Multicloud Strategies, Single-Tenant Services and Managed Firewalls: 3 Can’t-Miss Cloud Opportunities
Organizations can become leaner and more effective by leveraging cloud resources in new ways.
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How to Address 3 Next-Generation Firewall Management Challenges
Critical but labor-intensive security tasks are a good fit for CDW Managed Services.
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…
5 Ways to Start Threat Hunting Today
Many organizations already have tools in place to get started in proactively searching for evidence of a security breach.
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….
Attacks on SCADA Systems Highlight the Need for Effective Cybersecurity
Security frameworks can help energy and utility companies find the solutions and services that best meet their needs.
In December 2015, more than 200,000 Ukrainians found themselves without power during a blackout cause by a cyberattack launched from within the Russian Federation. The attack was carried out by a spear-phishing campaign that was used to install malware on energy company computers. The malware, dubbed BlackEnergy, was specifically designed for use against industrial control…
Why Healthcare Providers Must Keep Cybersecurity Top of Mind
In the face of growing digital threats, health organizations can ill afford to be caught off guard.
Just how bad is the security landscape in healthcare? In 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights reported that 358 breaches of 500 or more records impacted more than 5 million individuals, according to HIMSS Analytics. What’s more, a 2018 Ponemon report focusing on the financial impact of breaches notes…
Why Your Security Strategy Needs Artificial Intelligence
Hackers are using AI. But that’s not the only reason why you should, too.
Next-generation firewalls and other advanced security tools can be a double-edged sword. They’re great at ferreting out and thwarting attacks that get past older technologies. But they also generate far more alerts and logs, which overload IT staff. No wonder one of the first things IT departments do after deploying next-gen security tools is minimize…
