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June 2022

How to Detect Ransomware: 12 Monitoring & Alerting Opportunities to Automate

Ransomware threatens the loss of crucial data as well as financial loss. However, with the right knowledge and tools, you can take action to protect your business from the damaging effects of ransomware. In a 2022 Coveware Q1 ransomware report, the average ransom payment was $211,529 with an average of 26 days for downtime suffered. Ransomware obviously continues to be a huge and costly threat to industries across the board.

Infrastructure Monitoring: Definition & Best Practices

Organizations are continually increasing the number of devices and technologies used within their IT environments. To ensure these IT environments are functioning well and providing users a good experience, a company’s IT infrastructure must be tracked and maintained. This is accomplished through the use of infrastructure monitoring.

How to Design a Network: 6 Best Practices for Success

A network provides a way for many computers to all be connected and exchange data with each other simultaneously. It allows members of organizations to quickly complete tasks, share information, and carry out any computing responsibilities that rely on a working network. It’s important for each organization to ensure that their network design is suitable for their needs.

Data Protection Plan: Guide & 8 Steps for Creation

There has been a sharp increase in the amount of personal and organizational data that is stored online and on devices. Losing this data could result in disastrous consequences for businesses or individuals, which means that data protection is certainly necessary. Data protection plans are essential for the safety and security of data within all organizations.

How Long Do Laptops Last? Overview for Organizations

Because of their portability and functionality, laptops have seen explosive growth in many organizations. Today, a new laptop is a typical component to a new employee’s onboarding package. The pandemic driven remote work boom has only accelerated the trend towards laptops and managing these IT assets, including their lifespan, has become a critical task for modern IT professionals.

9 Essential Steps of a Server Hardening Process

In any given IT environment, a server is the foundation that provides services for endpoints to carry out various actions. They are essential for computer networks to have shared access or information. Unfortunately, servers are often targets for cyberattacks due to their ability to reach other parts of the IT environment and wreak havoc. With these attacks on the rise, developing a server hardening process will help organizations improve its security posture.