This article was originally published on TechAeris on May 08, 2020.What do you do if a small infected minority is threatening to infect the rest? By now, there probably isn’t a human being on the planet that doesn’t know the answer to this question: you place the infected in quarantine, separating them from the healthy. Collectively, throughout the world, we are distancing ourselves from the...

It’s easy to forget how dramatically the delivery of tech tools has changed over the decades. These days, few of us depend on a long list of desktop apps to do our work. Instead, we spend our working day logged into several web apps - simultaneously.Likewise, we can miss just how complex and interconnected the web app ecosystem is. Think you’re just using a single web app provided by a single...

As company’s look to cut IT costs during a crisis, don’t scrimp on your disaster recovery investment! Stick to your DR Plan and avoid the temptation to make shortcuts like these.

Security GPA is one the most-used, and most-loved features in Fortra Vulnerability Management platform. Designed for risk prioritization, Security GPA is predicated upon a simple metric that resonates across all levels of an organization. Based on the academic grading system that uses both a four-point numerical scale in tandem with the letter grades A-F, Security GPA has grown into a powerful and...

Cybersecurity is now a business requirement for most organizations. However, it’s often difficult to report on your security team’s performance to non-technical stakeholders and leadership. Senior leaders deal with conflicting priorities across the entire business. Therefore, it’s crucial to communicate the risks to your organization in a way that resonates.Vulnerability management is one of the...

Web applications are exposed. Unlike internal network applications, everyone can get to a web application; all they need is an internet connection. That includes hackers too. In fact, an automated tool may be attacking the web applications you depend on as you read this article.But developers often overlook web application security. Teams frequently spend all their energy on the code, the visual...

Last updated on April 24, 2020.Web security, your site and your networkWeb sites are unfortunately prone to security risks. And so are any networks in which web servers are connected. Setting aside risks created by employee use or misuse of network resources, your web server and the site it hosts present your most serious sources of security risk.Web servers by design open a window between your...

Why go paperless in the office? Discover the top ten reasons to go paperless and convince your boss today.

REST APIs have allowed us to create modern web and mobile applications; By using the power of an API, we can open up the world of services – pulling in data and sharing information and oiling the wheels of the internet.But building an API-enabled service also means that you potentially open up your web or mobile application to cybercriminals.In the first nine months of 2019, 7.9 billion data...

This article was originally published on HelpNetSecurity on April 16, 2020.Finding security holes in information systems is as old as the first commercially available computer. Back when a “computer” was something that sat in a computer room, users would try to bypass restrictions, sometimes simply by trying to guess the administrator’s password.Later when Bulletin Board Systems (the primitive...

Without proper care, shared drives can easily turn into a document graveyard. Find out how to make yours work—and how to move on.

Learn how document automation and an electronic document management system (EDMS) enables your team to easily collaborate from anywhere with secure, standardized workflows, and remote access.

Learn how you can allocate HA costs as operating expenses (OPEX) instead of capital expenses (CAPEX).

This article was originally published on Enterprise Management 360 on March 31, 2020.Penetration testing is the Marmite of cybersecurity: you either love it or you hate it. Taking a neutral stance on the matter, it’s easy to see both sides. On one hand, pen testing provides indisputable evidence of vulnerabilities for organisations to action. Pen testers are also often able to identify even the...

Across the world, companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, and yes, Fortra, have asked their employees to work from home in response to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. As employees move from on-premises offices to their homes, businesses will be faced with the challenge of managing and securing both company-owned and employee-owned devices as they access company resources from...

Accepting credit card payments is an everyday task all small business owners and merchants must perform when conducting transactions. However, if you handle consumers’ credit card information, there are inherent data security risks to manage and mitigate.Security holes in your payment processing system can result in stolen client information or identity theft, and you’ll have to pay your bank a...