July 25, 2024
What’s Old is New: The CrowdStrike Outage – “Sometimes patches break things…”
It was all over the news and it probably affected your life in some way too. Security vendor CrowdStrike pushed out a faulty software update that made windows PCs crash on reboot, just after Midnight Eastern Time the morning of July 19th, 2024. Whether you were one of the thousands of people that were stranded at an airport, had […]
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July 18, 2024
Top 10 Takeaways From Gartner Security And Risk Management Summit
In a year when 80% of CIOs are increasing their investment in cybersecurity, the 2024 Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit drew more than 5,000 cybersecurity executives for the latest trends, technologies, operations and leadership insights. Today’s organizations are dealing with increasing cybersecurity compromises and significant talent shortfalls in cybersecurity. This year’s summit kept that context in mind […]
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July 02, 2024
What’s Old is New: “Technical Debt” in Resiliency
Technical Debt is a concept that’s foreign to a lot of people on the surface, but it’s something that people in business contend with continuously. It’s also a problem I have encountered for as long as I have been working in resiliency, and in a lot of cases people don’t even recognize the phenomena until it’s […]
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June 27, 2024
The Future Of Identity Security: Top Trends And Insights
Identity security walks a fine line. This area of cybersecurity authorizes the right users to access specific network systems, applications, and data so vital work gets done – while also minimizing your organization’s attack surface to safeguard systems and data. Identity security faces a growing list of complications, among them: Read on for current trends and […]
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June 20, 2024
Technology Spotlight: A Closer Look At Palo Alto Networks
Sayers partners with proven technology vendors who are leaders in their markets. Those vendors continue to evolve their offerings to protect organizations from cybersecurity threats and meet the unique infrastructure needs of today’s enterprises. To help you stay on top of those changes, we offer the following technology update on our long-time partner, Palo Alto […]
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June 13, 2024
What’s Old is New: The Enduring Value of Tabletop Exercises
I’ve been working in business resiliency for over 20 years now, and Tabletop Exercises were around long before I got into the industry. This is the second blog in my “What’s Old Is New” blog series. “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” Dwight D. Eisenhower How long? In my limited research, I have not been able […]
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June 06, 2024
Data Protection Strategies: Safeguard Your Data from Cyber Threats
The relentless drumbeat for data protection and data backups leaves organizations wondering if they’re doing everything they can to safeguard their data. The challenge includes protecting customers’ data privacy, adhering to compliance regulations, and recovering organizational data after cyberattacks and natural disasters. Cybercriminals are going after your data, including your backups. Bad actors who can […]
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May 30, 2024
Thoughts on “The Velveteen Rabbit: Can AI Create Viable Resiliency Plans?”
AI is definitely THE hot topic this year when I go to conferences, and it’s the latest buzz word in every product feature demonstration that I encounter lately. (If attendance at my conference presentations is any indicator, AI is about 5 times more interesting than anything else I’ve presented about.) And, as one of my coworkers […]
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May 23, 2024
Enterprise Network Security: Is Your Business Protected?
Today’s enterprises rely on their networks for operational success, productivity, and resilience. The rise of remote work and data-intensive applications has created an even greater demand for high-speed, secure, and scalable networks from the core to the edge and the cloud. A well-maintained network provides seamless connectivity, strengthens cybersecurity, and supports innovation. If your users […]
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May 16, 2024
What’s Old is New: Strengthening IT’s Role in Business Resilience
In all my years working in resiliency, when I was managing programs myself and now that I am helping other companies with their programs, it seems the two most scarce resources are always money and time. This is the first blog in my “What’s Old Is New” blog series. “Every year is getting shorter, never seem to […]
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