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Election Security

The Two Keys to Election Security

Protecting the election ecosystem from rising nation state threats requires good network security and network resilience.

October 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With the 2020 presidential election just two weeks away, cybersecurity officials are warning that the U.S. voting system is not secure as new concerns arise around election tampering from different nation states and other bad actors. According to Todd Rychecky, vice president of network technology provider Opengear’s U.S. unit, the entire voting ecosystem is not […]

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School cyber Attacks

Remote, Hybrid Learning Make Schools Huge Targets for Cyber Attacks

Remote and hybrid learning and new technologies are making schools everywhere a prime target for ransomware and other cyber attacks.

September 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As schools begin to reopen and are increasingly reliant on new technologies, cybercriminals are taking note and are targeting those critical systems with the hopes of a large ransom. That’s exacerbated with some of the country’s largest school districts starting the year fully online, while most others are offering a hybrid model in which half […]

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Cybercriminals Targeting the Cloud

Report: Cybercriminals Targeting the Cloud

As more organizations migrate to the cloud, cybercriminals and bad actors are following that trend and are targeting the cloud more frequently.

July 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As more organizations migrate to the cloud, cybercriminals and bad actors are following that trend and are targeting the cloud more frequently, according to a new report. And, the increased adoption of cloud services during the COVID-19 pandemic could be playing a role, says a joint report from DNS security firm EfficientIP and International Data […]

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Smarsh Enterprise Archive

Smarsh Enterprise Archive Delivers Global Enterprises Unprecedented Flexibility and Scale

Smarsh Enterprise Archive brings cloud scale and multi-cloud deployability to the enterprise information archiving space.

November 8, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Smarsh says its Enterprise Archive brings cloud scale and multi-cloud deployability to the enterprise information archiving space. Smarsh says the cloud-native architecture of Enterprise Archive creates a secure and scalable platform across multiple cloud infrastructures (public and/or private). Organizations can choose to deploy archiving, supervision and e-discovery services on the infrastructures that align with their […]

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iot security dangers, IoT dangers, IoT device security

Security Risks & Potential Dangers of IoT

IoT device security is a very, VERY complicated topic. Here are some common IoT dangers and how to avoid your network being compromised.

October 8, 2019 Joe Zulick Leave a Comment

The “Internet of Things,” often referred to in its abbreviated form “IoT,” is the result of the inevitable revolution of networking commonly used essential items and appliances such as refrigerators, light switches, cameras, sensors, and other forms of hardware. Even my toothbrush has network functionality via Bluetooth. The term “IoT device” typically references a class […]

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