by Baan Alsinawi | Nov 13, 2018 | In the News
Vendor lock-in. What is it? Vendor lock-in occurs when you adopt a product or service for your business, and then find yourself locked in, unable to easily transition to a competitor's product or service. Vendor lock-in is becoming more prevalent as we migrate from legacy IT models to the plethora of sophisticated cloud services offering rapid scalability and elasticity, while fueling creativity and minimizing costs
by Andrew Lowe | Oct 12, 2018 | In the News
In August, President Trump signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act, directing NIST to develop a streamlined version of its Cybersecurity Framework to protect small businesses (SMBs) who have traditionally been unable to invest in their own IT security resources.
by Andrew Lowe | Oct 9, 2018 | In the News
NIST and the Small Business: Addressing Cyber Insecurity
In August, President Trump signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act.
by Andrew Lowe | Oct 3, 2018 | News
TalaTek joins the National Cyber Security Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in bringing awareness to cybersecurity, online safety and privacy.
by Andrew Lowe | Oct 1, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Risk Management
When we talk about risk management, we are often fixated on protecting data confidentiality and mitigating related risks, but there are other equally compelling concerns, such as …
by Andrew Lowe | Sep 27, 2018 | Risk Management
Last Thursday, the administration announced that the U.S. will now officially act to deter and respond to cyberattacks with offensive actions against foreign adversaries. Leaving the politics aside, a calculated look at the potential impact of this policy change raises the specter of a massive escalation in cyberattacks and counter attacks.
by Andrew Lowe | Sep 26, 2018 | In the News
When we talk about risk management, we are often fixated on protecting data confidentiality and mitigating related risks, but there are other equally compelling concerns, such as data availability. Consider the case of the NotPetya malware, which last year attacked the shipping giant Maersk among other companies.
by Andrew Lowe | Aug 27, 2018 | In the News
Cloud security is on everyone’s minds these days. You can’t go a day without reading about an organization either planning its move to the cloud or actively deploying a cloud-based architecture. A great example is the latest news about the US Department of Defense and its ongoing move to …
by Andrew Lowe | Aug 23, 2018 | In the News
Cloud security is on everyone’s minds these days. You can’t go a day without reading about an organization either planning its move to the cloud or actively deploying a cloud-based architecture. A great example is the latest news about the US Department of Defense and its ongoing move to the cloud.
by Andrew Lowe | Aug 15, 2018 | News
TalaTek is one of six winning vendors named to provide security support services for PBGC.