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Organizations often default to a reactive approach to security measures, which can become incredibly costly and time-consuming due to the complexity of new hacking technologies. McAfee has estimated that nearly 300,000 new forms of malwareare created each day, per WebARX, making it nearly impossible for support teams to fully understand the threat they are working to isolate in real-time.

Organizations often default to a reactive approach to security measures, which can become incredibly costly and time-consuming due to the complexity of new hacking technologies. McAfee has estimated that nearly 300,000 new forms of malwareare created each day, per WebARX, making it nearly impossible for support teams to fully understand the threat they are working to isolate in real-time.

Configuration drifts account for a significant proportion of system failures, leading to major malfunctions in devices such as loaned laptops, oftentimes resulting in the need for re-imaging. In this recovery process, a device is completely reset to its default state, only maintaining factory settings and any pre-installed software. Traditionally utilized as the primary method for troubleshooting configuration drifts, re-imaging can cost organizations and individuals a significant amount of time and resources. Any documents and data stored on the device as well as post-purchase applications that were installed are entirely lost unless they were backed up on an external harddrive or within the cloud.

Configuration drifts account for a significant proportion of system failures, leading to major malfunctions in devices such as loaned laptops, oftentimes resulting in the need for re-imaging. In this recovery process, a device is completely reset to its default state, only maintaining factory settings and any pre-installed software. Traditionally utilized as the primary method for troubleshooting configuration drifts, re-imaging can cost organizations and individuals a significant amount of time and resources. Any documents and data stored on the device as well as post-purchase applications that were installed are entirely lost unless they were backed up on an external harddrive or within the cloud.

A team of 20 working from home could mean 20 different Wi-Fi networks, and lots of potential security weak points. Many employees may not have personal Wi-Fi networks up to the security standards needed to safely access data and documents hosted internally. To avoid any challenges, experts recommend either ensuring that employees hold their personal networks to certain security standards, or using a VPN to connect to an internal network, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

A team of 20 working from home could mean 20 different Wi-Fi networks, and lots of potential security weak points. Many employees may not have personal Wi-Fi networks up to the security standards needed to safely access data and documents hosted internally. To avoid any challenges, experts recommend either ensuring that employees hold their personal networks to certain security standards, or using a VPN to connect to an internal network, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

As companies continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on in-office functions, many business leaders are embracing cloud applications and distributed teams as a temporary solution. At least, that was the plan. Thanks to a recent surge in coronavirus cases, as reported by Time Magazine, remote work seems like it may become the new normal for countless employees across the country. The provisional workarounds companies put in place are giving way to more permanent measures that will impact how businesses operate in 2021 and beyond.

Higher education institutions have encountered an unprecedented crisis in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic – enabling secure, reliable remote learning pathways. Mandatory campus lockdowns have forced students, professors and administrative faculty to transition to digital workspaces. While online platforms like Blackboard and Coursera are helping bridge the gap, the rapid shift to eLearning environments has revealed a variety of infrastructural- and security-related weaknesses within the education industry.

Higher education institutions have encountered an unprecedented crisis in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic – enabling secure, reliable remote learning pathways. Mandatory campus lockdowns have forced students, professors and administrative faculty to transition to digital workspaces. While online platforms like Blackboard and Coursera are helping bridge the gap, the rapid shift to eLearning environments has revealed a variety of infrastructural- and security-related weaknesses within the education industry.

With more enterprises adopting the work-from-home model, reliable IT deployment and management tools have become a necessity. According to research from MarketsandMarkets, cloud solutions are helping organizations “create resilient and disaster-averse systems” that both support remote workforces and protect the integrity of sensitive data and business applications. Despite this trend, many IT administrators continue to face significant challenges managing remote workstations, especially those that are owned and operated by employees. The global health crisis has forced many knowledge workers to use their personal devices – desktop computers, laptops, mobile phones, etc. – to access corporate networks and data stores. To minimize the risk of security breaches and brute-force attacks, IT professionals will need to maintain complete endpoint visibility and control.