Since early April 2020, most organizations have activated their business continuity plan (BCP) in light of the Covid-19 situation. We understand that many are facing challenges in managing their manpower, revenue & resources during this difficult time. With this, many have been forced to minimize/shut their daily operations at their workplace and moved towards telecommuting from their homes.
If you are unaware, Microsoft made an announcement early last year that they are ceasing their technical support & updates for Windows 7 on 14 January 2020 & Microsoft Office 2010 on 13 October 2020.*
EOL simply means that security updates & support are no longer provided, and it is recommended that you upgrade to a newer operating system. If you happen to be one of those affected users, don’t worry, you are not alone, many corporate environments are still on it too. Read on to find out what this means for you and what you can do for your firm.
The recent unprecedented global viral ransomware attacks have highlighted how negligence in system administration, such as maintenance and preventive measures, can have far-reaching and devastating impacts.
Akin to ship captains, companies and firms have, for the longest time, been focused on bringing on new technology to make their ships sail faster and further while neglecting to keep up maintenance on the actual infrastructure of their ships.
So much of technology rests upon systems – the parameters of security networks in CCTVs and firewalls and antivirus programmes, or the outlines of connective networks through servers, cloud solutions, and workstations. Whenever you consider the paradigm of Information Technology, chances are there is some structural framework of hard technology upholding your environment.
Building IT security is like protecting a home. Locking the front door alone would not achieve the objective; you have to consider other entries a stranger may use to intrude into your environment.