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SageNext, a cloud hosting provider for Tax and Accounting, Releases a Comprehensive Guide to Help Prevent Ransomware Attacks in 2022 – WFMZ Allentown

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Post date January 21, 2022

AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --A Complete Guide : Countering Ransomware in 2022

Sagenext Infotech, a US-based IT company committed to creating world-class cloud hosting solutions for Small and Medium businesses, bookkeepers, professional accountants, and CPAs, has just released a very comprehensive and factual guide on ransomware attacks, preventive measures, and counter the aftermath in 2022. The guide helps computer users protect themselves against these attacks, and prevent them from happening in the first place.

As a part of their commitment to delivering a superior level of shared hosting services, the cloud hosting services company located in Augusta, Georgia USA, went a step further to devote some resources a few weeks ago to extensive research about Ransomware.

What is ransomware?

Ransomware malware is a type of malicious software that locks users out or encrypts their files, thereby preventing them from accessing these files. It then demands that users pay a ransom, in order to get a decryption key that will unlock or decrypt the files and give them back access to their data.

The Sagenext team took it upon themselves to create this guide as these ransomware attacks have been on the rise in the past couple of years. In fact, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 4,000 ransomware attacks occur every day on average, and if you include the ransom paid to the perpetrators and the money spent in assets recovery, the cost is upwards of $1 billion every year.

What the guide is all about

The guide detailed the differences between ransomware attacks and other forms of malware like viruses, trojan horses, spyware, and adware. It equally discussed the history of ransomware, starting from the first recorded ransomware occurrence in 1989, and went on to discuss recent popular attacks that took place in the US and other places and how they affected the businesses involved.

In addition to that, it includes detailed step-by-step action points on how to prevent an attack and how to respond to one in case it occurs. It also discusses the impact ransomware attacks have on businesses including the loss of C-level talent, financial losses due to the revenue paid, disruption of regular activities, like what happened to JBS Foods, and the potential harm to the reputation of the affected organization.

Why Sagenext created the popular ransomware guide

Through this guide, Sagenext hopes to educate the public on the subject of ransomware. Their goal is to help end-users see the honest mistakes they could be making that make them vulnerable to these attacks. But to make it better, through the guide, users can learn how not to fall victim to email phishing, malvertisement, and other tricky methods that cybercriminals employ to perpetrate their act.

Backed up by a team of Microsoft-certified engineers, cloud computing experts, and network technicians, Sagenext is committed to leveraging the best technological resources to ensure efficient conjunction of software and business data in the cloud. And to prove their commitment, their research team has created this detailed guide to help end-users protect themselves against ransomware attacks and prevent them from happening.

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DataHEALTH, Inc. Begins Notification of Cybersecurity Incident – PRNewswire

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Post date January 21, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DataHEALTH, Inc. ("DataHEALTH"), a cloud hosting, cloud backup, data storage and recovery service provider for the health care industry that provides services to health care providers throughout the country, today announced that it experienced a criminal ransomware attack on some of its servers that contain health care providers' information. DataHEALTH is providing this notice on behalf of impacted health care providers.

Upon learning of the incident on November 3, 2021, DataHEALTH immediately took measures to contain the threat, launched an investigation, and third-party cybersecurity forensic experts were engaged. DataHEALTH also notified federal law enforcement. The investigation determined that DataHEALTH was the target of a criminal ransomware attack on its cloud hosting services. DataHEALTH cloud backup customers were not impacted.

As a result of the investigation, DataHEALTH learned that the unauthorized party accessed and acquired files containing patient data from a limited number of DataHEALTH's servers.The threat actor appearsto have been able to gain access by using compromised credentials for third-party software that some DataHEALTH health care provider customers utilize. Currently, DataHEALTH has not found evidence that any DataHEALTH-specific accounts or credentials were compromised, nor has it found evidence that any of DataHEALTH's encrypted databases were accessed.

While the investigation is still ongoing, due to the nature of the attack and the information involved, DataHEALTH has not been able to rule out potential access to certain health care providers' patient information if it was not in DataHEALTH's encrypted databases. DataHEALTH's investigation determined that any customers who receive cloud backup services were not impacted by the ransomware incident. Only certain health care providers that receive DataHEALTH hosting services were actually or potentially impacted.

