shadow IT
Why virtual desktops make sense for a virtual workforce
Across the country businesses and public agencies alike are holding virtual job fairs and summits and talking about the effects of the virtual workforce. Faced with skilled …
SaaS security in 2021
The migration toward subscription-based services via the SaaS business model isn’t new this year — it’s part of a larger shift away from on-premises datacenters, applications, …
78% of Microsoft 365 admins don’t activate MFA
On average, 50% of users at enterprises running Microsoft 365 are not managed by default security policies within the platform, according to CoreView. Microsoft 365 …
25% of IT workers don’t enforce security policies
14% of IT workers are consumed with Identity and Access Management (IAM), spending at least an hour per day on routine IAM tasks, according to 1Password. IAM continues to be a …
Threat highlight: Analysis of 5+ million unmanaged, IoT, and IoMT devices
A new study incorporates analysis of anonymized data from more than 5 million unmanaged, IoT, and IoMT devices in Ordr customer deployments across a variety of verticals …
Ransomware attacks are increasing, do you have an emergency plan in place?
39% of organizations either have no ransomware emergency plan in place or are not aware if one exists. This is despite more ransomware attacks being recorded in the past 12 …
Because IT security and the C-suite are misaligned, digital transformation increases cyber risk
While digital transformation is understood to be critical, its rapid adoption, as seen with cloud providers, IoT and shadow IT, is creating significant cyber risk for most …
Home workplaces introduce new risks, poor password hygiene
Entrust Datacard released the findings of its survey, which highlights the critical need to address data security challenges for employees working from home as a result of the …
Shadow IT accounts with weak passwords endanger organizations
63% of enterprise professionals have created at least one account without their IT department being aware of it, and two-thirds of those have created two or more, the results …
How IoT devices open a portal for chaos across the network
Shadow IoT devices pose a significant threat to enterprise networks, according to a new report from Infoblox. The report surveyed 2,650 IT professionals across the US, UK, …
52% of companies use cloud services that have experienced a breach
Seventy-nine percent of companies store sensitive data in the public cloud, according to a McAfee survey. Anonymized cloud event data showing percentage of files in the cloud …
When properly managed, shadow IT can benefit your organization
77 percent of IT professionals believe their organizations could earn an edge if company leaders were more collaborative with their businesses to find shadow IT solutions, …