The onslaught of the novel COVID-19 has caught businesses off guard, sending many of them into a tailspin. To survive this, most businesses are considering the idea of remote work, and some have already implemented work from home policies.
Under …
SQL Server, Part 2: Authentication and authorization mechanisms in SQL Server, simplified
In the previous blog of this series, we discussed how monitoring SQL Server activities helps secure databases. The database security can further be reinforced by carefully configuring the authentication and authorization mechanisms for database accesses. In this blog, we’ll briefly …
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 …
COVID-19 sets the stage for cyberattacks: How to protect your business while working remotely
Businesses are shifting their operations to a remote work model in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown. While this enables business to generally continue as normal, there has also been a rise in cyberattacks because of this shift as …
Five worthy reads: Keeping a close eye on cybersecurity while working remotely
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we highlight the importance of creating and enforcing a solid cybersecurity strategy for employees who work remotely.
From embracing …
Monitoring critical business applications while working remotely
With a huge number of employees around the globe working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering uninterrupted business services to customers has become a major challenge. This requires strict monitoring of all critical business applications in order to accommodate an …
Security tips for work-from-home organizations [Webinar]
Many organizations including Google, Amazon, Zoho, and Twitter have adopted remote working due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. To be safe and to practice social distancing, your organization might have also adopted telecommuting. However, with the sudden shift to remote …
File shadowing: The key to a swift recovery from USB and file-based attacks
USB devices are undeniably valuable, but they can be dangerous. On one hand, they are useful in transporting enterprise-critical data, but on the other, they can wreak havoc if misplaced, corrupted due to a human or hardware-related error, or stolen. …
COVID-19: Remote patch management struggles and solutions to secure remote users
Crisis or not, keeping endpoints patched against known and emerging vulnerabilities remains one of the top challenges IT admins face. With the new work-from-home norm in response to COVID-19, patch management sounds next to impossible for many IT admins.
Leaving …