Data Center Colocation Helps Improve Resilience, Reduce Risk
(August 14, 2023) An unplanned data center outage can be devastating to any business. However, increasingly severe weather, cyberattacks, and other factors are making outages more likely. Smart organizations mitigate those risks by improving data center colocation resilience and security. That’s not always easy. Many organizations house their IT equipment in an informal data center […]
How Managed Services Can Help Ensure Regulatory Compliance
(August 8, 2023) As the number of cyberattacks and data breaches continues to skyrocket, organizations in regulated industries must meet stricter security requirements. Financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing are just a few of the industries that must comply with regulatory requirements for data security and privacy. Additionally, any organization that accepts debit and credit cards […]
Choosing a Managed Security Services Provider
Choosing a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) is a crucial decision that requires careful consideration to ensure your organization’s cybersecurity needs are met effectively. Here are several factors you should consider when making your choice: By thoroughly evaluating these factors, you can select an MSSP that not only meets your immediate security needs but also […]
Governance: How It Works
Governance is the framework and processes that organizations put in place to manage and address cybersecurity risks effectively. It involves establishing policies, procedures, and structures to protect an organization’s information assets and systems from cyber threats, while also ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
Help Wanted
(August 1, 2023) Co-managed IT services help short-staffed IT teams access the expertise and manpower they need. Under the best of circumstances, it would be difficult for any organization to maintain all the in-house skill sets needed to support every application, device, and service comprising today’s complex IT environments. With today’s global IT skills shortage, […]
Why You Should Back Up Your Cloud Email and Collaboration Environment
(July 31, 2023) Cloud email has become an essential tool for supporting remote workers. It also allows organizations to eliminate the IT infrastructure needed to support email in-house. However, inadequate backup practices create vulnerabilities for cloud email systems and the business-critical data stored in them. For example, hundreds of millions of people have Exchange Online […]
Multifactor Authentication More Important Than Ever
(July 24, 2023) Hackers seldom break in by busting down the door. They’re more likely to find the key hidden under the flower part and let themselves in. Passwords are the key, and they’re often ridiculously easy to find. According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, more than 80 percent of all data […]
8 Steps You Can Take to Stop Ransomware Attacks
(July 17, 2023) The number of ransomware attacks declined significantly in 2022, creating optimism that this type of cybercrime was waning. Unfortunately, ransomware attacks have surged again this year. Ransom demands have also risen dramatically, with one study finding an average ransom demand of $2.2 million. Tactics are changing as well. In a traditional ransomware […]
How to Choose a Trusted Cloud Service Provider
(July 10, 2023) Small to midsize businesses (SMBs) can gain a number of business, financial, and technical benefits by moving to the cloud. The cloud enables you to preserve capital and gain a future-proof environment rather than maintain a lot of depreciating IT assets. You can buy what you need and scale the environment up […]
Mainstream Technologies Hires Rizwana Kahn
Rizwana Kahn Brings 26 Years Experience (Little Rock, AR) – (July 6, 2023) – Mainstream Technologies is pleased to announce the hiring of Rizwana Kahn as Software Developer. Her responsibilities will include the design, development, and deployment of full-stack software solutions. Rizwana worked most recently as a software developer for five years with Geospatial Analytics, […]
