‍Since its initial release in January 2020, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) has undergone a series of fundamental changes. In particular, the US Department of Defense (DoD) transitioned from five planned compliance levels for CMMC 1.0 compliance to three required levels for CMMC 2.0 compliance. Coinciding with that change, more DoD contractors have become empowered to perform CMMC 2.0 self-assessments.

While there continues to be (limited) debate about on-premises file servers and cloud file storage, the fight is over, and the cloud has won. If you are still in doubt, take a few minutes to review the limitations and costs of on-premises file servers as well as the benefits of cloud file servers.

The move to hybrid work environments came suddenly for some organizations, while for others, it had been building incrementally. Regardless of how it happened, few came to it with a strategic plan for how IT would handle it. The result has been myriad challenges that span the physical and digital. On the digital front, one of the biggest challenges is related to secure file sharing.

In Part I of our two-part blog series, we recapped key drivers for ISO 27001 compliance. Now that you know why companies enthusiastically adopt the ISO 27001 standard to improve cybersecurity protection, we will take a deeper technical dive into Egnyte for ISO 27001.

‍ We are pleased to announce some exciting updates to our platform this month, which include enhancements to content safeguards, large file download improvements, and co-editing on Desktop App Core for Mac. Please read all about it below.

For architects, engineers, and construction professionals, the ability to quickly locate the latest 3D Building Information Models (BIM) is critical to project progress. However, teams are often hindered by insufficient search capabilities and reliance on specialized software just to download and preview files - inevitably slowing progress.

For media agencies and publishers, working with large files such as audio, images, and video is the norm. Individual files can reach several hundred gigabytes in size, each of which are components that will be imported into editing and design applications like Premiere Pro and InDesign to create final campaign assets.

Companies are spending more on technology than ever before. In 2023, Gartner predicts that worldwide IT spending will reach $4.3 trillion, with a significant portion of that budget allocated to digital transformation projects. However, in the current economic climate, the cost of capital has gone up along with interest rates, while typical pay-back periods have shrunk from five to three years.