NINJIO Partner Insights: June Roundup
NINJIO works with a range of industry-leading technology and business services providers. Many of which publish independent research, reports and blogs on pressing topics such in cybersecurity, IT, artificial intelligence, and technology leadership. With all these smarts within our reach, we wanted to create a place to bring them together to share with the NINJIO family.
Starting this summer, we’ll be sharing the latest insights from a number of our partners each month. Check out the first of many NINJIO Partner Insights Roundups…
Source: Genuine Technology Group
Topic: Business Tech
What Will 5G Mean for My Business?
How is 5G going to impact business and change the way we use mobile? 4G enabled the mobile revolution that’s happened over the last decade, with smartphones taking over from desktops multiple online activities like shopping, banking, and web browsing. 5G promises three major improvements to mobile connections: improved speed, reduced latency, and more capacity.
Source: TruAdvantage
Topic: CyberAttacks
New Wifi Vulnerability May Affect Most Devices
A raft of security flaws has been found that impacts Wi-Fi-enabled devices going back to 1997, including smart phones, IoT devices, and personal computers. These FragAttacks mean that almost every Wi-Fi device in use today is vulnerable. These flaws represent a serious point of weakness, however, the attacker needs to be within the Wi-Fi range of the device targeted in order to execute the attack.
Source: MidnightBlue Technology
Topic: Cybersecurity
Your Cybersecurity Checklist: Healthcare
The need for strong cybersecurity measures is more important than ever for the healthcare industry. There are many devices and interconnected systems holding sensitive information such as patients’ personal details and medical records. Keep this healthcare-specific cybersecurity checklist on hand as you work to revise cybersecurity policies and procedures on an organizational level.
Source: Zones
Topic: Data Recovery
5 key challenges in data backup and recovery today
Where does your business stand when it comes to data backup and disaster recovery? There are five key challenges that organizations face as they look to streamline backup and DR: scheduling backups regularly, preventing data corruption, aligning with your architecture, setting data backup priorities, protecting against ransomware.
Source: Software One
Topic: Cybersecurity
How to Avoid Ransomware Attacks to Better Protect Hyperscale Environments
Ransomware attacks have increased in number and evolved in complexity in the last year. Instead of holding data hostage in systems and networks, cybercriminals now tend to make copies of sensitive information and threaten to release this data unless a company pays the ransom. Learn how to protect your hyperscale environment.
Source: Proxios
Topic: IT
What You Don’t Know (About Your IT Solutions) Could Be Hurting You
Almost every small company has some hidden IT weaknesses lurking in the background. What you may not know about the inner workings of your network, security, infrastructure, and desktop environment could actually be a significant risk—to your data, your reputation, your business livelihood. You may not even know there’s a weakness or gap until it’s too late.
Source: Triskele Labs
Topic: Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Management Post-COVID-19
Remote working and work-from-home arrangements have allowed businesses to survive and even thrive during the hardest times. Although WFH has been largely beneficial to all parties involved, as cybersecurity professionals, we can’t deny that it has increased cybersecurity vulnerabilities. As a result, organisations need to reconsider their vulnerability management process to navigate the new normal, safely.
Source: Nexus Tek
Topic: IT
5 Reasons Why Financial Institutions Need Managed IT
Businesses need to support every customer at any time from anywhere—and the finance industry is no exception. With nearly 70% of millennials utilizing mobile banking applications and 361 million people sending money via Paypal, server downtime in the finance sector is intolerable. Banks and financial institutions need managed IT to keep customers satisfied.
Source: DDN
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Success Guide – DDN.com
Research shows that approximately four out of every five AI projects don’t reach production. That amounts to quite a few companies struggling to make it happen. It’s no wonder that many business and IT leaders are hesitant to invest in AI at scale. This article looks at the most common problems that AI projects face to determine what it takes to be a success.
Source: CyberSecOp
Topic: Cybersecurity
Three Reasons Why You Need an Incident Response Solution
Ransomware isn’t the only threat to your business continuity. You need to prepare for the worst; and this is the essence of Incident Response. Every organization needs to have an Incident Response Plan (IRP). The team that executes the IRP is the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT). There are three reasons why you need Incident Response for your organization.
