Cloud Rehosting vs. Replatforming: What’s the Difference?
Cloud replatforming as part of a migration is a commonly suggested technique. Should you rehost vs. replatform your infra?
Getting Ahead of the Security Curve
K-12 education institutions have been the victim of many angles of attack: bad actors, budget cuts, ongoing pandemic circumstances, staffing issues, growing technology and compliance requirements compounded with an evolving security threat landscape. In addition, due to staffing and lean budgets many K-12 school districts have developed security capabilities out of necessity vs. planning and a structured program approach.
Adopting SD-WAN: Security and Vulnerability Challenges to Overcome
SD-WAN has many benefits, but for optimal SD-WAN security and management, be aware of these challenges.
Forget the Scare Tactics: Good Cyber Security Is a Good Investment Strategy
October is finally here, and you know what that means: Fall, Halloween, pumpkin spice lattes and National Cyber Security Awareness Month!
7 Features of the Best Network Security Software
Don't get caught with substandard network security software. Look for these features in the best solutions, like Alert Logic Threat manager.
Baking a Security Layer Cake for K-12
The best cakes have many layers - so does the best cybersecurity. Red River's Adam Feind, former president of the Texas Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), gives us the recipe for security success.
Optimizing Your K-12 Security Budget for Growing Threats
The evolving threat landscape. The hard reality is the IT and security world has been rapidly changing since February 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic given rise to a host of technology issues: a dramatic increase in remote workforce support, increased email and phishing attacks, onboarding and remote user support issues, personnel outages due to pandemic related issues, nation-state attacks on universities and bio labs working on COVID-19 related research, a strong rise in ransomware and crypto locker related events - especially in K-12.
Microsoft DNS Server Vulnerability
As a leading technology solutions and managed services provider, Red River takes security vulnerabilities seriously and works quickly to address any known issues.
New Secure-EDU Solution Delivers Cost-Effective Cybersecurity for K-12 Schools
Red River, a technology transformation company, today announced the launch of Secure-EDU.
How to Keep Your Data Safe and Secure When Disaster Hits
COVID-19 is not the last crisis that will hit, and if it has taught us something it's that we must be prepared for anything. A disaster has the ability to derail your operations in a matter of seconds. Even a minor disruption can cause your organization to lose its competitive edge. That is why a Disaster Recovery Plan should be a key component of your IT strategy.
Understanding Texas Senate Bill 820
On June 10, Texas Senate Bill 820 was signed by Governor Abbott to require Texas school districts to adopt a cybersecurity policy, effective September 1, 2019.
5 Ways to Prepare for a Cyberattack
1,579: That's the number of data breaches in the United States in 2017, exposing close to 179 million records. The number and sophistication of cyberattacks are only growing. Recently, the United States and the U.K. put out a joint warning for Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices.
Cybersecurity Best Practices and Challenges in 2020 and Beyond
The new decade brings one new cybersecurity challenge after another. Handle it with these cybersecurity best practices for 2020.
Understanding Cyber Security 101 for the Non-CISO Crowd
How can non-techies work on understanding cybersecurity fundamentals? Let's do a quick dive into cybersecurity 101.
Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan: How Your MSP Can Help
Having a cybersecurity incident response plan is critical, and being able to develop one is one of the many benefits of managed services for your business.
How Managed Cybersecurity Can Keep Your Business Safe
Human factors in cybersecurity can be a dangerous wild card. Managed cybersecurity solutions can help mitigate this risk.
Top Cybersecurity Trends in 2020
In this blog posts, we look at some of the biggest cybersecurity threats and trends in 2020.
7 Examples of how Privileged Identity Management Guards Your Business
Here are some ways privileged identity management and privileged access management solutions can keep your business secure.
Why Privileged Account Management Beats Password Vaulting
What is a privileged account, and why is privileged account management a better security system than password vaulting?
8 Reasons Your Business Needs PAM: Privileged Access Management
Your business should be using PAM: privileged access management. But what is privileged access management, and why is it so important?
