Organizations without a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or an IT Security Manager typically lack a comprehensive plan to address security issues mandated by government agencies and industry best practices.
Achieving compliance requires focus and expertise. It requires drilling down to the standards and laws that impact your organization, understanding security controls, implementing needed safeguards, and meeting reporting deadlines.
Akamai Technologies has detected malware that alters configurations on small business routers to open connections to internal networks so hackers can infect previously isolated computers.
Hackers achieve this with a technique known as UPnProxy, which exploits vulnerabilities in the UPnP services installed on older routers to alter the Network Address Translation (NAT) tables. Continue reading
The world’s largest hotel operator, Marriott International, suffered a massive security breach last month that exposed the reservation details of up to 500 million customers. The information stolen included guest names, addresses, credit card numbers, phone numbers, and passport numbers.
As a result of the data breach, Marriott faces class action lawsuits, regulatory fines and government investigations from jurisdictions worldwide. When all is said and done, the company could face damages that run into the billions of dollars. Continue reading
DataLink client Sky Zone was first on the scene when it created the world’s first wall-to-wall trampoline park in 2004. Since then they’ve been growing rapidly – bringing healthy, high-flying fun to people across our region, the country and the globe.
We’re proud to be part of their rapid expansion here in the States. We stage, deploy and test each new Sky Zone park’s IT, Audio & Visual environment – enabling their innovative approach to fitness, entertainment, and interactive technology.
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According to the SANS Institute, email attacks are increasing dramatically, with spear phishing now one of the most common types, right along with ransomware. In the case of spear phishing attacks, cyber criminals carry out extensive social engineering activities to gather personal information and craft messages that appear from trusted sources to gain the victim’s confidence. Continue reading
Providing employees with the ability to work remotely – with full access to their desktop voice and data and applications – has become an essential element of business continuity, especially in our area, where a winter snow blast can suddenly force streets and buildings to close, potentially putting your business on hold.
The basic idea behind centralized computing is to permit multi-site enterprises to run their IT operations without the complexity and expense associated with running traditional data centers and infrastructure, while also supporting distributed users.
Instead, they can rely on service providers like DataLink to fulfill their processing, storage, server, networking and support needs. Continue reading
Your DataLink team is ready to help you plan for the year ahead and supercharge your business with better technology.
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Over 200 area golfers took to the fairways earlier this month, raising about $100,000 for Hospice of the Chesapeake. DataLink sponsored lunch at the 16th annual golf tournament and our very own Mylon Staton and Tyler Staton participated on the organizing committee that put on this great fundraising event at Queenstown Harbor Golf Course.
DataLink has been the Hospice’s trusted technology partner for many years. When it set up an Inpatient Care Center on the Pasadena, MD campus, the Hospice recognized a need for physical security measures to better safeguard patients, personnel and assets. Continue reading
An ongoing challenge for every business is how to improve their cyber security posture. DataLink gets your business on the right track with Compliance Gap Analysis and Risk Assessments.
Compliance Gap Analysis – Keeping up with Compliance is a moving target and can seem overwhelming. If your organization must comply with government mandates, DataLink can provide gap analysis and remediation, quarterly scanning, and annual audits to help you achieve compliance objectives and better position your company for secure, sustained growth. Continue reading
