IT disaster recovery, cloud computing and information security news
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Organizations require practical advice, not scaremongering tactics, to prepare for end of support for Windows Server 2003, says Oscar Arean, technical operations manager at disaster recovery service provider Databarracks.
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Cloud Endure has released the results of a recent survey into public cloud usage, downtime, availability and disaster recovery.
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The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued a statement confirming that a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have compromised the personal information of many current and former Federal employees.
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In a new IDC Energy Insights survey 74 percent of utilities indicated that public cloud is their dominant, long-term platform strategy to meet IT needs. The 2014 CloudView Survey study provides context for understanding why cloud remains an area of heightened attention at the highest levels of utility organizations.
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The average cost of the most severe online security breaches for big businesses now starts at £1.46 million: up from £600,000 in 2014, according to the UK government’s annual Information Security Breaches Survey.
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Companies are putting their customers’ data at risk because IT teams do not have the expertise or time to deploy today’s complicated IT security products, a new survey report from Lieberman Software Corporation claims.
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The Ponemon Institute has released its annual Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis, sponsored by IBM. According to the benchmark study of 350 companies spanning 11 countries, the average consolidated total cost of a data breach is $3.8 million1 representing a 23 percent increase since 2013.
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Many companies still lack the means or motivation to protect themselves from malicious insiders; but the effects of insider threats are simply too big to ignore.
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To ensure the availability of high performance, mission critical IT services, IT departments need both solid monitoring capabilities and dedicated IT resources to resolve issues as they occur. But even with the right tools in place, when an abundance of alerts and alarms start streaming in, it can quickly become overwhelming
- The State of Cybersecurity 2015
- DDoS attacks: why denial of service is not always the attacker’s aim
- IT service providers are the first port of call for IT departments when a business-critical issue arises but are misaligned with their customers’ needs
- Six tips to help managed service providers ensure that downtime is kept to an absolute minimum
