In today’s increasingly interconnected world, cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and widespread. As a result, it is more important than ever for individuals and organizations to take proactive measures to protect themselves from potential harm.
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The importance of multi-factor authentication to secure your accounts
Microsoft engineers recently presented research at the RSA security conference indicating that 99.9% of compromised accounts aren’t using multi-factor authentication (MFA). This statistic alone illustrates the enormous potential for MFA to mitigate account breaches when passwords are either guessed or exfiltrated.
The cloud is not the answer to all business technology questions
In the last few years there has been an increasing hype regarding cloud-based offerings, from outsourcing the office file or mail server to powering entire complex web sites, collaboration and outsourcing of voice over IP, CRM, and even providing off-site backup services. The term cloud has come to mean just about anything not on your local network. The broadening definition combined with the reduction of reliability, security and accountability is a troubling trend, to say the least.