersecurity among IT professionals reflects its growing importance to just about every organization in every industry. I talked with many people who attended the CDW SummIT on Managing Risk in Las Vegas last month, and I was really impressed with the number of attendees and their level of engagement. One of…

I recently attended CDW’s SummIT on Managing Risk in Las Vegas, which brought together many security and risk management professionals from a variety of industries to share information on recent trends and best practices. These experts touched on a number of common themes, such as the challenges of locking down cloud environments and the increasing…

CDW recently partnered with IDG Research on a risk mitigation study that came to a startling conclusion: 46 percent of organizations have experienced a serious security breach, and an additional 22 percent experienced a “near breach.” Stop and think about that for a moment. More than two-thirds of organizations either suffered a breach or narrowly…