Get the most out of IST’s S.H.I.E.LD Support Portal
July 10, 2019IST’s S.H.I.E.L.D Support Portal, designed to give clients secure 24/7/365 access to their service tickets, is live. The web-based interface makes it easy for clients to collaborate with IST service personnel, run ticket reports and prioritize their requests quickly and efficiently. The S.H.I.E.L.D Support Portal serves as a regular, dedicated point person, enabling more frequent… Read More »
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Most at Risk, Yet Least Secure: Why Hospitals Need Stronger Cybersecurity Now More than Ever
April 18, 2019In a post last year called “Are There Holes in Healthcare Cybersecurity?” we covered the growing discrepancy facing our healthcare system. Although this information-rich industry is one of the most desirable targets for cyberhackers, it’s also one of the least protected from them, especially when it comes to the amount of money devoted to cybersecurity… Read More »
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SIA 2019 Security Megatrends 9 & 10 – What You Need To Know
April 3, 2019This post wraps up our series that took a deeper dive into SIA’s comprehensive 2019 Security Megatrends report. Megatrends 9 & 10 both bring the future home with high technology devices that will allows us even greater security, both in our homes and offices. Megatrend 9: Going Biometric for Access Control We are on the… Read More »
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SIA 2019 Security Megatrends 7 & 8 – What You Need To Know
March 14, 2019The Top 10 SIA Projected Security Megatrends in 2019 As we continue to delve into the top ten security megatrends for the year, we’ll look at numbers seven and eight in this post. Both highlight the increasing interconnectedness of our technology. Megatrend 7: How Will Security Integrators Leverage DIY Security Systems? Now that DIY security… Read More »
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SIA 2019 Security Megatrends 5 & 6 – What You Need To Know
February 21, 2019We’re looking next at SIA’s Megatrends 5 and 6, which both deal with issues that are expected to explode in the next year. First, we’ll explore Megatrend #5. Megatrend 5: What’s Next with the Proliferation of AI? The tipping point is finally here. After years of AI’s world-changing promises that foretold either exponential enhancement of… Read More »
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SIA 2019 Security Megatrends 3 & 4 – What You Need to Know
February 6, 2019This post, we are doing a deeper dive into SIA’s 2019 Security Megatrends 3 and 4. Let’s begin with Megatrend 3 … Megatrend 3 – Is Security Keeping up with Cloud Computing? Are cloud computing and security on par? The short answer is no, at least according to widely held perceptions. The residential and consumer… Read More »
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SIA 2019 Security Megatrends 1 & 2 – What You Need to Know
January 21, 2019The next set of blog posts will explore the SIA’s forecasted 2019 Security Megatrends in order of importance. We are going to dive into Megatrends #1 and #2 in our first post. Megatrend 1: 8 Smart Ways to Integrate Physical and Cybersecurity Cybersecurity’s impact on physical security moved from the number two spot in 2018… Read More »
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The Top 10 Security Megatrends in 2019: Are you Prepared?
January 3, 2019Every year at the Securing New Ground (SNGTM) conference, the SIA identifies the ten biggest security trends for the upcoming year by mining SIA member surveys from hundreds of top-level executives in advance, unpacking the hot topics explored by SNG speakers and by speaking with SNG attendees. We’ll provide the top ten security megatrends forecast… Read More »
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The Cybersecurity Apocalypse: How to Protect Your Business from Cyber Attacks
December 18, 2018ESI ThoughtLab and WSJ Pro Cybersecurity recently teamed up with a group of other thought leaders to bring us The Cybersecurity Imperative, a rigorously researched reportthat continues to raise the alarm that cybersecurity is the most important security priority we face today and heading into the next few years. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen,… Read More »
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A Snapshot of School Security for Students Today: Are We Making Progress?
December 6, 2018At the end of October, the National School Safety Center (NSSC), along with state governors and state school superintendents, commemorated their 35th “America’s Safe Schools Week” with an ongoing awareness campaign to recognize strategic security successes and encourage greater participation by schools in their schools’ safety issues. It was a time to note the state… Read More »
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