Organizations Must Invest in Professionals Needed to Ensure Successful Digital Transformation As technology becomes an increasingly essential driver of business success for enterprises around the world, determining how to effectively and securely pursue digital...
Before big data and fast data, the challenge of data movement was simple: move fields from fairly static databases to an appropriate home in a data warehouse, or move data between databases and apps in a standardized fashion. The process resembled a factory assembly...
While consumers and many businesses are already enjoying the fruits of digital transformation, the insurance sector can hardly bear it. In many cases, legacy systems leave those in the industry with outdated infrastructures and processes. Looking to get out of...
The internet is like a big city with lots of amazing sights and many useful services—but also many shady areas and lurking predators. And the predators don’t necessarily stick to the bad parts of town: sometimes they come out to pick pockets on the nicest...
A quick glance at the accelerating technological change over recent years, and the subsequent upheavals, could be enough to make us all fear for the future of the global economy. However, there are good reasons to be hopeful: the rapid changes in today’s...
SAN FRANCISCO – IObit, the world’s leading system utilities and security software provider, today announced the launch of its acclaimed program Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 11, a comprehensive utility for PC security and system performance. With...
What are the top 3 threats to organizations today? According to the 2017 BCI Horizon Scan Report: 1. Cyber attack (e.g. malware, denial of service), 2. Data breach (i.e. loss or theft of confidential information), 3. Unplanned IT and telecommunications outages. These...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? External threats. The top ones would be cyber/destructive resiliency issues, EMP pulse and nuclear attack on us or allies. I think the internal threats are worse – complacency, insufficient exercising and...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? Cyber Crime – Insider Remote/Traveling Employee Safety Cyber Crime – External What areas of BC/DR do you think organizations should be investing in to secure their resiliency for the next 3-5 years?...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? The top threats that most organizations are currently concerned about are cyberattacks, data breaches, and physical security. However, in reality, organizations face a variety of different types of risks and threats...
What are the top 3 threats to organizations today? Cybersecurity (hackers, malware, ransomware, data loss or breach, mobile devices, etc.) Workplace violence Loss of critical skillsets, institutional knowledge, and general business knowledge What areas of BC/DR...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? From a business continuity perspective, I see the biggest threats to organizations as cyber-attacks, terrorism, and communications/network failures. What areas of BC/DR do you think organizations should be...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? Outsourcing or third-party risk: Organizations must provide oversight of third-party providers. You can outsource the work, but you cannot outsource the risk/responsibility. The fact is, your company can have the best...
What are the top 3 threats to organizations today? Weak or lack of exercising plans and providing business continuity training and awareness. Lack of consistent, frequent and updated training on new threats/issues. We often see that exercising and training are often...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? Data breaches or ransomware Unplanned cloud services or it downtime Natural disasters What areas of BC/DR do you think organizations should be investing in to secure their resiliency for the next 3-5 years?...
What are the top 3 threats to organizations today? A. Cyber ransom. B. Severe weather. C. Supply chain risk What areas of BC/DR do you think organizations should be investing in to secure their resiliency for the next 3-5 years? (Where should they put their...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? Insiders, outsiders becoming insiders, and ransomware. What areas of BC/DR do you think organizations should be investing in to secure their resiliency for the next 3-5 years? (Where should they put their...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? This is a tough question because I think it very much depends on what organization you are in. For me, being part of a fortune 500 tech company, we are always challenged with diversifying our product, increasing...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? 1. Security: Intellectual property theft and corporate cyber espionage; Malware attacks and Partner cyber intrusions causing reputation damage. 2. Strategic Risk: Failure to properly identify risks that impact the...
What are the Top-3 threats to organizations today? My research and my recent experience with dozens of companies this year has led me to believe that the top three threats to organizations today are: Cyber attack Loss of your data network The change in the news media...
Twinkling lights, whiffs of peppermint, and holiday tunes aired everywhere you go — these are just a few of the signs that the holidays are upon us. As an emergency manager, you must also account for less savory signs, such as increased traffic, an influx of...
