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How to Determine Whether DaaS is Right for Your Business
Over the last several weeks, we’ve looked deeply into many aspects of Device as a Service (DaaS). We’ve looked at the cost implications, security advantages, the impact on Windows 7 End of Support vulnerabilities, and specific value propositions for healthcare and...
How Cisco Umbrella and SD-WAN Enforce Remote IT Security
With companies moving towards remote work, threat becomes even more critical as hackers begin to target vulnerable remote networks and devices. Cisco Umbrella combines various security services into one integrated cloud solution that offers unmatched security...
How to Maintain Security When Employees Work Remotely
More and more companies have moved to remote work due to COVID-19. Fortunately, technology today allows for most companies to set up remote environments. However, remote workspaces introduce new parameters and variables into an organization's setup. Companies that...
Safeguarding Schools and Students With Device as a Service (DaaS)
A growing epidemic of local news reports across the country are validating recent forecasts that attacks on school networks are on the rise, at both K-12 schools and universities. Many of the most recent cyberattacks have used ransomware like the Ryuk virus to shut...
Securing Healthcare Endpoints Against Cyber Attacks with DaaS
When you look at all the vulnerabilities emerging in Healthcare IT, you could be forgiven for feeling under siege. Despite years of efforts focused on closing security loopholes, the vulnerabilities keep expanding beyond day-to-day IT efforts to plug the gaps,...
Tackling Your Worst Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities with Device as a Service
Every week it seems another high-profile security breach hits the headlines. Even big brands—ones you’d expect to have the most hardened security—can’t seem to keep sensitive data private. Many of the biggest breaches focused on just one unsuspecting user and a...
Can DaaS Save Your Network from the Windows 7 Time Bomb?
In less than 6 months, on January 14th, 2020, Microsoft will end support for Windows 7. After that date, Microsoft will no longer issue operating system patches, leaving Windows 7 machines vulnerable to malware and other security threats. And yet, according to recent...
Top 8 Reasons Businesses are Switching to Device as a Service (DaaS)
Over the past couple of years, interest in Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) has grown by leaps and bounds. If you’re not already familiar with DaaS, it’s a new way of managing an organization’s fleet of computer equipment by leasing rather than purchasing devices. DaaS...
How to Face the Growing Threat of Cybersecurity Attacks in Healthcare
Cybersecurity is a pressing concern for every business. Even as the tools to prevent cyber attacks become more sophisticated, new kinds of threats and vulnerabilities emerge. It’s an arms race between hackers and defenders of private data, and it’s particularly acute...
Endpoint Challenges and Solutions in Healthcare
A system is only as strong as its weakest link, and for the largest healthcare IT networks, that weak link is more often than not an endpoint such as a PC or a printer. Managing endpoints across a health IT network presents constant challenges to security, cost...