What is Ransomware Recovery? A ransomware attack begins when a machine on a network becomes infected with malware. The malware infection is typically caused by a user opening an infected email attachment, clicking on a malicious link, or by falling victim to social engineering tactics. Once an endpoint has been infected, it spreads throughout the […]
Category: Backup & Disaster Recovery
What is Business Impact Analysis? Business impact analysis (BIA) is a method to predict the consequences of disruptions to a business, its processes, and its systems, by collecting relevant data. This data can be used to develop strategies for the business to recover in the case of an emergency. The BIA framework is used to […]
What Should you do if you are Scammed? Scammers can be clever and quite convincing. They may come to you via phone calls, emails, or text messages, and it is easy to be duped into providing them with the information that they request, such as money or personal information. Once you realize that you have […]
What is an Air-Gapped Computer? An air-gapped computer is a computer that is isolated from unsecured networks, meaning that it is not connected to the internet or to any other system that is connected to the internet. A computer that is truly air-gapped will also be physically isolated, meaning that data can only be passed […]
What are Resilient Power Best Practices? Cyberattackers have been increasingly targeting critical infrastructure, including the U.S. energy grid which is also vulnerable to physical incidents, such as attacks from terrorists or vandals, and existential threats, such as Electronic Magnetic Pulse (EMP) which are generated from geomagnetic solar flares.1 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]
What is Ransomware Prevention and Protection? Ransomware is a form of malware designed to encrypt files on a device, rendering any files and the systems that rely on them unusable1. This is often done using malicious code to rapidly encrypt files with public-key RSA encryption, and then deleting those files if their ransom demands are […]
What is Enterprise Security? Enterprise security includes various technologies, strategies, techniques, and processes used in securing information and IT assets against unauthorized access and risks that may violate the confidentiality, integrity, or availability (referred to as the “CIA triad”) of these systems. Enterprise security includes the protection of data as it flows across networks, the […]
What are HIPAA Physical Safeguards? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, PL104-191) was enacted to protect the privacy and availability of health insurance coverage and medical information. The law’s primary goals include protecting health insurance coverage for workers and their families in the event that the insured employee changes or loses […]
What is Cloud Disaster Recovery? Cloud disaster recover (Cloud DR) refers to a number of strategies and services intended to back up data, applications, and other resources to a public cloud or dedicated service provider.1 When a disaster occurs, the affected data, applications, and resources can be restored to the local data center or cloud […]
What are Data Centers? Data centers are physical facilities that organizations use to house their critical and proprietary assets. Data centers are designed to centralize an organization’s shared IT operations and equipment for the purposes of storing, processing, and disseminating applications and data. Data centers are essential to the continuity of daily operations, so their […]