As you’ll recall, the White House published an Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity back in May 2021. The EO issued several commands such as creating a Cyber Safety Review Board to lead post-incident analysis of significant security events and requiring software developers to make data about their solutions publicly known.
Operating in hybrid environments can get really tricky at times. As more and more organizations are moving their sensitive data to the public cloud, the need to keep this data secure and private has increased significantly over time. While handling their valuable datasets within their respective environments, companies need to ensure utmost data security and compliance to meet the regulations set by various governments.
Storing files safely in the cloud is one of the foundations of remote work. File sharing platforms like Box were popular before the pandemic for their ease of use and collaboration between users anywhere in the world. Now that we’re living and working in a world where remote work is the norm, they’ve become essential pieces of digital infrastructure.
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is an emerging program created to ensure cyber protection of vulnerable Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) for companies within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).
The shift to the cloud has greatly accelerated during the past year, and with that shift most cybersecurity incidents now involve cloud infrastructure. According to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 73% of cybersecurity incidents involved cloud assets — a 27% increase from last year. The 2021 IBM Security X-Force Cloud Threat Landscape Report also found there are 30,000 cloud accounts potentially for sale on dark web marketplaces.
WatchGuard been honored in CRN’s 2021 Tech Innovator Awards, with WatchGuard Cloud named the best MSP/MSSP Platform. Furthermore, CRN recognized the Firebox M4800 and M5800 as finalists in the Network Security – SMB category. This annual award program showcases innovative vendors in the IT channel across 47 different technology categories, in key areas ranging from cloud to storage to networking to security.