Central bankers around the world have set up or are creating departments to embrace big data in the quest for deeper insight into the economies they manage. “Isaac Asimov once said, ‘I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them,’” David...
(TNS) – As federal investigators piece together what caused an Amtrak train to derail near Olympia, killing several passengers and injuring dozens more, we’ve compiled what we know so far.Our reporting began early Monday, with reporters and photographers...
Recent cyber attacks highlight a security problem with outdated and unsupported operating systems and software. Many companies use outdated operating systems and web browsers—Spohn Security Solutions offers advice on how to protect against attacks. AUSTIN, Texas...
At this very moment, 1,800 thunderstorms are occurring around the world. Within each one, multiple threats are lurking. Some of these threats may remain unnoticed until the moment they strike – damaging homes, destroying property and claiming the lives of those...
By Gabe Gambill, VP of Product & Technical Operations at Quorum When it comes to an effective disaster recovery strategy, your team has several options. You can maintain your own DR site in a remote location, handle it on-site or go with a DRaaS solution....
Collaboration supports the next wave of innovation for Zain Group, enabling it to adapt easily to future customer needs and deliver new services faster Successful IP/MPLS implementation drives next-generation network capabilities for digital transformation, brings...
The end of the year is almost upon us, which can mean only one thing: cold and often unpredictable winter weather is about to rear its ugly head yet again. According to a study that originally appeared in the Journal of Climate, a total of 438 blizzards took place in...
Keep Your Employees Safe This Winter While some view winter weather as a welcomed excused absence from work or school, others must still find their way into the office. What they don’t want to encounter on their way are slick sidewalks, power outages, or the...
What do hackers actually want? The answer varies widely depending on which types of cyberattacks you’re talking about. Here’s a look at the most common motives behind attacks by hackers. I should preface this article by noting that technical communities...
It’s mid-December and some areas of the country have already had heavy snowfalls. Winter storms can have a serious economic impact with disruption of business and travel, collapsed roofs and stresses on municipal governments. It’s useful to know the...
It’s been a busy year for crises for people and companies alike. Some of the largest, best-known brands found themselves under fire for months, many with a series of scandals that just kept coming. Some of these crises were caused directly by the caught-on-video...
ISO 31000:2009 on risk management is intended for people who create and protect value in an organization by managing risks, making decisions, setting and achieving objectives and improving performance. The standard’s revision process discovers the virtues...
As we look forward to 2018, it is a time to reflect on the changes that have emerged in the past couple of years. Take the 2016 study by Securitas Security Services for example. According to this report, there were two newly emerging trends in business...
Rapidly deployable, high-capacity models of Liebert DSE and Liebert EFC freecooling systemsfree up data center IT power capacity while reducing operating costs and risks COLUMBUS, Ohio – Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, today introduced three...
The Biggest Release in Veeam’s 10-Year History Provides Centralized Data Management for Virtual, Physical and Multi-Cloud Workloads Extends the industry leading VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V data protection to deliver No.1 Availability...
That question usually comes from an executive after some other organization has a business crisis that makes global or national headlines. The question causes anxiety in many Business Continuity Planners. I remember the first time I got that question. A...
Stashing infrequently-accessed or backup data in the public cloud has emerged into a viable strategy for enterprises seeking to trim their storage costs. Indeed, 59 percent of the 140 IT experts surveyed by data protection specialist Druva cited cost savings as the...
Branch receives high-tech upgrades and first-ever onsite financial advisor TYSONS Va. – PenFed Credit Union announced today the completion of renovations on its historic West Point Cadet Branch. “It is an honor to be a part of this project and share...
System to Provide Vermont Residents, Businesses and Visitors with Location-Based, Life-Safety Messaging through VT-ALERT BURLINGTON, Mass. – Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management and enterprise...
