7 ways to avoid alert fatigue

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CSO Continuity & Recovery Sep 30, 2016 7 ways to avoid alert fatigue Just like when your car alarm goes off incessantly, you don't always run for the door thinking your car was stolen. If only there was a way to hear for when actual robbers are near your car or in this case network. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Lessons from high-profile IT failures • Clinton email highlights frustrating reality of bypassed IT policies • Some thoughts on the Krebs situation: Akamai made a painful business call • The only three passwords your survivors will ever need • Backups aren't just for smoking crater scenarios • Why these victims decided not to pay the ransom Viewpoint: QTS 7 Considerations When Selecting a Data Center Provider in Chicago This white paper provides an in-depth look at key considerations to keep in mind when selecting a data center provider in Chicago. It looks at how a data center provider with a global footprint can offer you access to comprehensive data solutions, and help you meet your data needs today and in the future. This can be used as a checklist for evaluating a data center provider against competitors. Read More ▶ Lessons from high-profile IT failures What we can learn about disaster recovery and high availability from recent airline outages. Read More ▶ Clinton email highlights frustrating reality of bypassed IT policies An email recently released by House Democrats isn't just a political response to Hillary Clinton's usage of personal technology while Secretary of State. The email between Clinton and General Colin Powell is a perfect example of what some call Shadow IT, and a common problem IT teams face daily with executives and senior officials. Read More ▶ Some thoughts on the Krebs situation: Akamai made a painful business call This weekend Salted Hash is at DerbyCon, and we'll be posting a few updates from the show, but some recent events have generated buzz, and they're worth discussing. Namely, Brian Krebs is being censored, and that sets a bad precedent for everyone. Read More ▶ The only three passwords your survivors will ever need If you die or become incapacitated how would your spouse or friends deal with the digital waterfall of information that was inaccessible to them? How would they know all of your accounts and passwords? Would they be able to able to access them? It turns out that there are really only three passwords that someone else will ever need. Read More ▶ Backups aren't just for smoking crater scenarios Read More ▶ Why these victims decided not to pay the ransom 6 reasons why ransomware victims said enough is enough. Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: Amazon Web Services A Data Culture with Embedded Analytics in Action Join our webinar Thursday, Oct. 20th to learn how our customer, Casper, an online mattress retailer, made the switch from a transactional database to Looker's data analytics program on Amazon Redshift. Looker on Amazon Redshift can help you greatly reduce your analytics lifecycle with a simplified infrastructure and rapid cloud scaling. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Some thoughts on the Krebs situation: Akamai made a painful business call 2. Yahoo's compromised records likely hidden within encrypted traffic, vendor says 3. Five social engineering scams employees still fall for 4. Investment fund loses $6 million in BEC scam, suspends operations 5. Hillary Clinton's email has vanished but why can't yours? Editor's Picks 1. 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS 2. How to get creative with your penetration testing 3. 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank 4. What's wrong with this picture? The NEW clean desk test 5. Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army

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