There are plenty of IT horror stories out there that show just how catastrophic cyberattacks can be for businesses. In addition, the amount of cyberattacks that occur is increasing year by year. Internet users worldwide saw approximately 52 million data breaches during the second quarter of 2022, as shown by Statista’s 2022 cybercrime review. To fight these cyberattacks and protect their businesses, organizations have adopted the zero trust model.

Even though SQL (Structured Query Language) has been around since the 1970s, it’s still a relevant and widely-used tool in today’s IT world. Many organizations around the globe still rely on SQL server databases to store their confidential data. In order to protect this valuable information, IT professionals often use differential backup to protect data in SQL servers. As you know, there are multiple types of backup available, so why use differential for SQL servers?

Remote monitoring and management (RMM) software has become an indispensable tool for IT service providers. Numerous factors, such as the pandemic, the push towards cloud services, and shortages of IT staff, have increased the number of remote and distributed workers to a staggering degree, increasing the need for a consolidated way to view and manage IT environments. Learn all about RMM software, its capabilities, and why MSPs can’t run a successful business without it.

This year, organizations around the world are focused on strengthening their endpoint security, especially since the average cost of data breaches is rising significantly. IBM’s data breach report confirms that the average global cost of a data breach is 4.35 million, and the U.S. average cost is 9.44 million. Endpoint security is a part of a cybersecurity program that prevents threats and attacks from damaging an IT environment.

Businesses have a growing number of endpoints in their IT environments. Endpoints give end users tools to increase their productivity, get quick access to information they need, and connect with other fellow end users. However, there are risks that come with having these devices, such as cyberattacks and losing money due to endpoint maintenance issues.

President Joe Biden signed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act into law in March of 2022. The Act consists of various regulations, but it’s the security incident reporting requirements that are creating a stir in the IT community. Currently, the reporting requirements are focused on critical infrastructure, but there is a great deal of potential that entities in various industries could ultimately be subject to these requirements.

Since the number of Linux users currently sits at over 32.8 million, it’s clear that Linux is one of the most popular operating systems on the market. If your IT team uses or services Linux servers and devices, Linux patch management should be a top priority. Secure and update all your Linux devices with this comprehensive Linux patch management guide.

From Microsoft to Samsung, even the world’s leading tech enterprises often face the consequences of unpatched software, including security compromises, data theft, and loss of resources. It’s clear that patching is important for the success and security of an IT infrastructure; however, patch management is by no means an easy task.

Patch management is the process that helps you keep your IT assets safe, protected, and functioning optimally. Server patching follows many general patch management best practices, but it also includes tasks and processes that are specific to patching servers. In this article, we’re going to discuss what patch management best practices apply to server patching in your IT environment, and how you can start improving your server patch management process.

Picture this: your organization has grown exponentially in the past couple of years and the IT team is having a hard time keeping up the rapid growth. You were able to get hiring approved but there is still so much work that your team is having to work overtime just to stay afloat. Plus, now the CEO is hoping to free up some of your usual operational workload to focus on more strategic projects, leaving you wondering how you can manage all of these tasks with the bandwidth available.

Although the terms “patch management” and “vulnerability management” are often used interchangeably, they are not the same process. Patch management and vulneradbility management are two processes that go hand-in-hand towards supporting a secure, efficient, and up-to-date IT infrastructure. Compare patch management vs. vulnerability management and see why both are essential for a secure IT environment.

Endpoints are the doorways to your organization’s data, resources, and other critical information. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are well-aware of these “doorways,” and often use endpoints as entryways for their cyberattacks. Today, the average enterprise uses and manages around 135,000 devices, and this number continues to grow every year. This means that organizations, now more than ever, need to protect their vulnerable endpoints.

These days, it seems like everyone is talking about digital transformation. There’s no doubt that new technology can greatly benefit businesses, but is it worth your time and resources? In 2021, organizations around the world spent 1.5 trillion on digital transformation. To decide if digital transformation is the right solution for your organization, start by assessing the benefits of digital transformation.

From remote desktop to endpoint security, what solutions are IT professionals relying on most to power their businesses and keep their team efficient and ahead? To find out, we pulled ratings from G2 and Capterra for 90+ products across 9 different software categories. The result is this guide full of comparison charts, highlighting how individual products stack up against one another in terms of overall satisfaction, usability, and quality of support.

By 2030, experts predict that there will be over 40 million connected devices worldwide. These “devices” are a variety of endpoints, such as laptops, smartphones, computers, and more. Businesses and organizations around the world rely on these endpoints to complete tasks, communicate, and access information. In this overview, we’ll go over the different types of endpoint devices and how they affect an IT environment.

Endpoint (or device) hardening is the concept of reinforcing security at the device level. Because securing endpoints is fundamental to every other security action you take, it’s important to invest as much as you can into endpoint hardening. According to research conducted by Ponemon with Keeper Security, 81% of businesses experiencing an attack in 2020 were faced with some form of malware. Other forms of attack also included credential theft, compromised/stolen devices, and account takeover.

While the cost of data loss for businesses is currently increasing, Teramind’s data loss statistics show that automated data loss prevention measures help save 3.58 million per breach. Backup as a Service (BaaS) is a service that allows businesses to outsource their data backup to a third party, thus removing the need to backup data at a local workspace. This overview will provide a closer look into BaaS to help you decide if it’s the right choice for your organization.

In January of this year, NinjaOne sent a survey to all MSP customers worldwide asking them to quantify the amount of time they were saving using NinjaRMM versus their prior RMM solution. Normally we reserve our blogs for educational topics, but the results of the survey were so compelling, we had to share. We sent 11 questions ranging from how long it takes our MSP customers to implement NinjaRMM, to whether their mean time to resolution (MTTR) had been reduced.

Today, 93% of small business owners use at least one type of technology platform to help run their businesses. This is an extremely high percentage for small businesses, and the number only increases for large enterprises and corporations. Many organizations around the world are choosing to leave manual processes in the past and replace them with more efficient, technological solutions.