Winter Isn’t Always Pretty We like to think of the winter scenes we may see on a holiday card – peaceful, joyful, beautiful, and full of cheer. While this may be so, it’s more likely to be chaotic with a few Grinches sprinkled in for good measure....
A GDPR-Readiness Program With a Unified Governance Foundation Can Increase Productivity While Reducing Costs and Risk The May 2018 deadline for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) should have organizations scrambling to roll out...
Across America, people are winding down for the Christmas season. Some of them will already be looking beyond the holiday’s excesses to 2018, and thinking about what it will bring. AFCOM turned to industry experts to find out what emerging trends they...
(TNS) – The 1992 benzene spill in Superior is a rare example of an incident that prompted Twin Ports authorities to order a mass evacuation.But the efforts undertaken to alert the public about that hazard bear little resemblance to how a similar situation would...
Brains, Braiiiiiins, Braaaiiiiiiiins – these are three things required by both business continuity plans and zombies alike. In AMC’s The Walking Dead, zombies are plentiful. Business continuity plans, not so much. The story of The Walking...
BackupAssist Disaster Recovery Software and CryptoSafeGuard Ransomware Protection Solutions Chosen by Channel Partners and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Around the World MELBOURNE, Australia and BOSTON – BackupAssist®, a leading provider of...
New Contract to Help U.S. Naval and U.S. Marine Forces Transform, Modernize Operations AT&T* is putting our connectivity and communications innovations to work for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). We recently secured a new contract with the U.S. Navy to...
Through dynamic contextual awareness, IT organizations can ensure that corporate data remains secure, and that compliance and regulatory requirements are met when end-users roam between IGEL OS-powered endpoint devices SAN FRANCISCO – IGEL,a world leader in...
Social media of all types have joined email, telephony and instant messaging as main stream communication tools that are used daily in many individual’s lives. The Pew Research Center estimates that 68% (216.9 million individuals) of US citizens have a Facebook...
You Have Event Pages – Now What? Whether you have Event Pages, or you’re interested in learning more about them, we want to help you understand how Event Pages work in certain scenarios. Once you see them in action, you can probably come up with many more...
Cold weather has set in in many parts of the U.S., but for those wanting relief, I suggest you think ahead to the month of May. By next May, many nice things will be happening. It will be spring, the flowers will be blooming, and the PGA’s Players Championship...
Self-driving cars for mass evacuations? Well maybe not in the very near future, but it may be coming. There are other, more currently viable technologies though that are ready to help emergency managers and public safety officials with mitigation, response and...
(TNS) – The R.I. Division of Public Utilities and Carriers took comments Tuesday on the performance of National Grid after a late October storm that downed trees and power lines in many parts of the state, knocking out power to more than 150,000 Rhode...
WAYNE, Pa. – Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS), a leading provider of information availability through managed IT, cloud and recovery services, introduces the Act with Assurance mobile app, building on its...
CAVERSHAM, UK – Preserving physical security and safety of employees is the greatest concern for business continuity and resilience professionals, especially, when it comes to producing emergency communications plans. This is what emerged from latest Emergency...
When airlines undergo mergers and acquisitions (M&A)—and they frequently do—it means merging IT systems, too, if they don’t rebuild IT infrastructure from scratch or run the systems separately. Merging is the choice companies often make, and it...
These days social media is the little red sports car of communications platforms while email is more like your father’s Oldsmobile. However, the fact is, email is still the mainstay of internal communications for business. For large organizations, email...
Big Data, mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) are generating an enormous amount of data, and data center operators must find ways to support higher and higher speeds. Many data centers were designed to support 1-gigabit or 10-gigabit pathways between servers,...
A suicide bomber attempting to blow up the NYC subway, nut jobs plowing through pedestrians, active shooters killing innocents, and deadly wildfires and hurricanes have saturated our news for months. From workplaces like yours, lives have been taken, injuries...
No one should wait for a medical crisis to learn how healthy they are—yet not so long ago, that was the prevailing attitude among many enterprises concerning their IT networks. Thankfully, system performance management (SPM) as a key IT discipline has evolved....
