Chief information security officers are grappling with a variety of issues as they try to keep their campuses safe from cyber criminals. In fact, the No. 1 issue for higher ed IT leaders this year is information security, according to EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association...
Foresite, a managed security and cyber-consulting services provider, announces its inclusion of Patch Management services to its Managed Security Services lineup. Addressing the rapidly growing number of security alerts can be a serious challenge for most security...
WannaCry malware hit the news in 2017 when reports of the damaging attack spread through more than 150 countries. The National Health Service in the UK, and FedEx where two of the worst hit organizations, but countless others, including small business, schools, and...
Patch Management is reviled, impossible and critical. It’s technically difficult if not impossible, it’s prone to issues that can lead to disruption, and it’s absolutely required from a security and compliance standpoint. Let’s look at why each of these statements is...
The higher education sector ranks highest among the worst business sectors for handling cyberthreats, with 73% of organizations taking three or more days to apply a patch.—EfficientIP Report released 9/10/2018 The higher ed sector is an attractive target for hackers...
Cybersecurity has been getting a lot of attention with major breaches being announced almost weekly, followed by news articles on record compliance fines and litigation settlements. So why aren’t we getting better at cybersecurity? Assumptions. Many...
