NBC and several other news organizations reported Wednesday in an article about an encryption virus that has hit several U.S. Hospitals and crippled them so much so that they are seeking to pay the perpetrators to unlock their data. This is a staggering reality that saddens and angers me as an IT security professional. What […]
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VIRUS, MALWARE, TROJAN, WORM… SO WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
There are several types of threats out there that you probably hear about on a regular basis from the new media, social media, or internet forums. There are two basic categories to this, viruses and malware. Of course, by its definition viruses are malicious software and therefore could be considered malware, but in technical nomenclature […]
A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY: BUSINESS CONTINUITY VS DISASTER RECOVERY
ANYONE CAN PROMISE DISASTER RECOVERY, BUT WHAT’S YOUR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN? At Velox Systems, we know our customers trust us to power and protect their most valuable assets and data. This doesn’t just mean we promise a backup of critical data, it means that we fight to provide business continuity when disaster hits. For instance, […]
PASSWORDS EXPLAINED – WHY SHOULD MY PASSWORDS BE COMPLEX?
How would I ever remember a password like “e$K7e*lx”? How important is your password, really? The greatest data security systems in the world can only keep you as secure as the strength of your password used to gain access to your sensitive data. This is why the big data storage organizations require you to choose […]