An Industry-Leading UEM Solution, High-Profile Customer Deployments and IoT-focused Solutions and Partnerships Solidify VMware’s Position as a Leader PALO ALTO, Calif. – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and...
Long-Term Data Management and Compliance Assurance Solution for Azure Ensures The Most Highly Secure, Low Cost and Compliant Intelligent Archive NEW YORK – Archive360, one of the world’s leading providers of data migration and management...
Meet Sophia, who has Saudi-Arabian nationality. There’s nothing unusual about that, except that Sophia is a robot. She was granted her nationality very recently, the first robot to ever receive such a distinction. Whether other countries will follow suit or...
(TNS) – Five years ago, the world was stunned by a crime unprecedented in its horror — the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School that took the lives of 20 first-graders and six adults.State legislators reacted to the massacre not only by enacting...
Iron Mountain has agreed to buy IO Data Centers, a colocation provider best known for its pre-manufactured data center modules, for $1.315 billion, the publicly traded real estate investment trust announced Monday. The deal comes at the end of what has already been a...
(TNS) – As thousands wait for insurance money to make repairs in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, more than a half-dozen school districts, cities and other government agencies are still awaiting payment from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association on nearly $60...
As Google’s First Managed Services Partner, Rackspace Delivers Architecture, Deployment and Managed Operations to Enterprises SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Following Google’s recent Managed Services Partner Program launch, Rackspace®announced...
Liebert® EXL S1 UPS product line now available in additional capacities for colocation and data center COLUMBUS, Ohio – Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, today announced an extension of its Liebert® EXL S1 line of uninterruptible power...
WARRENDALE, Penn. – Mitsubishi Electric, an industry leader in design, manufacturing, and servicing reliable, environmentally friendly uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), announces that the 750kVA SUMMIT Series® UPS product was recently certified by...
Netwrix Auditor enables Mountain Park Lodges to achieve sustainable compliance IRVINE, Calif. – Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for user behavior analysis and risk mitigation in hybrid environments, announced today that Mountain Park...
New Embedded Features Improve Application Performance and Security DALLAS – Masergy, a leading provider of hybrid networking, managed security and cloud communications solutions, has announced significant enhancements to its Managed SD-WAN Go solution....
Open-plan offices have become the norm for many companies wishing to optimize their space, encourage collaboration between staff and breaking down traditional hierarchies. However, recent research challenges the idea that open-plan working is a surefire route to...
Social Media Marketing It’s a new era of communication and marketing. Companies and brands must take advantage of the power of social media to stand out in a crowded digital world. The DRJ social media platform is one of the best ways for you to connect with...
(TNS) – During the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, first responders in New York City had trouble talking to each other on radios, leading to more chaos that deadly day. Afterward, federal authorities told local agencies to digitize their radio systems to...
It’s no secret that unstructured data is growing at astronomical rates, contributing to the big data deluge that’s sweeping across enterprise data storage environments. A new study from Western Digital and 451 Research sheds some new...
Okay, everyone, raise your hand if you looked at the headline of this article and thought, “Wait a second, why is Herrera writing about my business continuity budget when everybody just finished doing them? Could his timing possibly be worse”? Actually, my...
The explosive growth in data, the digitization of information, and the massive acceleration in public cloud adoption are some of the key drivers behind the growing demand for public cloud-based solutions among enterprises searching for greater flexibility and cost...
(TNS) – Facing an active shooter situation may be as likely as getting struck by lightning, but that doesn’t mean lightning never strikes.That was the warning given to University of Idaho faculty, staff and students as part of an active shooter response...
A new finish for your old car may look great, but in the end, it may still be a ’71 Pinto. The cost of the BIA process – writing, distributing, validating, analyzing, reporting, presenting to Management, revising and repeating annually – can be...
