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Data Security in Managed Service Environment

June 11, 2019June 12, 2019 ARCON User

Today, it is a big challenge for organizations to secure their Information assets from persistent cyber threats from both external and internal malefactors, arising mainly due to distributed nature of IT infrastructure.

Take for instance, the Managed Service Provider (MSP) model. MSP is a cost-effective alternative for organizations to ensure business continuity with limited workforce and capital. Enterprises can divert resources to other operational areas as transferring workloads to MSP provides an IT infra to store/ process data and work on a host of applications among other rudimentary computing services. In other words, it saves a huge amount of money as there is no upfront IT capital expenditure. MSP remotely manages any organization’s IT infrastructure or user systems based on a specific organizational policy.

Secure Data before it Goes Up for Sale

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 ARCON User

Data – the lifeline of any business organization, is under grave risk today due to numerous cyber security threats. Along with the rising number of threats, the nature of attacks is also getting sophisticated day by day. The cyber crooks are adopting advanced hacking techniques to steal sensitive data. Phishing, Ransomware, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, Insider sabotage, social engineering, Botnet, cyber espionage etc. are some of the most common ways used by malefactors to abuse data.

Spot your malicious insider(s) with ARCON | UBA

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 ARCON User

Recently, a Government organization from Healthcare industry in APAC region revealed that almost 14,000 health records were leaked online because of a malicious insider. The organization never thought that they could lose their sensitive health records to someone trustworthy (apparently) in unbelievably nasty way. Couple of months back this incident shook the cyber world and forced every global organization to reinforce security audit of their IT infrastructure, employee roles, their activities and access control mechanisms.

Passwords are your safety doors: Lock your assets or leak them

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 ARCON User

In the beginning of 2019, more than 773 million email IDs and 21 million passwords were hacked which is claimed to be the biggest hacks of this year (so far). Australian researcher Troy Hunt discovered this and mentioned it in his website “troyhunt.com”. This incident threw a fresh question to us whether we are digitally safe. Previously, different stray breach incidents shook many large and small enterprises worldwide and forced them to take immediate initiatives for adequate security measures.

Secure sensitive data with robust Privilege Account Lifecycle Management

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 ARCON User

Probably there are more number of digital identities today than the human population on this planet. Indeed, digital identities have spiralled as our modern day economy is propelled by cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics among several other disruptive technology innovations.

4 critical scenarios why Privileged Access Management will take center stage in 2019

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 ARCON User

Privileged Access Management (PAM) has become an integral part of overall cyber security framework for any modern-day organization. As privileged accounts provide access to confidential information, securing them from any untoward incident (abuse of privileged credentials or accounts) remains one of the major concerns for the Security and Risk management pros.

10 Best Practices for PAM solution

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 ARCON User

Privileged Access Management (PAM) is one of the most discussed area of today’s cyber security arena. With the increased number of alarming data breach scenarios worldwide, it is very obvious that PAM solution would shield the organizations from any threats arising from unmonitored accounts or poor access control system. Here is a brief account of few practices that could enrich Privileged Access Management (PAM) to the next best level of robustness.

IT Central Station Users Share What They Love about ARCON

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 ARCON User

Over the last few months, the team at IT Central Station reached out to ARCON Privileged Access Management customers with one goal: to find out what they really think about their experiences with ARCON.

As the leading user review platform for enterprise technology solutions, we are always on the hunt for user feedback that can help our growing community of tech professionals make future buying decisions for their companies. Dubbed as “The Yelp of Enterprise Technology” by the Wall Street Journal, we have created a long-standing reputation of offering trusted, current and relevant information about enterprise technology solutions without vendor bias.

Malicious Insiders: Sturdy Reason for Cyber Risks

August 3, 2018 ARCON User

While organizations have started giving utmost importance to cyber security and have started allotting handsome budget for saving their digital assets, cyber crooks are getting smarter and giving birth to more sophisticated attack techniques. Today, suspicious insiders are giving more nightmare to the IT security officers rather than outsiders. According to the latest research, organizations cough up to $8 million annually as a price paid for the damages done by malicious insiders.

Your Data is Vulnerable: Secure it

May 23, 2018 ARCON User

With Facebook admitting recently that the data available online of its 2 billion users are mostly vulnerable, recent reports affirmed that a quarter of a billion accounts were compromised. Later on, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made history by testifying before the US Congress about the data leakage. People realizing the importance of data safety reaches a different level thereafter.