The War on Cybersecurity

Cyber Warriors. Cyber Warfare. Cyberattacks. NetWars. Cyberkills.

These offensive-minded buzzwords are moving the conversation away from what really counts when protecting your networked assets: defense. Make no mistake, there is a war on cybersecurity and it could be distracting you.

Security is defined as “the quality or state of being safe.” Its function is protection. But more organizations are choosing a new cybersecurity mantra: “The best defense is a good offense.” This is wrong.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Children won’t be the only ones trick-or-treating this month. Last year, federal agencies reported an estimated 3,574 incidents every month in 2011 according to the Government Accountability Office. The same office also said incidents reported have increased nearly 680% in the last six years. Due to rising cyber terrorism and the need for increased cyber security, President Obama has designated October “National Cyber Security Awareness Month”.

Informing Customers one Dummies Book at a Time

Just as quickly as “virtualization” became a buzzword amongst federal government IT users, the unanswered questions about the blossoming technology popped up just as fast. What is it? How can I implement it? Will the costs outweigh the benefits? And what’s up with this “cloud” I’ve been hearing so much about? As the foundation for cloud computing and a means to significantly cut your data center and computing costs, our customers had a lot of questions about navigating the “ins and outs” of virtualization in a government environment. Our answer? Virtualization for Government for Dummies.