A survey of attendees at the recent Maritime Cyber Risk Forum in London revealed ongoing challenges when it comes to cybersecurity on the high seas with 89% of respondents agreeing with the statement that there is a worrying level of complacency about cyber attacks in the maritime industry. An equal number attributed the complacency to [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] The optimistically-named Uptime Institute has tracked publicly available information to determine that data center downtime is on the rise, likely do to increasingly complex IT systems and networks. Everyone's favorite downtime culprit in the data center, power failures, are still a common cause, but seems to be implicated less often these days in [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] Starting this weekend, the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic will promote rehabilitation through instruction of veterans with disabilities in adaptive winter sports. As a technology provider to the Veterans Administration, Uplogix will be there too ensuring clinic networks are up and running. About the clinic: The Winter Sports Clinic gives Veterans with [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] Automation isn't always a good thing. Based on reporting of Facebook's outage on March 13, it sounds like they might have out-automated themselves doing a little network configuration. Initial speculations included the usual suspects: hackers. Facebook soon countered that story line saying that it ruled out a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] There are thousands of products for cybersecurity fighting the ongoing tug-of-war against The Bad Guys, but investing in cyber resiliency is a pragmatic approach to reducing your overall cyber risk. The US Army Research Laboratory released a report based on an unclassified NATO workshop that sought to explore cyber resiliency and how future [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] The Uplogix out-of-band platform brings a combination of network independence, intelligence and automation to give your team the tools to make your network more resilient -- especially during a network hack. Here's how it works. Uplogix locates with — and directly connects to — managed devices. Like a virtual technician, Uplogix performs the monitoring, [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] In an emergency, you call first responders because they are stationed in your neighborhood for rapid response and have the tools and skills needed for the situation. Uplogix is your day zero first responder when it comes to response and recovery from a network hack. Uplogix deploys in the rack with your network infrastructure and utilizes advanced out-of-band capabilities and [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] Cyber attacks are a constant risk, and like other threats such as floods or theft, the insurance industry stands ready to help minimize the risk: behold cyber insurance. While adoption continues to grow, a study by Spiceworks shows that 38 percent of organizations across North America and Europe already have an active policy. [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] Everyone has one, but it's still not an easy subject for most people. We're talking about the cost of downtime in their network. It's not an easy calculation if you want to be accurate, but one would be hard pressed to find anyone that says network downtime today is LESS expensive than in [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] Edge computing answers issues about data throughput, but also brings concerns about security and scalability, but the biggest challenge might be how to get the right people to work together to make it work. It makes sense. Rather than figure out larger pipes for transporting data from remote locations or try to program [...]
