Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

People who don’t have the tool to get a job done will find one that works. That’s why shadow IT, software or services that are unaccounted for and unauthorized, exists. It may even underlie important business processes, which is why it’s extremely important to discover what’s really out there. Shadow IT creates security concerns, can impact operations, and easily becomes a roadblock on the path to digital transformation.

For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), staying abreast of cybersecurity developments is critical — not just to growth, but to the company’s bottom line. But security evolves quickly, and it can be hard to keep up. In the midst of this fast-evolving security environment, AI has made a bold entrance. So bold, in fact, that only 10% of SMEs aren’t using AI and don’t plan to, according to a recent JumpCloud research report.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) provides clear value to organizations pursuing cybersecurity initiatives. It provides effective identity security and dramatically reduces the risk associated with credential-based attacks and malicious insiders. However, implementing MFA consistently across the enterprise tech stack is not always easy. It’s an even bigger challenge for managed service providers (MSPs) who need to adopt different policies across a portfolio of client organizations under management.

The United States has faced some significant economic headwinds and shifts in the last few years. Even the geographical spread of wealth in the U.S. economy has shifted considerably since the pandemic. Now, an already struggling economy is forecast to continue to slow. What does this mean for small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the U.S.? In a recent survey, JumpCloud asked this question to over 300 IT professionals working at SMEs in the U.S. Read on to learn the results.

Think about all the vendors your company pays for. How many do you think there are? Out of those, how many do you think it actually uses? Spendesk examined this question in over 5,000 small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the U.K., France, Germany, and Spain. The results were surprising. The study found that the average SME has 800 suppliers. That’s nine times the average SME headcount. What’s more, SMEs are only using about a quarter of them.

When we look back–in six months, 12 months, or even several years–at the global IT outage that severely disrupted major industries around the world, I don’t think that it will be hyperbole to say that July’s global outage is a watershed moment for IT. Just as the SolarWinds breach was security’s watershed moment, this will end up being IT’s.

Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) runs your Windows network and keeps mission-critical legacy apps and workflows running at some organizations. Replacing can be a big commitment and migration planning is an essential step to undertake before kicking off your project. Big commitments are made for very good reasons. Consider that AD has become a top target for cyber attackers and doesn’t meet modern IT requirements.

IT asset management (ITAM) is a structured system for organizing, provisioning, deploying, maintaining, and deprovisioning business assets. It allows organizations to keep track of IT assets like hardware and software systems, as well as the data those systems process.