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October 31, 2024
Data Protection, IT Security

There's more than zombies and ghosts to be scared of on Halloween, the dark web, though often misunderstood, this concealed segment of the web poses significant risks to personal and corporate data security. As per a recent report, in 2023, roughly 2.7 million users accessed the dark web daily, many with nefarious intent, [...]

March 7, 2024
Cloud, Disaster Recovery, IT Security

It used to be that an organization’s IT disaster recovery (DR) plan entailed simple data backup (on disk or tape) or, budget-allowing, a secondary data center that it could failover to if a disaster occurred. The introduction of cloud DR has expanded the options. Choosing what’s best for your company requires [...]

January 16, 2024
Data Protection, IT Security

Expect to see the cybersecurity landscape continue to change throughout 2024. There will likely be increased regulatory scrutiny at the federal and state levels over the coming year as government authorities seek to encourage prompt, accurate, and complete disclosure of security threats and management-level preparedness. [...]

November 14, 2023
Customer Service, IT Security

A majority of our daily lives involve interacting with various technologies. And in the course of those interactions, most of us seldom think about the actual technologies involved — unless they aren’t working or need to work better or faster. In those instances, we expect some form of “tech support” to help. [...]

November 9, 2023
Financial Services, IT Security, Network

The financial services industry continues to transform as it embraces new, technologically powered ways to doing business. With the changes comes the need for more security, application performance and the ability to meet stringent compliance requirements. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) delivers on all fronts.

November 1, 2023
IT Security, Retail

Network connectivity and security are "must-have's" for businesses in the retail and hospitality sectors. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) delivers both.

October 13, 2023
Data Protection, IT Security

From National Cookie Day and National Dessert Month (two of our favorites here at US Signal) to National Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month and National Pet Wellness Month (two more we like), there’s no shortage of month-long observances in October. (See the National Day calendar for a comprehensive list.) But one commemorative [...]

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 [...]