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As digital transformation evolves and the volume of data grows, so do opportunities for cybercriminals. Cyberattacks are projected to cost companies $10.5 trillion by 2025—up from $3 trillion a decade prior. Today’s remote workforce unveils another layer of cybersecurity concerns for companies. Increased reliance on the public cloud, the use of unsecured networks and hardware, […]
As 2022 comes to a close, we at Total Security Advisor would like to take a look back and highlight some of the most popular and important articles you’ve read over the past year. The Top 10 list covers the biggest security topics of 2022 and offers insights into where the industry might be headed in 2023. […]
The pandemic created various challenges for both employers and employees. As organizations rushed to transition to remote work, employees were shifted to various types of technology to accommodate the change in work environment. Employees were required to learn a new way of connecting to corporate networks to be productive remotely, from virtual private networks to […]
COVID-19 has changed work more than any event in modern history. At the onset of 2020, unemployment was at an all-time high, as businesses were forced to trim their teams or, in more extreme cases, shutter entirely. Now, nearly 2 years later, we’re facing another form of unemployment, but this time, it’s employees in the […]
In the nearly two years since the world shifted from working at the office to working remotely, IT and security teams have been playing a never-ending game of catchup. Work from office (WFO) always had its challenges. Managing security on the network, and then the transition to increasingly shifting the workload to the cloud, kept […]
“I’ve never been accused of being short on words,” joked Larry Thompson, Director of Security for the Orlando Magic, as he provided his in-depth interview responses for Total Security Advisor’s latest “Faces of Security” profile. But, as a man whose storied career includes stints helping protect both our nation’s leaders and professional sports players, Thompson […]
The shift to remote and hybrid work has put employees out of sight but, thanks to technology, not necessarily out of mind. Since the pandemic began, the use of employee monitoring software has leapfrogged by over 50% and, with hybrid work still the norm, shows little signs of receding. It’s not just the ubiquity of […]
As we moved through 2021, the underlying assumption was that it would be better than 2020, which is admittedly a very low bar to clear. From an IT perspective, 2021 has proven to be even more challenging than the kidney stone of a year that preceded it. While there are lots of considerations that are […]