Posts Tagged ‘Cloud’
Ontario Municipalities Still not Ready for a Ransomware Attack
I had a great time last week at the MISA Ontario Annual Conference in Niagara Falls. We chatted with visitors about privacy compliance and ransomware protection and made over 150 specialty coffees, thanks to our friends at LatteBooth. Hopefully, those who visited our booth took away more than just a complimentary coffee! Our ransomware solution…
Read MoreHow MSPs Have an Edge on Big Cloud Providers
Recently a channel partner told me in no uncertain terms what their customers need. These are: No-hassle customer support Products that don’t need an IT expert to use The fewer products to manage, the better Over the course of the conversation we talked about how MSPs are making the most of these needs – and…
Read MoreIn IT, Don’t Be Afraid to “Trust, but Verify”
So goes the adage, a staple of Russian wisdom brought to the west by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan (and attributed wrongly to many in the tech industry, including Bill Gates and Scott McNeely). More than 30 years later, U.S./Russian relations continue to be a thrilling drama, but data protection should not be. Key to…
Read MoreWhen Disaster Strikes, Will Your Backup Be Ready?
Did you know that 140,000 hard drives in the US fail each week? If you’re in charge of protecting valuable business data, this number should scare you – especially if you aren’t certain about the reliability of your backups. Disaster can come in all shapes and sizes, from end-of-life hardware failure to human error to…
Read MoreDon’t Make Headlines for the Wrong Reasons – Stop Ransomware Before It Stops Your Business
Did you hear the story about the email provider that had its 3 million accounts hacked? Or the credit reporting company that suffered a massive data breech? Or even the major election that may or may not have been influenced by foreign governments through bots, advertising platform exploits, and fake social media accounts? Probably so.…
Read MoreHow Data Governance Addresses the Risks of Data Residency and Sovereignty
Do you have a solid data governance plan in place? Is it up to date? Do you have any way to actually achieve it? If not, you might be at risk of rubbing the wrong way against the current data residency and data sovereignty rules and regulations. With your eye on data management, IT upgrades…
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