By Sree RamFive worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we explore why organizations should implement Zero Trust in 2021.In 2010, John Kindervag introduced the concept of “Zero Trust” which has become a touchstone for cyber resilience and persistent security. Zero Trust […]
Microsoft Teams and OpManager: The perfect team for your remote IT management game
It seems almost everything is going digital during this pandemic: businesses, education, and medical consultations. This increased digital consumption is squeezing the juice out of the IT infrastructure of many organizations. On top of that, remote work policies are posing serious security issues.At times like these, IT infrastructure monitoring is like a football game for […]
Organizations Working From Home Opens Wider Target for Cybercriminals
With so many people working from home, more attackers are adapting their strategies to focus on employees as a way to bypass organizations’ defenses, FCW reports. During a webcast hosted by Venable, several Federal and industry experts discussed the challenges associated with remote work, particularly in organizations that previously required physical modes of identification.Sean Connelly, […]
Optrics Insider – Remote Patching, COVID-19 Spam Email & CMR vs SMR NAS Hard Drives
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss work from home PCs and patches, the notable increase in COVID-19 related spam emails as well as CMR (conventional magnetic recording) vs. SMR (shingled magnetic recording) hard drives and what you need to consider when using either for network attached storage (NAS) devices.Prefer […]
Optrics Insider – Top 3 Work from Home IT Security Issues
Prefer to read? Here is a downloadable copy of the discussion in book form:We wanted to bring in and talk to Shaun Sturby, our Technical Services Manager, who is the one on the street who is talking to our clients and keeping an eye on how things are going out there in the networking world […]
Five worthy reads: Implementing a successful remote work environment
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we delve into how organizations are increasingly adopting a remote work model, and how they can equip themselves to build a synchronized virtual workspace.In the wake of COVID-19 and the subsequent mandates to stay […]