On December 15, 2021, DataHEALTH began notifying health care providers whose data files were on the threat actor's list of exfiltrated files based upon searches performed for those files on DataHEALTH servers. On January 20, 2022, DataHEALTH began notifying impacted individuals.Because DataHEALTH has not been able to rule out potential access in all instances, DataHEALTH sent additional notification to potentially impacted health care providers on January 11, 2022 and is engaging with those providers to identify additional individuals who may need to be provided notification.

At this time, DataHEALTH has no reason to believe the compromised data was used inappropriately by the unauthorized party and has not received any reports of identity theft associated with this incident. Impacted individuals are being notified directly via U.S. mail either by DataHEALTH or by its customers, at their discretion.

DataHEALTH has implemented additional security protocols and continues to evaluate further steps that may be taken. In addition, DataHEALTH is continuing to support federal law enforcement's investigation.

In an abundance of caution, DataHEALTH has taken steps to ensure that any impacted individuals receive complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services. For more information, questions may be directed to (855) 618-3165, Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Central Time.

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Gallagher Cloud-based Security Solution – Security Today

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Post date January 21, 2022

Gallagher Gallagher Cloud-based Security Solution

Designed to simplify security operations, Gallagher security for SMB provides business owners with the freedom to manage their security from anywhere, with an easy-to-use mobile app. Its intelligent functionality enables users to arm and disarm alarms, lock and unlock doors, and manage incidents across multiple sites, all from their smartphone.

Its no secret that weve seen a growing adoption of cloud technology in recent years, and for small and medium businesses, a cloud-based approach to their security can offer wide-ranging benefits, saId Steve Bell, CTO for Gallagher.

Gallagher security for SMB gives customers the highest level of protection and performance with the added convenience and flexibility of cloud hosting. Beyond that, weve also made life easy for the integrator, with quick and easy installation, automatic software updates, and remote configuration via an integrator web app all of which was really important to us when designing the Gallagher SMB solution.

To suit the varying needs of different sites and users, customers using Gallagher SMB can choose to self-monitor their site or opt for third-party monitoring.

As a mobile-first solution, Gallagher security for SMB removes the complexity and expense of managing business keys or pin codes. Instead, access to a site can be granted by presenting the SMB app at a reader. The app makes it simple for business owners to add, edit, and remove an unlimited number of users, and manage exactly which parts of the building they can control.

Businesses needing to satisfy varying access requirements also have the choice of using SMB Key Tags as an alternative physical access credential.

Gallaghers vice president for the Americas, Scott Elliott, says: We have applied our award-winning technology and renowned expertise to create a simplified solution that meets the specific needs of small and medium businesses.

Not only does Gallagher security for SMB give business owners greater control in managing their security operations, it also gives them the added assurance that their business is protected by a leading government-approved manufacturer, Elliott said

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Rise with SAP will continue to evolve in 2022 – TechTarget

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Post date January 21, 2022

Rise with SAP will continue to drive the narrative for SAP in 2022, but opinions vary on whether Rise will fulfill its mission to convince SAP customers to move to S/4HANA and the cloud.

For some industry experts, Rise, a bundle of SAP products and services centered on the digital core of the S/4HANA Cloud, is evolving steadily and gaining value by adding new elements and providing customers with more flexibility in deployment options. For others, Rise remains a work in progress that likely will not move the needle for companies that are still determining their migration strategy.

One year after it launched, Rise with SAP remains unclear to the SAP customer base. For example, a survey released in November 2021 by the U.K. and Ireland SAP User Group indicated that fewer than half of respondents were familiar with Rise, and one-third had never heard of the offering.

While analysts agree that Rise with SAP offers customers a credible way to move to the cloud and S/4HANA, it still has work to do to convince them that this is the best approach.

Rise with SAP began as a way to make it more advantageous for customers to move to S/4HANA from legacy SAP systems, but SAP continues to revise and refine the initiative, according to Joshua Greenbaum, principal of Enterprise Applications Consulting, an ERP industry consulting firm in Berkeley, Calif.

"Rise isn't just about S/4HANA, as they are putting in more pieces of SuccessFactors, Ariba and other things in there," Greenbaum said. "I think they're going to continue to move forward with that, because ultimately, SAP's sweet spot is trying to get these ERP customers to upgrade, and they certainly need to do that."

The Rise program, which allows customers to choose their preferred cloud hyperscaler and simplifies the cloud relationship with one contract through SAP, shows that SAP is trying to change the framework around licensing and contracting to make them more advantageous for customers, he said. Rise also offers customers access to the SAP Business Network, consisting of SAP Ariba Network, SAP Logistics Business Network and SAP Asset Intelligence Network; cloud credits for the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) development environment; and Signavio, a business process management system.

