Your managed service provider is supposed to make technology easier to manage, not become another IT problem your team has to deal with. If you have found yourself searching for a new IT provider, wondering whether it is time to switch IT companies, or questioning whether your current managed service provider is doing enough, there is probably a reason. Changing IT providers can feel like a major decision. Your MSP may have access to critical systems, understand your network, manage your...
Disable Autorun and Autoplay for Removable Media One of the oldest tricks in security still works. Leave a few USB drives in a parking lot, a...
Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Signature Updates Anti-malware that isn't updating is a smoke detector with a dead battery. It's mounted on the...
Deploy and Maintain Anti-Malware Software Anti-malware is the one security control almost every business already believes it has. So the...
Use DNS Filtering Services Almost everything malicious has to make a phone call. A phishing link has to resolve to a web address. Malware has...
Ensure Use of Only Fully Supported Browsers and Email Clients Your web browser and your email client are the two applications your people use most,...
Ensure Adequate Audit Log Storage Here's a pattern that repeats in incident after incident. The investigation finally pinpoints the moment that...
Collect Audit Logs There's a predictable early move in a lot of intrusions: once an attacker is on a machine, they clear its local logs. If the only...
Establish and Maintain an Audit Log Management Process Every security investigation starts with the same question: what actually happened? In a lot...
The Top Technology Concerns CEOs Are Facing Today (And Why the Real Risk Isn't the Technology) If you'd asked most CEOs a few years ago what kept...