TAMPA, Fla. – Focal Point Data Risk, LLC (Focal Point), a data risk management firm, today announced that its Board of Directors has voted to appoint Brian Marlier as the Chief Executive Officer. Marlier, a Founding Board Member of Focal Point,...
The worst wildfire season in the history of modern California is taking another bad turn, as three major fires have destroyed more than 200 homes and buildings. Strong winds will be fanning the flames. The state’s foresters have issued a purple wind...
One of the biggest trends in business today can be summed up by an acronym that is (almost) completely familiar to anyone who has ever taken their own bottle of wine to a restaurant or house party. It’s BYOD, and it involves employees bringing not their own...
Mission-critical Cloud and Disaster Recovery Services Support Customers’ Demand for Continuous Application Availability AUSTIN, Texas – Neverfail, provider of mission-critical cloud, business continuity, cloud workspaces and cloud file...
New joint, cloud-based security solution combines enforcement of ‘known good’ application behavior with advanced threat detection and automated remediation WALTHAM, MA and PALO ALTO, Calif. – VMware, Inc., (NYSE: VMW), a global leader...
By Ashley Green, Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas superintendents are arguing that school ratings based on standardized testing will not accurately reflect how schools are doing in areas affected...
Texas County signs on as beta partner for VESTA® Map Local solution, proving its abilities to improve location accuracy for PSAPs of all sizes TEMECULA, Calif. – Airbus DS Communications, North America’s leading Public Safety communications...
Next-Generation Applications Such as Big Data Analytics and IoT are Driving the Move to Cloud Architectures and Object Storage SAN JOSE, Calif. – Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced the results of its first annual “The...
(TNS) – The Saline County, Kan., Commission Tuesday approved the purchase of hardware to enhance the 911 system.Computer Technology Director Brad Bowers said the software from Tyler Technologies will cost $31,435, with the city of Salina paying half of that...
With mobile and last-mile bandwidth coming at a premium and modern applications needing low-latency connections, compute is moving from centralized data centers to the edge of the network. But there a lot of myths about edge data centers. Here’s what...
Agilify to deliver lessons in process automation across all industries NEW ORLEANS – Today the Ascension Ministry Service Center, Ascension’s Indianapolis-based shared services subsidiary, announced the launch of its new commercial arm Agilify at the...
Building A Strong Strategy From the Ground Up There is no one-size-fits-all solution for risk management function, how risk is governed varies across industries and organizations. But there are five interrelated principles that underlie effective risk management...
Large and small businesses differ in more than size. Large companies find it easier to adjust headcount and therefore to introduce new skillsets. For small businesses on the other hand, adding just one person can represent a significant change to the payroll. As IT...
Big data applications are growing as organizations mine their data for insights about clients, suppliers and operations. But as capacities grow and data becomes more sensitive, the underlying storage remains an important consideration. Here are ten tips on how data...
TSA arms its security analysts with cutting-edge software to hunt for network intrusions Cambridge, Mas. – Sqrrl, an industry-leading provider of threat hunting software, announced today that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has...
We are delighted to report that Regus Dynamic Workplace Recovery scooped the global BCI Hall of Fame Award for Continuity and Resilience Innovation at the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) annual awards on 20 November. To qualify for the global award, a company must...
LINBIT Solution Simplifies HA and DR for ActiveMQ BEAVERTON, Ore. – LINBIT, a leader in open source High Availability (HA), Software Defined Storage (SDS), Disaster Recovery (DR) and the force behind the DRBD software, today announced that it is bringing...
A Powerful Combination That Could Save Organizations Compliance Costs The advances in technology in recent years have led to an exponential increase in the volume of data collected and stored. How can investigators maximize data analytics to achieve the most...
Netwrix sums up the top cybersecurity trends that will define the way organizations develop their IT strategies in the coming year IRVINE, Calif. – Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for user behavior analysis and risk mitigation in hybrid...
Tech Security Firm SpiderOak Warns of Nightmare Scenarios to Come “As organizations and individuals become increasingly reliant on IoT for critical functions, the risks that we are taking are becoming greater and greater,” says Christopher Skinner,...
