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What is IT Compliance?

The term IT compliance is frequently heard these days in relation to running an organization and ensuring adherence to regulatory frameworks such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).  It is essentially

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How MDR is More Than Threat Detection

Cyber-attacks are becoming more frequent than ever. Today, companies need to detect threats before they become a large-scale issue if they want to effectively protect their data, their client’s data, and the threat that online criminals pose. Managed detection response services (MDR) are the best way to catch cyber threats

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Ransomware: What Is It and What You Can Do to Prevent and Respond to It

The number of ransomware incidents continues to rise, and according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), in 2021, losses from ransomware exceeded more than $49 million! This number doesn’t include lost business, time, wages, files, or equipment, or any third-party remediation services acquired by a victim.   While business email compromise (BEC),

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How to Create a Cybersecurity Plan for Your Small Business

Technology is rapidly evolving, with the advancement of both hardware and software that is intended to make our lives easier, there comes an increase of cybersecurity threats meant to bring harm to businesses and individuals across the nation. The reason that these threats shouldn’t be taken lightly is because all

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What is SIEM?

If you’re not a cybersecurity expert, you may be wondering, “What is SIEM anyway?” SIEM is an acronym for Security Information and Event Management. But what does that mean exactly? Functions of SIEM The first, most basic function of any SIEM is to centralize all the security notifications from your

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Why MDR Uses Humans and Automation Together

Our world is full of automated systems and services, but human interaction is still needed for everything to work properly. Whether it’s a home security system or a Tesla, humans must interact with these automated systems for them to perform as they are intended to. For example, a Tesla still

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