Redundancy
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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

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

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 have raised privacy concerns around the world. As a result,…

Infrastructure and Operations
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Gartner Highlights Top 10 Trends Impacting Infrastructure and Operations in 2020

Research firm Gartner, Inc. highlighted the trends that infrastructure and operations leaders must start preparing for to support digital infrastructure in 2020. The findings were presented at the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference earlier this month. “This past year, infrastructure trends focused on how technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) or edge computing…

CISOs

How CISOs Protect Their Brand’s Most Valuable Assets

Good Chief Security Officers (often referred to as CISOs) are highly sought-after resources. Navigating the ever-changing cybersecurity environment full of evolving threats is not an easy task. That is why a skilled and proven CISO is something every company is fighting for. According to Forbes Insight that surveyed more than 200 CISOs across a variety…

25 years

OnRamp Acquisition Update: The Major Changes That Have Taken Shape

Has it already been a year and a half? Time has truly flown by since the acquisition and blending of OnRamp into Lightedge. On July 17th of 2018, we announced that Lightedge acquired the Austin, Texas-based compliant cloud and colocation company, OnRamp. Since then, we’ve been learning from and adopting the best practices and strengths…

managed security services

Five Reasons Why Businesses Use Managed Security Services

Organizations struggling to wrap their head around the benefits of Managed Security Services is a common challenge we’ve come across. It’s also an extremely pressing issue we’re trying to address. Managed Security Services can help organizations of all sizes fulfill their security and compliance needs seamlessly and effectively. But why is this the case? More organizations are turning…