Specialized free app intelligence system delivers verified alerts within two minutes of mass shootings, terror threats, and terror attacks anywhere in the world NEW YORK, N.Y. — TerrorMate, the world’s first terror alert app, is expanding its user...
Cloud-enabled portfolio launches with access to data from millions of past and future deployments LAS VEGAs – Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, announced a significant cloud-based addition to the Vertiv portfolio that will empower customers with...
TORONTO – ioFABRIC Inc. today announced that premium IT services provider Xenium IT Corp has chosen ioFABRIC as part of its Xenium X Protect offering, a simple, turnkey data protection and data availability solution that eliminates the risk of ransomware, data...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Violin Systems LLC (www.violin-systems.com), the industry pioneer in All Flash Arrays, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued to Violin United States Patent No. 9,384,818. For more information on...
Today there are more households with mobile devices than with desktop computers. According to the Pew Research Center, 84 percent of US households have a median of two smartphones, while only 80 percent have a median rate of one desktop or laptop computer. In fact, 95...
The database market has evolved over the decades on the incredible efforts of several single server databases including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. There are many more; however, these few have furthered the industry with a recipe for...
Prepare to Plan or Plan to Fail As Audit teams start thinking about their 2018 plans, being able to identify new trends in emerging risk areas that threaten to disrupt enterprise performance over the next year is critical. This explains 12 risks, connected by four...
Passengers on the Titanic didn’t think it could sink. When it did, there wasn’t room for everyone in the lifeboats. By slavishly tying your BCM program to industry ‘standards’, you may find yourself adrift during a business...
Disasters come in many forms. Most of the time for a business, a disaster is the result of a power outage, an act of nature, a cyberattack, or human error. Whatever the cause, without a surefire workplace recovery plan, a business is likely to suffer extreme financial...
As of October 2017, the United States has seen 273 mass shootings this year alone. Due to the recent active shooter events across the US, it is increasingly imperative to create a response plan. In the event of an active shooter scenario, government agencies need to...
HAMILTON, Bermuda – Argo Insurance, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: AGII), and an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, today announced a partnership with Front Line Safety to enhance...
Increased reliance on the edge, importance of colocation providers driving developments COLUMBUS, Ohio – The next-generation data center will exist beyond walls, seamlessly integrating core facilities with a more intelligent, mission-critical edge of...
Is Winter That Dangerous? Sure, spring, summer and even early fall months generally bring us more severe weather, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and strong thunderstorms, but the winter months can wreak their own havoc. We pulled the following common winter dangers...
(TNS) – The 2017 hurricane season, which ends Thursday, will go down as one of the most active and destructive of all time. There were 17 named storms, six of them major, and significant damage was registered in the Leeward Islands, the Caribbean and the United...
In theory, IT service management should contain sprawl, limiting or preventing the spread of underutilised IT assets. Any organisation that prides itself on being lean will recognise the contradiction in multiplying the number of half-used servers that then take up...
WASHINGTON – While Nov. 30 marks the end of a historic hurricane season, FEMA and its partners continue to work diligently in support of disaster survivors recovering from the devastating season. Four hurricanes made landfall: Harvey, Irma,...
(TNS) – The national Stop the Bleed campaign aims to save lives by teaching as many people as possible what to do when confronted with life-threatening bleeding in the few minutes after 911 is called and before professional help arrives.”A person can bleed...
Accredited Analyst Firm Ranks ExaGrid in the Top Category in 2018 Buyer’s Guide WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – ExaGrid®, a leading provider of hyper-converged secondary storage (HCSS) for backup with data deduplication, today...
Launching our new brand demonstrates the unification of the two companies. Our new tagline ‘Listen. Advise. Exceed.'(TM) reinforces our client-centric approach to insurance consultation and commitment to white-glove client service. #bridgepointrm GREENWICH,...
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