How to protect your video conferences from hackersAugust 5, 2020 | Austin Herrington | 3 min read As companies across the U.S. embrace remote working solutions in response to COVID-19, video-teleconferencing (VTC) platforms are now the virtual office must-have. These tools allow face-to-face video conferences between users in different cities, states, countries,...
4 Ways to Improve WAN SecurityNovember 4, 2019 | Mike Frane With global spending on cyber security estimated to reach $10 billion by 20271, cybersecurity has arguably become one of the most important corporate initiatives. The wide area network (WAN) is one of the most common...
13 Frightening Impacts of Network OutagesOctober 22, 2019 | Windstream Enterprise It’s estimated that at least 10% of the U.S. population has a fear of the number 13—and each year, that even more have a fear of Friday the 13th. If you’re an IT professional, on...
Combating DDoS Attacks: How to Keep Your Retail Network SecureOctober 10, 2018 | Windstream Enterprise Thanks to PCI DSS, the retail industry has done a remarkable job of mobilizing to protect customers’ cardholder data. While widespread compliance can’t completely keep the cyber thieves at bay, PCI DSS unquestionably has mitigated...
The Critical Role of Security in Unified CommunicationsOctober 3, 2018 | Austin Herrington Integrating voice, chat, video/audio conferencing, faxing, and email, unified communications (UC) delivers a wealth of advantages in productivity and collaboration. These gains however, also come with security challenges and industry standards that must be met...
Preparing Your Business for Disasters: How to Keep Your Lines of Communication OpenSeptember 6, 2018 | Scott Yelton September is National Preparedness month, and while many of us think about the steps we should be taking in our personal lives to prepare for disasters (and rightfully so), our businesses are not immune to...
What is GDPR and What You Need to KnowJuly 17, 2018 | Trent Pham GDPR, the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation, hasn’t received a great deal of press in the U.S., presumably because it is a “Europe thing.” However, U.S. companies are in fact subject to GDPR...
What is a DDoS attack and how to prevent themJune 11, 2018 | Trent Pham Business spending for cyber security has evolved from once being part of an IT budget to becoming its own budget – that’s at least true for large enterprises. Small Medium Businesses (SMB) continue to subscribe...
Is Your Enterprise Making Sensitive Information Unintentionally Vulnerable?March 14, 2018 | Trent Pham Most employers take great care in protecting any and all employee personal information they store, such as social security numbers and credit cards used for travel. When that care doesn’t extend to making sure employees,...
DDoS as an Intrusion Smoke screen: Hackers Steal a Page from the Grinch PlaybookDecember 6, 2017 | Mike Frane “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch,1″ begins the holiday classic song. How mean? So mean that his spirit lives on in sophisticated cyberattacks. ”How the Grinch Stole Christmas” isn’t just about theft. Stealing every present in Whoville was...
Are You Overlooking the Most Direct Threat to Your Network Operations?November 13, 2017 | Trent Pham Quick: Which of the following poses the greatest threat to network operations? A: Breaches B: Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks Correct answer: “B.” If you chose “A,” consider that the question concerns “operations” –...