Who Does HIPAA Protect? And What Does This Mean for Your IT Team?
Many experts are eager to point out the what and the how of HIPAA compliance: What protected health information (PHI) is included, how it needs…
Small Businesses & PCI – What You Need to Know
Running a business in today’s digital-laden and data-driven world requires compliance with various federal regulations. Depending on the industry and the type of data that…
Digital Transformation 2020: Preparing for the New Year in Cloud Tech
Every major calendar-year event comes with its own set of concerns for IT. For example, Black Friday and Cyber Monday put stress on eCommerce sites…
Know Your Audit Reports! More Advice on Vetting Cloud Providers
In a recent post, we discussed four ways to vet a cloud provider before trusting them with your mission-critical workloads. If you missed that post,…
What Should You Look for in a Hosting Provider?
Physical Security is a Must-Have Trusting your systems and data to a third-party provider can be a risky business. Of course, many data center operators…
Your Crash Course on Security in the Cloud (and of the Cloud)
You’ve no doubt realized by now that cybercrime isn’t going away anytime soon. What you might not know is that approximately 43 percent of all…
The Real Costs of Ransomware
It seems like it’s been a while since ransomware has been in the IT security news headlines. Certainly, 2019 hasn’t seen anything rivaling WannaCry and…
Is the IT Skills Shortage Jeopardizing Your IT Security and Compliance?
There’s no doubt that digital transformation can help make an organization more competitive. Technology lets us do things faster, better, and cheaper than our competition.…
Top Cloud Computing Security Issues and Challenges, and How IBM i Meets Them
There’s no doubt that cybersecurity has become the #1 challenge faced by IT departments today. And, with more and more companies moving workloads to the…
6 Bad IT Security Habits You Need to Kick in 2019
As I write this, it’s early March, and the wind is howling outside my window. We’ve just had several days of subzero weather. Caught in…
3 Real Life Lessons From the Latest Data Breaches
Every day, it seems there’s a new headline announcing another data breach. It’s easy to become desensitized and pass these articles by as just the…
A Short FAQ on Disaster Recovery as a Service
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is becoming increasingly popular as a way to ensure business continuity in the event of a natural or manmade…
GDPR: 5 Things You Need to Know
Questions from our clients around the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) spiked this last May when the regulation went into effect. Then, they quickly…
Solving the IT Skills Gap Starts With Diagnosing the Problem
There’s been a lot of online talk about the IT skills gap. Some say it exists, whereas others claim it to be a figment of…
The Need for Industry-Led IoT Security Standards and 5 Best Practices
Since January 1st of 2018, a barrage of cyberattacks and data breaches have touched almost every industry, targeting businesses large and small, many of which are…
Soctria’s Intrusion Detection System offers Protection to your Environment
Cyber security should be a top priority for any organization, no matter what size or type. Every host-based and cloud environment is vulnerable to various…