Category: Data Protection

A New Approach to Data Protection

During our current situation, it is essential to revisit your data protection and security strategy. Attackers are taking advantage of the pandemic vulnerability businesses are currently facing. To fight back, you can use new techniques developed to address the external and insider threats when your data is being threatened. With the new norm of employees […]

Business Continuity Checklist: 8 Boxes to Check During COVID-19

In states like Washington, there was no notice given to businesses or people before they were forced to close their doors and self-quarantine. Disasters and crises rarely give forewarning and with it, comes  disruptions. That is why strong business continuity plans are essential to survival. The global pandemic, COVID-19, has highlighted enterprises with solid business […]

LightEdge’s COVID-19 response

As COVID-19 continues to impact the global community, we wanted to share a note updating you on the safety measures we are taking as a company. Our goal is to minimize the health risk for our customers, employees and partners, ensure our facilities do not become transmission sites, and maintain business operations as normal for […]

Why Disaster Recovery is Critical for your SaaS Organization

There are so many risks ready to threaten your IT. With all of the natural disasters and cyber threats lurking about, one would think that external hazards are more likely to disrupt a business. Not the case. Human error is more likely to take your SaaS organization down. With attacks coming from both sides, cloud-based […]

Cybersecurity Risk is Leadership Risk

“A board’s failure to manage cyber risks could create a threat of litigation against a company or lead shareholder groups to advocate the ouster of board members.” – former SEC Commissioner Aguilar Cybersecurity risk is a business risk. It is critical that your executives, C-suite, and board members alike are all actively engaged. Cyber risk […]

Data Privacy Day: 10 Predictions for 2020

The cost of a data breach in 2019 came out to an average of $3.9 million. The U.S. proved to be the most expensive country, and healthcare was the most costly industry according to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report. Protecting company and customer data remains top priority for security professionals and 2020 […]

Top 7 Technology Predictions for 2020

Technology continues to evolve at an incredible rate, but the following technology trends will shape the decade to come. As the first month of the new year comes to an end, I wanted to take this chance and look forward at the tech industry and the innovations I believe we will see in 2020. Taking […]

Backups and Redundancy: Why Your Business Needs Both

“Less is more,” does not apply when it comes to backups and redundancy. A more fitting idiom would be, “better safe than sorry.” With uptime being critical to a successful business, it is important that you are backing up data, and have redundant IT infrastructure in place to keep you running if an outage were […]

Dustman Malware: What to Know and How to Prepare for this Cyber Threat

Security analysts from the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), a part of Saudi Arabia’s National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA), have discovered a new data wiping malware “Dustman” that hit BAPCO, Bahrain’s national oil company, on December 29, 2019. With recent world events occurring, businesses are now living in a time where cyber warfare is a real possibility. […]

Data Privacy: How to Secure Big Data in 2020

We can only predict what 2020 will bring for data privacy by taking a look at what we already know. Data privacy continues to be a hot topic because cyber-attacks are increasing in size, sophistication, and cost. The numerous attacks on personal and consumer data has raised privacy concerns around the world. As a result, […]