Digital safety is at a crossroads – here’s how we navigate online threats globally
Published on May 17, 2024
via World Economic Forum A recent survey conducted by Microsoft has brought to light a disturbing revelation: a staggering 69% of the 16,000 respondents across 16 countries encountered online risks within the past year. This alarming statistic underscores the pervasive nature of digital threats, including misinformation, disinformation,…
How to create a password that’s safe from hackers in 2024
Published on May 6, 2024
via This Is Money It can take less than six hours to hack 90 per cent of passwords, leaving your online identity, personal data, and bank accounts clicks away from any hacker worth their salt. Gone are the halcyon days of choosing passwords such as…
Seven Privacy Trends That Can Help Protect Your Business In 2024
Published on April 17, 2024
Via Forbes Data privacy laws in the U.S. have become a complex patchwork of local, state and national regulations. At the beginning of 2023, five states' privacy laws were set to go into effect, and another eight states established privacy laws that went and/or will…
SaaS vs. On-Prem Data Security: Which is Right for You?
Published on May 17, 2023
via Security Intelligence As businesses increasingly rely on digital data storage and communication, the need for effective data security solutions has become apparent. These solutions can help prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data, detect and respond to security threats and ensure compliance with relevant regulations…
Five Minutes with ASPG President Cathy Thompson
Published on March 31, 2021
Since founding ASPG in 1986 with one product, Cathy Thompson and Lisa Hamilton have grown ASPG into a global software company. Today, ASPG offers dozens of products for z/OS and distributed systems and is proud to have partnerships with some of the most globally-recognized software…
The Future of Successful Remote Work
Published on May 12, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a variety of challenges to everyday life. Now that restrictions are slowly being lifted and many of us are grappling with a new normal, we find ourselves asking what our new reality will look like, including the future of remote…
Most common security mistakes employees make
Published on December 4, 2014
Security software can keep data safe. Strong encryption and sophisticated access controls can keep data out of the wrong hands, but for the information in the systems to be useful, employees have to be able to access and manipulate it. The legitimate access granted to…
Protect Sensitive Data from Angry Ex-Employees
Published on August 14, 2014
Under ideal circumstances, when employees leave your company, it is on good terms and they are just going off to pursue other opportunities. There is typically a two-week notice period where the employee and company wrap up loose ends, where the employee provides summaries on…
7 Habits of Highly Secure Organizations
Published on July 15, 2014
Data security doesn't happen by accident. In a large organization, it comes from the combined efforts of a number of people within the organization working together to discover and address security vulnerabilities. The title of this post is obviously a play on the late Stephen…
DDoS Attacks: A Brief Primer
Published on July 2, 2014
DDoS attacks have been in the news and can make life difficult for companies. Here's a little background on these Distributed Denial of Service attacks to help keep you educated and up-to-date. A number of prominent companies have been recently hit by increasingly powerful DDoS…