As per a recent survey, the average ransom demand from businesses hit by ransomware attacks was $178,000 in 2020. The same survey revealed that 51% of the surveyed companies were hit by ransomware over the year. These numbers, although disconcerting, are not surprising in the least. There has been an uptick in ransomware attacks in…

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  Did you know that over 80% of the security breaches are the result of poor patch management policies and practices? It’s shocking to realize that all these breaches could have been prevented with a more proactive patch management strategy, which would have saved organizations tremendous losses arising out of such data breaches. This poses…

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The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned a uniquely challenging environment that is all at once overwhelming, pervasive and seemingly unrelenting. Businesses in every industry, economy, and geography are faced with an existential threat, and with each passing day, more of them are shutting shops. Gartner estimates that only 12% of the businesses are prepared to deal…

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In the mid of March, this year, the demand for VPN connections from businesses skyrocketed by a 50% in the US. The period, not coincidentally, witnessed the deluge of the workforce from the office setup to a work-from-home setup. Businesses woke up to the reality of a remote workforce necessitated by the workforce movement restrictions…

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