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Emerging Technologies To Watch for Business Transformation
The link between technology adoption and business success has a long history of powerful impact. More recently — since the onset of the pandemic — businesses have more readily adopted web conferencing solutions such as Zoom, and had to rethink how it was used to ensure productivity, communication and collaboration. As consumers and end-users, all
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How CloudConnexa Enables Zero Trust for Small Businesses
Forrester analyst Stephen Marsh originated the concept of the perimeterless security approach known as zero trust architecture (ZTA) in 1994. Since then, and with help from his fellow Forrester Analyst John Kindervag, use of the zero trust approach has steadily grown with the biggest enterprises in the world.
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OpenVPN's Robert Weiss Speaks at ShmooCon
Every year in Washington DC, the best and brightest in the world of infosec come together for “three days of an interesting atmosphere for demonstrating technology exploitation, inventive software and hardware solutions, and open discussions of critical infosec issues.” This east coast hacker convention, known as ShmooCon, is a long time favorite
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Cybersecurity For Tech Companies
5.3 trillion U.S. dollars. That’s the 2022 estimated spending for the global information technology (IT) industry. Given that the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) found 86% of data breaches are motivated by financial gain, it’s easy to see why cybercriminals target the tech industry. According to the NTT 2020 Global Threat
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Top Retail Cybersecurity Challenges
E-commerce lets retailers use customer data and segmentation to deliver unique customer experiences. That’s why the industry eagerly pursued digital transformation. Unfortunately, that customer data also creates new vulnerabilities that weren’t part of traditional brick-and-mortar retail.
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How to Prevent Scareware Attacks with CloudConnexa
Does anybody like pop-ups? Unlikely. That's why pop-up blockers are so popular. And as if pop-up ads and pop-up windows weren’t annoying enough, now scammers are using scareware pop-ups to trick users more determinedly than ever.
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Cloud-Based Cybersecurity for Financial Services
In his 2019 annual letter to shareholders, J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon wrote, “The threat of cybersecurity may very well be the biggest threat to the U.S. financial system.” At the time, J.P. Morgan Chase was spending almost $600 million to defend against cyberattacks after a 2014 breach that affected 76 million households and 7 million
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Cybersecurity for SMBs: Why Small Businesses Need Cybersecurity
Reliable cybersecurity, and avoiding cyberattacks, is essential for businesses of any size. The subject is so popular that it’s a standalone topic on Google News. Problem is, many small or medium businesses don’t consider it essential for them — it’s often seen as a problem for big businesses and enterprise, but that couldn’t be further from the
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Restricted Internet Access: Available Now With CloudConnexa
A walled garden, in internet terms, “... is an environment that controls the user's access to network-based content and services.” A walled garden is used to keep users from exploring outside the walls and to protect against malware, phishing, and other cyber threats. According to TechTarget, “Although a walled garden does not always prevent users
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Internet Gateway Selection Feature on CloudConnexa
You’ve deployed internet gateways. Now, you need a way to route the traffic — securely, from your networks, hosts, groups, and users with the flexibility to control where the exit takes place. This is all possible with Internet Gateway Selection, a new feature of CloudConnexa, that lets you configure how internet traffic is routed from your hosts,
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