https://www.atrioncomm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Pat_Grillo__-_11-12-2019.mp3 Pat Grillo shares how a vendor decision cost his 35 year company over 10 million dollars in sales and how it changed his business and life for the better. Did that get your attention? It can happen to any entrepreneur. You choose a vendor partner that has products that your clients can use and…
Damage control is not the best learning tool. It’s an effective one, for sure, but no one wants to be forced to figure out what should be done after a data breach. Prevention costs much less than remediation. Most security products are designed to protect one vector of attack and only have visibility into that…
Cybersecurity: A Virtual Solution to a Real Problem There is no question that handling cybersecurity is a major focus for businesses these days. With the average salary of a Corporate Information Security Officer (CISO) being roughly $200k and quite a bit higher in major metropolitan areas, this is just as much a budgetary decision as it…
Space: The final frontier. For your last family vacation, you loaded your SUV with everything important and necessary, then transported the SUV and its contents (luggage, one spouse, 2.5 kids, one dog) cross-country. That’s quite a feat. That’s what you need to do with your company data. Your next project (and it’s no vacation) is…
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Benjamin Franklin may have been thinking about the value of time. It often takes longer to repair a mistake than to do it right the first time. In today’s cyberbusiness-world, time is even more valuable. When there’s a security violation, the loss of time and…
PoC (proof of concept) is what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG). It’s the ability to prove something works; that it’s financially and technically viable for you or your client. The process includes search and review of the development and an examination of the revenue model, “…in which companies show projected revenue from products and services, and indicate development cost,…
Cloud access security brokers (CASBs) have become an essential element of any cloud security strategy, helping organizations govern the use of cloud and protect sensitive data in the cloud. Security and risk management leaders should align CASB vendorsto address specific use-case requirements. –Gartner CASB Magic Quadrant CASBs are cloud-based security enforcement points between you and…
It’s only a matter of time. When the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, no one in the U.S. was surprised to learn “We’re next.” There may be “hefty fines” for organizations choosing to disregard the new directives. And time is running out for companies who need every spare second…
The Total Picture: An Increasingly Remote Workforce The modern workforce is more remote than ever, and that trend is only increasing. There are a few reasons for this; chief among them the cost-effectiveness which surfeits remote solutions. Several aspects of a remote workforce need to be addressed, including: BYOD and MDM Managing Unique Devices Cloud…
You don’t have the time – or the resources – to test and prove technology vendor recommendations for innovations. The ever-changing landscape of regulatory requirements (i.e. GDPR, HIPAA, PCI) is confusing and may push you towards solutions that you’re not familiar with of fail to meet your business objectives. Additionally, you don’t have the IT…