ITBE Staff

Why should business leaders care how much time it takes to detect a breach? It’s a common misconception that a breach is a breach – whether you spot it on day one or weeks later. In actuality, the time it takes to detect a breach directly correlates to the damage done and the cost to […]

Streaming of digital media continues to grow in popularity, making it easy to understand why industry observers ask how, and if, terrestrial radio can survive. After all, television networks struggled to confront the emergence of Netflix and Hulu. Only in recent months have they identified possible ways to compete with video streaming providers. Research, however, […]

Integrated GRC Demands an Information Governance Approach Governance, risk and compliance in today’s world is becoming increasingly integrated across a wide and diverse set of use cases, ranging from traditional risk management to cybersecurity, third-party management, business resilience, environmental health and safety and regulatory compliance. Fundamental to success in integrated GRC is building an information […]

Web applications have become the mainstay of the business world. Whether it’s the backend of a mobile app that connects users to your product or your public-facing website, one thing remains the same. Web apps have become just as important in doing business as brick-and-mortar operations. Yet we sometimes overlook the need to secure our […]

Unlike other shifts in IT, the broad view of uptime is well understood. What has many IT pros confused is the myriad of options that exist to ensure the availability of their applications and achieve faster recovery times, consistent performance, and business continuity. From backup and disaster recovery, to high availability, to fault tolerance and […]

The web obesity problem is becoming an epidemic. Like the increasing trend in human obesity, websites have also increased about 25 percent from a year ago, with today’s site averaging 2162 KB. In the past five years, websites have grown 208 percent. We’re on information overload, with no plans to slim down. Why Are Websites […]

Imagine that you operate a retail chain with locations throughout the country. Suddenly, a winter storm takes down your network, leaving you unable to run credit card transactions — just as your Black Friday rush is beginning. Your stores are fully stocked and staffed, but most of your customers planned on charging their purchases instead […]

The IT talent shortage has been an ongoing problem for years in the business world and organizations are feeling the crunch. According to “IT Talent Wars and the Gig Economy,” a new report from Appirio and Wakefield Research, 25 percent of IT projects are abandoned due to a shortage of qualified workers, and even those […]

 Business intelligence (BI) applications have been around for a long time, and they’ve changed the way organizations process and analyze information. Business users tap directly into unprecedented amounts of data and quickly get reports, dashboards and visualizations – but many struggle to garner the specific results needed to make better decisions. For instance, business users […]

Guide to Application Whitelisting This publication is intended to assist organizations in understanding the basics of application whitelisting, as well as the planning and implementation for whitelisting technologies throughout the security deployment lifecycle. An application whitelist is a list of applications and application components (libraries, configuration files, etc.) that are authorized for use in an […]

For many companies, disaster recovery (DR) is still a mystery. Many of those companies probably say, “I back up, so why do I need disaster recovery” or “That sounds complex and costly, why bother.” But when it comes down to it, today’s enterprises are facing an exponential growth in data and applications that must be […]

Previously, MetricStream’s David Williamson shared best practices for how companies can keep their cloud technologies secure, including: Prioritizing the value of your data (whether public or private). Considering the different ways a loss event may impact your organization. Monitoring and managing your third-party relationships with specific loss prevention protocols. Testing your network for weaknesses, and […]