IT teams are always looking for ways to make their company’s operations run more smoothly and efficiently. Today, the cloud is part of almost every IT conversation. The numbers bear this out, with Gartner forecasting that worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will grow a whopping 20.4 % in 2022 to $494.7 billion. Of course, “cloud” no longer means “public cloud” like it once did, so overall spending on hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and managed cloud solutions is much higher. Check out this post by Quest’s CEO for some essential guidance on understanding these cloud deployment models.
According to one report, cyber attackers spend an average of 11 days snooping around after breaching a network before they are detected. That discovery often only comes to light because the hackers have deployed ransomware. And cybercriminals are always hunting for new ways to sneak onto your network, compromise your resources, and steal or ransom your precious data. In these cases, what you don’t know really can hurt you, as Quest’s CEO wrote about in this post about monitoring and alerting. But plenty of other IT-related issues make a case for monitoring and alerting.
We talk a lot about cybersecurity in our posts because it’s on the top of almost everyone’s mind today. What often gets lost in the conversation is the need for sound physical security practices and securing AV communications. These areas are also vital if you want to fully protect your data and business. As our CEO wrote in a recent post, “physical security and good AV tools are keystones for success.” At the same time, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has written about the convergence of physical security and digital security, even offering a Cybersecurity and Physical Security Convergence Guide.
Every IT pro that is responsible for protecting their organization’s data has plenty of cybersecurity concerns. That can be especially daunting when you look at protecting end-to-end operations, where crucial data is being generated and used throughout your organization. As our CEO noted in a recent post, with ransomware, phishing, and ineffective patch management now the top cybersecurity threats, those concerns will continue to grow.
If your organization isn’t already using the cloud today, you will likely be soon. Gartner says that “More than half of enterprise IT spending in key market segments will shift to the cloud by 2025.” But cloud security is a crucial concern for any organization, given recent headlines. And, with cloud cybersecurity becoming even more complex with hybrid- or multi-cloud infrastructures, it’s hard to know where you should focus your efforts.
The DOD adopted CMMC just prior to 2021 to enforce the protection of federal contract information and ensure control of unclassified information throughout its supply chain. That information is referred to as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). It is defined as digital and physical information created by a government or entity on its behalf that, while not classified, is still sensitive and requires protection. Even though it isn’t classified, this information can be secret or top secret. Past supply-chain breaches that may have exposed some of this very sensitive information that could adversely impact national security have made headlines.
