VAST Perspectives
Leveraging Microsoft 365 Conditional Access Policies for Enhanced Identity Security
Providing effective identity and access management (IAM) is one of the major challenges facing today’s businesses and their IT teams. They need to implement robust policies to protect mission-critical applications and valuable data resources while simultaneously...
Why You Need to Understand Existing Infrastructure For Cloud Success
Many organizations have plans to migrate some or all of their IT environment to a cloud provider. They may be planning to move from an on-premises data center to the public cloud. In some cases, companies already have a cloud presence and want to expand it or...
Countdown to World Backup Day and Why You Should Care
Backups are an important, but sometimes overlooked, ingredient of an effective strategy to protect a company’s valuable data resources. March 31st is designated as World Backup Day to draw attention to this essential component of managing an IT environment. If your...
Ransomware Prevention and Protection Tips
Ransomware is a particularly virulent form of malware that attacks business-critical systems and data. Ransomware attacks encrypt files or lock systems, rendering them useless to their owners. Typically, the threat actors behind the attack demand a financial ransom to...
How to Keep Your Data Safe from Cyber Threats
In today’s competitive business world, a company’s data is often its most valuable asset. Access to the information an organization collects, processes, and stores is necessary for maintaining operations and serving customers. The loss or corruption of this important...
What Is Copilot For Microsoft 365? We Let Copilot Do the Talking
Business objectives and requirements are continuously evolving and companies can often address them with cutting-edge technological solutions. Many organizations find it difficult to stay up-to-date with the technology that can help them run their business...
Cohesity to Acquire Veritas’ Data Protection Business
Cohesity, a leading data security and management firm, has announced its definitive agreement to acquire Veritas' data protection business, consolidating into a single entity valued at approximately $7 billion. Sanjay Poonen, current CEO of Cohesity, will lead the...
How to Improve Data Safety in the Microsoft Cloud
Protecting an organization’s most valuable asset, its data, is an issue that keeps IT security personnel and decision-makers up at night. Companies typically spend significant resources trying to keep information safe and away from the prying eyes of threat actors. In...
The Most Essential Security Features and Initiatives for 2024
The security of its IT environment needs to be a major focus for all organizations as we move into 2024. The threat landscape is becoming increasingly dangerous with sophisticated threat actors targeting valuable data resources across virtually all industries....
How to Protect Your Multi-Cloud Environment with Managed Backups
Today’s data-driven economy requires businesses to protect their valuable information resources. Failure to take the necessary precautions to protect its data can have a devastating impact on an organization’s ability to maintain business operations. A company can be...