• How to Make a Business Continuity Plan

    Emergencies and disasters rarely come with advance notice. Without a proper business continuity plan in place, business productivity can plummet, and operations can suffer serious downtime. Each incident can elicit different consequences, so being prepared for anything gives companies the best shot at survival. Getting a current and well-tested plan in the hands of a…

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    Data Center Design: Compliance, Location and Regulations

    One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to data center design. Finding a proper facility that is equipped with everything you need to secure your data can be difficult. At the heart of any data center design should be security and compliance. In this blog, we will continue to expand on our previous posts…

  • PCI Compliance: Everything You Need to Know about Payment Security

    Everything You Need to Know About Payment Security While there are a lot of ‘how to’ guides out there, the PCI compliance standards continues to change rapidly. The standards are continually revised to keep up with the ever-changing security landscape. The current version of PCI DSS v3.2 encompasses the highest security standards globally and ongoing…

  • Core2Cloud Becomes Iowa’s Newest Technology Consulting Group

    Headquartered in Des Moines, IA, Core2Cloud Branches Out and Expands Team DES MOINES, IA – August 21st – For several years, many of the team members making up Core2Cloud were a part of the Lightedge Solutions family. Acting as trusted advisors for hundreds of customers over their tenure at Lightedge, the consulting team accelerated the…

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    What to Look for in HIPAA Compliant Hosting

    On August 21, 1996 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was created. Over twenty years later, many factors have evolved. Let’s take this time to reflect on the changing cybersecurity environment that has occurred over the past two decades and discuss what to look for in a HIPAA compliant hosting provider. In addition,…

  • Data Center Checklist: 5 Factors for Choosing a Data Center

    For most businesses, acquiring space from a data center colocation provider is the better business and technical decision. Maintaining a private facility requires excess time, money and expertise that could be better allocated to the core mission of your company. The increasing security and compliance demands can be too much for in-house data centers to…

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    Moving to the Cloud from Traditional IT: Why and How

    A Cloud Vision 2020 survey conducted by LogicMonitor predicts that 83 percent of the enterprise workload will be on the cloud by 2020. With all the potential that cloud platforms have to offer, business executives are making the move from traditional IT to cloud computing. If the core of your business doesn’t focus on data…

  • Ransomware Protection: How to Prevent & Respond to Ransomware Attacks

    Ransomware has been a popular term among data security experts for many years, but recently it has become more prevalent on the nightly news and among the public. The Cost of Ransomware It’s no surprise. The number of ransomware attacks has dramatically risen in the last five years, and it’s only getting worse. The number…