In 2016, Manufacturing became one of the most frequent targets of cybercrime, according to a special report by IBM. Since then, we have watched as businesses large and small have fallen victim to worms, viruses, malware, and ransomware targeting Industrial Control Systems (ICS). In fact, the frequency of these attacks grew in the first half […]
Since the US Patent and Trademark Office began their own remote work initiative back in the 90s, businesses of all sizes, from enterprise to solopreneurs have found incredible value in the ability to hire and manage workers from afar — whether this means work-from-home Thursdays or offshoring. But you are not likely to hear the […]
In 2017, a deadly piece of ransomware called NotPetya infected Maersk, quickly spreading through its entire network, almost destroying all digital assets. How was Maersk’s endpoint security breached? Malicious hackers uploaded NotPetya to an accounting software used by the logistics company. The next time the accounting software updated, NotPetya was offloaded into Maersk headquarters — […]
What do consumers want? Quality, convenience, price, and variety – nothing has changed. And at the heart is customer service. The way service is delivered, however, has drastically evolved in recent years. We’ve grown accustomed to talking to machines – whether we realize it or not. Advances in language processing, voice recognition, computer vision, and […]
Most pundits project the cloud computing market to expand by 20% in the next year. Causing this expansion are, in part, emerging technologies that are trending among the IT crowd now, but which are translating to real value delivered to businesses across the globe. Pundits believe these will become common tools for business applications within […]
Cloud computing has come of age, breaking through its “self-centered teenage years” and becoming a “must-have technology for every enterprise.” (Forrester, Predictions 2019: Cloud Computing). While cloud leaders, such as Alibaba, Amazon Web Services and Google are predicted to grow even more in 2019, the global cloud computing market will follow suit, expanding by more […]
AJ Erskin is an Onsite Systems Technician for Platte River Networks. He primarily supports the law offices of WSMT with day to day computer issues and IT woes. From Microsoft office issues up to server and network troubleshooting, AJ runs the full gamut at WSMT. AJ received his Associate’s degree from Ivy Tech Community College […]
The edge is a design for delivering Internet of Things (IoT) technology such as autonomous vehicles, home devices, smart factories and other decentralized applications. Edge also promises reduced latency and cost for transferring data when transfers can occur near edge devices rather than to centralized servers before being sent back out to the edge, hundreds […]
It can be challenging for business leaders to objectively evaluate the true risk of cybercrime as it pertains to their business, much less create an appropriate plan to mitigate this risk. The problem is not availability of information. The problem is that there is too much information, most of which comes from either cybersecurity businesses […]
