Systems Security

• Disaster Recovery: Is Your Company a Phoenix?

  While disaster recovery and business continuity are cited as a top priority and business initiative, many technologists find that obtaining funding for disaster recovery is easier said than done.
  Lisa Metcalfe

• Safeguard Your Biggest Asset -- Your Data

  A company’s data is its life blood, so why risk having it lost, stolen, or hacked into with shoddy security and privacy practices? Regular audits can help companies pinpoint weaknesses and establish good privacy protocols.
  Michelle V. Rafter

• The Offsite Office: Manage IT with a Remote Staff

  Research finds nearly 75 percent of small and mid-sized businesses have one or more employees who telecommute. IT managers need to ensure that these remote workers are connecting to the network securely and backing up company data.
  Renee Oricchio

• The Right Way to Respond to a Data Breach

  Laptops get stolen. Insiders steal data. And hackers are always trying to intrude. In many states, businesses that experience data breaches have to notify all customers. Don't let one ruin your business.
  Renee Oricchio

• Time to Try Online Backup for Your PCs?

  Not only have the prices for online backup for business PCs fallen, but big offline players like EMC and Seagate Technology are also getting into the act. But does online backup really provide security, ease, and reliance?
  Marc Saltzman

• The Urge to Purge: When to Dump Data

  When business data is saved on magnetic media, traces are often left on disks and tapes -- even when employees hit the delete button. But technology is available today to permanently delete data from office computers. Should you use these tools?
  Mary O. Foley

• Decrease Your Data by De-Duplication

  Storing and managing data is a challenge -- and an expensive one at that -- as the amount of data being stored rises. What is a business to do? Try data de-duplication, the technology that tackles the data explosion.
  Patricia Brown

• New Strains of Anti-Virus Protection

  No security solution will block every zero-day exploit or thwart every threat, but a host of new products can help IT managers identify a broadening plethora of security woes.
  Tiare Rath

• Securing the Perimeter from Threats to Mobile Devices

  Many small and mid-size businesses have come to rely on laptops, PDAs, and e-mail-enabled cell phones for staff to do their jobs -- from wherever they are. But this increased mobility has become a bonanza to potential cyber attackers.
  Renee Oricchio

• Guarding Against the Threat from Within

  Most businesses have made sure to protect computer systems and networks from hackers. But the majority of data leaks or breaches of sensitive company information or intellectual property are often inside jobs.
  Mary O. Foley

• Securing Your Business Laptops (And the Data Inside)

  Tips on how to secure your business laptops -- and the data that resides on them -- whether they're in the office or on the road.
  Marc Saltzman

• Time to Consolidate Your Data Center

  Old, overgrown dinosaurs of data centers may be costing your business more than you realize. Here’s what to know if you’re considering consolidating them.
  Caroline Waxler