Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 18, 2021

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For instance, 95% of SMB IT professionals feel confident in their generative AI (GenAI) skills, as compared to 81 percent of enterprise IT professionals. As a result, these will lead to increased operational costs for SMBs—expenses that these businesses could not afford.

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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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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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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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CTOvision

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Here we are, nearly midway through the 16th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), and while the good news is many large enterprises are more locked down than they were five or six years ago, it’s clear SMBs need some help.

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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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Social, Agile and Transformation

JULY 3, 2023

Some context: I rarely blog about information security because it’s outside my core expertise in digital transformation. It’s hard to drive transformation and also have a risk and security mindset, and it’s extraordinarily time-consuming to keep up with the latest security threats.

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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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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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SecureWorld News

APRIL 18, 2024

This program is taught using 'business language' to empower SMB operators to engage with IT, vendors, and customers from a place of knowledge." Right now, there's a massive communication gap between the business owner and his or her IT and security folks, whether those are in-house or an MSP/MSSP."

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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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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 17, 2025

Whether youre in an SMB or a large enterprise, as a CIO youve likely been inundated with AI apps, tools, agents, platforms, and frameworks from all angles. In our Cloud and AI Business Survey, over half of the CIOs said theyre looking to their CSP relationships to help meet their new compliance and security needs.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Experts warn that organizations must act decisively to protect against this growing threat by implementing Zero Trust architectures, patching vulnerabilities, and strengthening identity security. Even the most secure device from a decade ago is likely quite vulnerable to a modern-day attack.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 8, 2024

It doesn’t matter whether you are a large business enterprise, SMB, government or non-profit, 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. This policy, written by Mark W.

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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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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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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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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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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

So how do SMBs utilize LCNC platforms and stay relevant among larger businesses? Tech waves have shown to accelerate SMB business growth, and LCNC will have an equal, if not larger, impact on SMBs. To do so, those teams must have clear roles and responsibilities to deliver user experience and foster innovation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Security patches will continue to be provided for another 18 months, until April 30, 2031. Dynamics 365 Business Central is Microsoft’s flagship SMB ERP product, optimized to help businesses thrive in a new world of cloud and AI computing,” Morton said in a blog post announcing the end of support.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Ransomware has reached epidemic proportions, especially among small and midsize businesses (SMBs). A 2015 Securities and Exchange Commission statement noted that SMBs are at "greater risk" of cybercrime, including ransomware, compared to larger enterprises, and they "are far more vulnerable once they are victimized."

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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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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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CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2014

the market leader for user protection against advanced cybersecurity threats through the use of secure virtual containers, today announced updates to the Invincea platform with the general availability of FreeSpace™ 4.0 Security and usability go hand-in-hand in order to fully operationalize endpoint security. Cyber Security'

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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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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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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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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 18, 2016

Cybersecurity expert Ron Schlecht explains how even small breaches can cost enterprise and SMB companies millions. A new chart details how cybercrime ballooned in the past decade.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourcer contracted to remotely manage or deliver IT services such as network, application, infrastructure, or security management to a client company by assuming full responsibility for those services, determining proactively what technologies and services are needed to fulfill the client’s needs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 7, 2024

The survey responses aren’t a surprise to Jack Berkowitz, CDO of Securiti.AI, a data management and security firm. For example, one company she’s worked with had targeted its product to the SMB market, but after examining its data, it realized that the large enterprise market was its future.

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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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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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