Execs are clueless about how secure company data is
Here’s one reason IT managers may have a hard time convincing senior management to invest in better data security controls: Those executives overestimate the quality of their organization’s current...
View ArticleWhat is big data, and what does it mean for IT?
While the term “big data” is often thrown around by tech analysts and vendors, many people in IT are still unclear on what it means – and why they should care about it. As with most newly formed tech...
View Article9 questions to ask cloud vendors
A lot of companies are moving data to the cloud. And if they aren’t careful, that information could be at risk of being lost or accessed by criminals. As we reported earlier, many companies are...
View ArticleStudy: Cloud computing providers fail to wipe customer data
We’ve written before about the security precautions companies must take before they use cloud computing services to store data. Here’s one key measure you may want to make sure your cloud vendors take...
View Article3 common data encryption myths
To IT professionals, using encryption for sensitive data is common sense. But organizations often don’t implement the technology, in part because users and decision makers still believe these myths...
View Article5 things IT should keep out of the Cloud
Cloud computing is great for businesses – but there are some applications and data that IT should think hard about before putting in the Cloud. Cloud computing has many benefits, including greater...
View Article4 ways companies can destroy data silos
In most organizations, IT holds a lot of data – but that data isn’t always effectively shared among all divisions that need it. In this guest post, tech writer Aidan Grayson has some advice for how...
View Article5 types of data IT should gather for marketing teams
Part of IT’s responsibility is giving the rest of the organization access to the information they need to improve their performance. In this guest post, data analyst Kurt Smith describes the data sets...
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Cloud providers could be gambling with your data
Symantec recently made an announcement that sent chills down IT pros’ spines: It decided to shutter a cloud backup service. The provider will stop offering annual subscriptions to Backup Exec.cloud on...
View ArticleWhat are companies doing with their sensitive data?
All too often, we don’t actually get a look into how companies store and organize their data until there’s a high-profile breach that comes to light. A recent study looks to shed some light on how this...
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