Security is a top concern, and for good reason. Cybercrime is at an all-time high, and the average cost of a data breach to a single company is US$3.5M1. Office 365 was designed from a “security-first” perspective, making it an ideal choice for customers who value the best in productivity as well as protection. You…

Q1 of 2016 saw a 3,500% boom in the number of ransomware domains created—and now IT pros everywhere are in a showdown with ransomware, hoping their users don’t accidentally make the first move. To prevent a ransomware attack, tech experts and information security leaders should do the following: Keep clear inventories of all your digital…

An introduction to CryptoLocker: the basics CryptoLocker is a type of malicious software (malware) that makes data  on your computer (documents, pictures, music and so on) unreadable by  encrypting it using RSA-2048 bit keys; it then demands payment to un-encrypt them. Once you pay (to the tune of several hundred USD via prepaid  voucher or…

It is interesting to know that his Holiness the Pope has an IT guy What does the CIO of the Vatican Library Luciano Ammenti says he has a boos like no other. The CIO of the Vatican Library reports directly to Pope Francis. Ammenti described his relationship with Pope Francis as similar to any other CIO-to-decision…