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K-12 Spotlight

From IT inefficiencies and data security threats to new learn-from-home vulnerabilities, the cyber landscape for K-12 institutions is complex. Adding to that complexity is the fact that schools and districts must often make due with limited IT staffs and budgets, leading to lost productivity and

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Top 2020 Cyber Predictions: The Good, Bad, and Downright Ugly

Keepin’ It CyberFit in 2020 CyberFit Chip, your friendly cyber advice guru, is getting back in the list game – this time with his top 2020 cyber trend predictions. So now that you’ve recovered from your New Year’s Eve celebrations, what better time to dive

The Upshot: CactusCon 2019

Why Go? Last weekend, a fellow colleague of mine at Acronis SCS and I had the opportunity to attend Arizona’s premier security conference, CactusCon, in neighboring Mesa. The annual event, which began in 2012 and is now the largest conference of its kind in the

Open Source Backdoors in the Wild

Open Source Backdoors in the Wild Malicious actors will take advantage of any opportunity to exploit an attack vector for money, personal gain, or fun. For years, hackers have used supply chains to deploy backdoors because trusted software provides a relatively easy entry point. This

Trick or Treat Yo’self to Our Top 5 Cyberfit Tips

As you get your costumes and candy ready for Halloween, here’s another fun October fact – it’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! To help celebrate, Cyberfit Chip’s alter ego, Count Chipula, has turned to the good side this month, so he can offer up key tips to help

99 Problems but Backup Firewall Ports Aren’t One

How do I love thee network engineer, let me count the ports. 3, that’s right just 3 ports (okay, maybe 5 if you want automated agent installs) you will need to open on your firewalls to get fantastic, fully functional data protection for your entire

FREE Upgrade to NEW Game-Changing Hardened Backup Product – Limited Time Only

A Gap in the Backup Market In today’s backup and recovery software market, there is a troubling gap for public sector customers operating in air-gapped, ‘no internet’ environments. In particularly challenging settings, like deployed defense elements at the edge or those with sensitive or classified

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Self-Protecting Data – A Future-Proof Cyber Doctrine

The Data Protection Evolution In the decades since cybersecurity became a key priority for companies and federal government agencies alike, we have witnessed a necessary evolution in information security doctrine and strategies. For years, layered data protection tools – from perimeter defense to identity management

Implementing a Secure Approach in a Zero Trust World

The Origins of Zero Trust If you keep pace with cybersecurity trends, you have undoubtedly heard the term “zero trust” with increasing frequency in recent years. The term, first coined by Forrester analyst John Kindervag in 2010, and popularized by Palo Alto Networks in years since, refers to a

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Neglecting the Edge in Higher Education

During recent discussions with a number of IT decisionmakers across the higher education landscape, an interesting trend emerged. Many of these leaders and their IT teams choose to forego backups of mobile endpoints and edge devices, instead entrusting that responsibility to individual users and employees.

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