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Ransomware off to Aggressive Start in 2020

Posted on February 4, 2020

Although our blog has recently been focused on other topics, ransomware has not been inactive in 2020. In fact, it’s off to an aggressive start this year with many high profile attacks and innovations. As we anticipated in a recent article, Citrix attacks arrived almost immediately. The Ragnarok Ransomware specifically...

Ideal Integrations Case Study by vXchnge

Posted on January 22, 2020

Our partnership with vXchnge, a Datacenter-as-a-solution provider, has allowed us to expand our reach to customers across the nation. Recently, xChnge put together a case study detailing our relationship, and how they helped us achieve our goals to make better solutions for our customers. Check it out below! null null...

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Why Hackers Go After Educational Institutions

Posted on October 1, 2019

Last week, we showed that ransomware attacks were on the rise and discussed how municipalities need to be aware that they are a prime target. Kelly Sheridan of DarkReading shed additional light on the subject. Sheridan cites a study by the cloud-security firm, Armor, which has tracked nearly 200 publicly disclosed ransomware...

How to Create a Disaster Recovery Plan – Pt. 2

Posted on September 17, 2019

Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas and then the Atlantic provinces of Canada. On the 1,000-mile trip up the Atlantic coast, it might have swung and hit any of those neighboring states head-on and caused enormous damage. Instead, it spared most of the US. Let’s use this near-miss as an opportunity...

How to Create a Disaster Recovery Plan – Pt. 1

Posted on September 10, 2019

Recently, Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas, and drifted north up the Atlantic Ocean. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the storm! Even as our thoughts go out to others, we must also use this devastating incident to remind ourselves that disasters happen. Use this as an...