Over the last year, companies had to embrace technology and automation to maintain operations and keep customers serviced. Almost every business had to implement new systems and solutions rapidly to overcome immediate challenges brought on by the pandemic. Even if the trend existed before 2020, the last year saw unprecedented acceleration that is likely to continue. Every business owner now understands what benefits are available from process automation and advanced IT infrastructure. For the workforce, the opposite may be true as emerging technologies are making some jobs obsolete.

Cybersecurity. Cyberattacks. Vulnerabilities. There are entire companies that have been created for the sole purpose of profiting from people that hear these words on an almost daily basis—in online ads or tv commercials—underlining your openness for an attack, the threat of identity theft, or the imminence of your lost fortune. They channel slogans that highlight the ease at which they can protect you, leaving you to wonder if you can trust their legitimacy in the first place. You might wonder—“If it is really that easy, why isn’t it something I can do myself?” In this article, we will briefly discuss the true impacts that these kinds of threats can carry and attempt to point you in the right direction.

Cloud adoption is a business model that continues to disrupt industries around the world. It provides convenience, cost savings, and near-permanent uptimes compared to on-premises infrastructure. Due to the benefits available from cloud migration, analysts expect spending on public cloud infrastructure and services will grow to $500 billion by 2023. Although the flexibility and increased capabilities of cloud infrastructure provide organizations with greater efficiencies, it could also put organizations at risk. Cyberattacks continue to plague organizations of every size and moving your IT infrastructure and services to cloud environments requires a different approach to traditional deployments.