Where Has Your Data Gone?

In one day 3,776, 738 records are compromised. We all know the threat to data that ransomware, phishing emails and third party vendors present.  The news reminds us of it every day.  What is not so commonly mentioned is insider threats. Now, we are not claiming that all of your employees are trying to sabotage your business. Your…

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Are you Efficiently Tracking your Fleet?

Vehicle tracking dates to 1978 when the first GPS satellite was launched into space.  It wasn’t until 1994 when they had enough satellites in space to begin to use technology to track. Tracking was primarily used by the military but eventually found its way to the civilian marketplace in the early 90’s. Using GPS is…

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The Challenge of Securing Hybrid Clouds and SDDC’s

With the advancement of technology, it has never been easier for organizations to expand their datacenter. This has been made possible by the introduction of public cloud computing and the Software-defined Data Center (SDDC). However, with this ease of use and network sprawl an inherit Cybersecurity issue has arisen. Securing these methods of computing has…

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How to Prevent Privileged User Account Breaches

Today’s Blog is brought to you by Ryan Conley, an Account Executive at Brite Computers.   Most big breaches over the past 2 years can be tied back to mismanaged privileged account credentials. In the Target breach, someone had gained access to a privileged account through their HVAC contractor.  Home Depot fell prey to a similar attack when a hacker used a person’s username and password to gain access to the network…

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The New Generation of Criminals

You turn on your computer and find a notice that all your files have been encrypted and will be destroyed unless you pay a ransom. There’s a clock ticking down the seconds. Your files are being held hostage and so is your organization. Paying ransom is the least of your worries; the biggest cost to your business will be the…

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5 Reasons Switching to a Managed Services Provider Makes Sense

You’re an advertising agency. You’re a manufacturing plant. You’re a hospital. Every day you go to work, you want to do work in the fields you’ve selected because that’s what you’re passionate about and it’s what you’re good at. For this reason, many companies are moving away from simple service level agreements to deeper-level, more…

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Combating BYOD Security Issues

Today, mobile devices come in all shapes and sizes, from smartphones, notebooks and tablets, to the new Smartwatch. While this mobility boosts efficiency through “anywhere, anytime access” to business systems it creates an equal amount of uncertainty and vulnerability for the organization. With 81% of employees currently using personal devices at work, security managers have…

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