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September 28, 2023
Cloud, Data Protection

Chances are you’ve been hearing a lot about Secure Access Service Edge (known as SASE and pronounced sass-ee) — including from US Signal. That’s because, in both the IT and business world, it’s kind of a big deal. With the digital transformation of businesses, security is moving to the cloud. That’s driving a need for [...]

September 19, 2023
Education, IT Security

Written by US Signal's CISO, Trevor Bidle The Art of Preparation: Why Tabletop Exercises are Crucial for Your Incident Response Plan Hot on the heels of last month's blog post on the essentiality of an Incident Response (IR) plan, today we're diving into why it's not enough just to have a plan. You need to test it. [...]

September 11, 2023
IT Security

As is the case with most industries, companies in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries have benefitted greatly from technological advances ranging from the Internet of Things (IoT) to artificial intelligence (AI). Also, like in most industries, AEC companies — particularly engineering firms — [...]

September 6, 2023
Backup, IT Security

It’s been 10 years since hackers attacked Yahoo, stealing account and personal information that affected 3 billion user accounts. Surely security technologies have advanced enough to prevent something like that from happening again. Unfortunately, as new security solutions emerge and existing ones evolve, the same pace [...]

August 29, 2023
Education, IT Security

Written by US Signal's CISO, Trevor Bidle In my capacity as CISO at US Signal, I have the unique privilege of engaging with the IT operations of a diverse range of our customers. This vantage point offers me a wealth of insights into both the challenges and triumphs experienced by various teams. Over the course of my [...]

August 28, 2023
US Signal

US Signal announced today a partnership with Cato Networks, provider of the world’s leading SASE platform. Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) powered by Cato Networks delivers unmatched speed and reliability in network connectivity, giving businesses a competitive advantage like never before.

August 28, 2023
IT Security

Many cybersecurity best practices and frameworks are available; among the best to consider are those provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). As of early August 2023, the NIST has a new version of its framework. On August 8, the NIST announced the release of the public draft of NIST [...]

August 14, 2023
Automotive/Transportation Industry

Flying cars may not be ubiquitous — like we once assumed they would be by now. Even fully autonomous vehicles haven’t become a reality yet. Nonetheless, the automotive industry is making exciting advancements. Vehicles are becoming smarter and more connected. Driving systems increasingly use sensors to detect the [...]

August 11, 2023
Network, Beers with Engineers

Yep. There’s another acronym that needs to be discussed: SASE (pronounced sass-ee). It stands for secure access service edge and represents what many in the IT industry consider to be the future of network protection. It’s also the focus of US Signal’s latest Beers with Engineers webinar, in which US Signal IT [...]

August 9, 2023
Cloud, Logistics

It may be a bit overkill to say the cloud has revolutionized the logistics industry. But there’s no denying that it has had a positive impact on it — or at least it has for those companies that have chosen to take advantage of cloud infrastructure and services. Here are some of the more significant benefits the cloud [...]