The packaging of platforms under the Rise umbrella is a double-edged sword, Greenbaum said. The inclusion of SAP BTP in Rise will be a crucial tool for SAP to keep developers working within an SAP development platform, he said.

"SAP desperately needs developers -- both internal and external IT -- to start looking at SAP BTP and get them off the low-cost [offerings] that they're getting from Amazon and Azure," Greenbaum said.

However, SAP should also be clearer about the value of initiatives, like the SAP Business Network, that don't need to be used in conjunction with Rise.

"The SAP Business Network has snuck in as something that you can do with Rise," Greenbaum said. "It would be better if SAP pulled that out and [talked up] the innate value of the business network instead of as a tag-along value to Rise."

SAP is still struggling to make customers understand the full value of Rise with SAP, in part because it involves many moving parts, according to Jon Reed, co-founder of Diginomica, an enterprise computing industry analysis firm.

For example, in addition to the core mission of providing a way for customers to manage a relationship with cloud hyperscalers, Rise includes elements like access to the BTP and Signavio, which can help companies understand the current state of their processes and re-imagine how they can work in the transformed system.

This has led some observers to dismiss Rise as SAP's next version of SAP Leonardo or SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC), two previous initiatives that looked to introduce advanced technologies and cloud hosting services but wound up confusing customers, Reed said. However, Rise has a better-defined purpose and value proposition for customers, but SAP needs to step up educational efforts to alleviate confusion, he added.

It will also be vital for SAP to show real examples of customers that have benefited from Rise, such as how Rise has helped manage cloud hyperscaler relationships or how having S/4HANA in the cloud has taken the burden off of IT staff, according to Reed.

"By the time they get to Sapphire [SAP's annual user conference], they better have some success stories of customers who are fairly far along and can speak to the benefits, because that's what gets other customers' attention," he said.

Many SAP customers have longstanding relationships with systems integrators, and they will need to evaluate where they stand on Rise, according to Reed. Some may be all-in on Rise, using it as their preferred S/4HANA cloud migration method; others may support it, but support other approaches as well.

"A lot of these services firms have their own cloud offering -- for better or worse," he said. "There are some firms that have taken that position that they don't think Rise is a good value proposition and that their own cloud offering is better."

At this point, it's still too early to judge the overall impact of Rise with SAP, said Eric Kimberling, CEO and founder of Third Stage Consulting Group, an independent ERP consultancy in Lone Tree, Colo. The initiative has not made an impression on Third Stage's customer base.

"[Rise with SAP] is the latest in a string of initiatives from SAP over the years to neutralize the perception that the technology is bulky, cumbersome, expensive and risky to implement," Kimberling said. "While it can't hurt customers, it's important to recognize that Rise is largely a presales tool designed to help convince customers that they should deploy S/4HANA and other SAP products."

Rise with SAP likely won't be truly successful until SAP offers a real migration path to S/4HANA in the cloud, said Predrag Jakovljevic, principal industry analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers, an enterprise computing analysis firm in Longueuil, Quebec.

However, SAP faces a thorny question about whether the skills for the developer language SAP ABAP will transfer to the new world of S/4HANA in the cloud, he said.

"Sure, ABAP can be done in the cloud, but developers want to work in JavaScript or Visual Basic, not an IBM RPG-like language," Jakovljevic said. "CIOs will have high re-implementation costs, high retraining or possibly high retirement rates, and then also have to pay for the new cloud licenses."

Issues like these that make it hard to migrate to the cloud may lead at least parts of the SAP installed base -- as well as rival ERP giant Oracle -- to flee for other systems such as those from IFS, Microsoft Dynamics or NetSuite, he said.

There's also another potential issue for SAP, one the company has little control over: COVID-19. Holger Mueller, principal analyst at Constellation Research, said the future success of Rise with SAP will depend on how the overall economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Business and IT leaders are less inclined to think about upgrading ERP systems as long as they are dealing with pandemic-triggered regulations, new business processes and new business plans, Mueller said.

"The good news for SAP is that it has time to improve the value proposition of S/4HANA," he said. "If this is done right, it will make the upgrade more attractive to leaders. But in the meantime, SAP needs to manage expectations around Rise."

Jim O'Donnell is a TechTarget news writer who covers ERP and other enterprise applications for SearchSAP and SearchERP.

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Benefits of Cloud-Hosted QuickBooks Accounting Software – Ghana Latest Football News, