Cloud Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

In a recent post, titled “ 10 Surprising Facts About Cloud Computing and What It Really Is ”, Zac Johnson highlighted some interesting facts about cloud computing in the SMB marketplace: Cloud Computing is up to 40 times more cost-effective for an SMB, compared to running its own IT system.

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Orange, Telefónica, and Verizon each made moves this week to expand their security service offerings for enterprises, signaling the growing importance of managed security among revenue growth opportunities for communications service providers (CSPs). Orange acquires Swiss security specialist. for an undisclosed sum.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Cybersecurity training is not the same across all companies; SMB training programs must be tailored according to size and security awareness. Here are an expert's cybersecurity training tips.

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 15, 2017

Four key exploits at the heart of hacking tools leaked by the Shadow Brokers have given malware authors a lot of power, say security researchers

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 15, 2023

It doesn’t matter whether you are a large business enterprise, SMB, government or nonprofit, the collection, management, protection and analysis of data is a determining factor in your overall success. In many ways, data has become the primary currency of modern organizations.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Amid all of this, SMB owners and IT leaders are busy running their businesses, and don’t often have time to stay on top of the key technologies and IT trends affecting the SMB market. We’ve assembled this list of the 30 Must-Read SMB IT blogs to provide a cross-section of the most influential thought leaders in SMB technology.

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IT Toolbox

AUGUST 1, 2016

Many of my clients fall into the SMB category and I often see them struggling to procure or fully implement and manage information security products. I’m often asked to help sort things which includes determining what the best security technologies are for these businesses in order to minimize the most security risks.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Blog post: Small Medium Business (SMB) IT continues to gain respect, what about SOHO? A […].

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Network World

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Microsoft will likely wait until February 14 to fix a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the SMB network file sharing protocol that can be exploited to crash Windows computers. The vulnerability was disclosed Thursday when the security researcher who found it posted a proof-of-concept exploit for it on GitHub.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Yet, despite the rising threats, 85% of SMB leaders surveyed said they felt prepared to protect against or recover from cyberattacks. Though leaders feel ready, the reality is that substantial improvements in security are still needed at most SMBs. Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 26, 2020

The overnight transformation to telecommuting means security risks are even higher than during normal business times.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A new security product from Symantec hopes to better secure small businesses against ransomware and other targeted cyberattacks.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

60% of Australian small businesses don’t survive a cyber breach. What can the overworked IT pros in small businesses do with limited budgets against the cyber crime wave?

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Tech Republic Data Center

JANUARY 31, 2022

Fortinet ranked #1 in the Enterprise Data Center, Distributed Enterprise, and SMB use cases as of 30 November 2021 The January 2022 Gartner® Critical Capabilities report for Network Firewalls includes network firewall evaluations for various use cases.

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Forrester IT

MAY 12, 2017

Early analysis indicates the malware spreads via SMB protocol, possibly using a vulnerability published by Microsoft on March 14 th , per CCN CERT National Cryptologic Center. This same exploit mechanism appeared to be in use by ETERNAL BLUE, included as part of the Shadow Brokers dump.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Nearly half of executives surveyed don't believe their employees would be able to spot a bad actor posing as an online retailer, Zix-AppRiver found.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 25, 2023

Microsoft 365 is the productivity engine at the heart of many SMB businesses across Australia. Licensing can sometimes be complex to understand, however, which is why SMBs should make sure they’re sourcing their licenses from the right places. Having the right licenses for the applications the business needs are critical.

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Network World

JULY 6, 2016

We've conducted many surveys on enterprise cybersecurity in the past but this unique report on SMBs sheds light on the specific challenges this group faces," said Dr. Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story)

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Sean Daniel

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I’m headed to SMB Nation, are you? Yes My nation is also SMB nation :) And I proud on my nation. Harrybbbb (Harry Brelsford, CEO, SMB Nation). Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. I’m headed to SMB Nation, are you? SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 15, 2010

Guy Haycock discusses the SMB Announcements at WPC 2010. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. Discovering Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Guy Haycock discusses the SMB Announcements at WPC. SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |.

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Network World

MAY 2, 2017

Because they don’t see themselves as targets, small-to-midsize businesses (SMB) have for a long time believed that their security programs are good enough. They have a firewall, antivirus, maybe they even use two-factor authentication. The mistake is believing that this is enough because they have nothing of value to an attacker.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The Q4 Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey by Zix-AppRiver found that 93% of SMB executives believe that as foreign adversaries attempt to breach national security or wage cyber-war, they […].

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Network World

MAY 16, 2017

National Security Agency exploits claims to have even more attack tools in its possession and plans to release them in a new subscription-based service. A group of hackers that previously leaked alleged U.S. The group also has intelligence gathered by the NSA on foreign banks and ballistic missile programs, it said.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The implementation of the SMB network file sharing protocol in Windows has a serious vulnerability that could allow hackers to, at the very least, remotely crash systems.

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CTOvision

MARCH 11, 2018

Cybersecurity remains vitally important to small businesses and private individuals alike. Once a hacker accesses information they are not supposed to have they can cause all sorts of damage. You know that. Every business is different, but all should understand their particular nightmare scenarios and take action to mitigate those threats.

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Network World

JANUARY 31, 2017

The San Jose, CA-based security company began as a hot start up, went public, then private, was acquired by Dell and then spun off to a private equity firm as part of the massive Dell/EMC merger in 2016. SonicWall has been through it all. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story)

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SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2022

The advisory notes that malicious threat actors often exploit poor security configurations, weak controls, and other faulty cyber hygiene practices in order to gain initial access to a victim's system. This is one of the most commonly found poor security practices. Failure to detect or block phishing attempts.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. Plus, they are combined with security functionality, starting with a basic firewall and possibly including antivirus, antispam and Web filtering.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) provided information about the techniques BlackMatter is using to hold organization networks for ransom. BlackMatter has been operating since July, according to the advisory.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Privacy will be more important than security - Expect the national debate about data privacy to escalate into a new national law that defines privacy and provides cloud users new protections from data brokers. Identity will be the new security perimeter for consumers of cloud services.

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Helpt

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Here are the top 7 reasons how SMB manufacturing companies can boost revenue and focus on growth by investing in customer experience. By investing in customer experience, SMB manufacturing companies can build customer loyalty and foster long-term relationships with their customers resulting in lower costs and more revenue.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This time around, I have a collection of links featuring the new Raspberry Pi 400, some macOS security-related articles, information on AWS Nitro Enclaves and gVisor, and a few other topics. How did I not know about Network Time Security (NTS)? Here’s a post on using NTS to secure NTP on Fedora. Networking. Virtualization.

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Sean Daniel

AUGUST 19, 2010

Dana Epp – SBS MVP and Security Expert talks about Remote Access and security precautions to take. Dana Epp on Five by 5–Securing Remote Access Dana covers important topics about what you can do to give your employees remote access, while at the same time ensuring the security to your network is maintained.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 21, 2017

From consumer to small/medium business (SMB), enterprise to web-scale and cloud-managed service providers, physical to virtual, spanning structured database (aka “little data”) to unstructured big data and very big fast data, a lot is happening today.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2020

This annex [white paper] collects observations from the pandemic as they relate to the security of cyberspace, in terms of both the cybersecurity challenges it creates and what it can teach the United States about how to prepare for a major cyber disruption.". Pass an Internet of Things Security Law.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Regardless of whether an organization is an SMB or enterprise, investing too much in DR is unnecessary, while investing too little is risky. In general, IT specialists consider quicker recovery as better, but budgets can force organizations to balance the DR speed with the funds they spend for meeting the RPO and RTO.

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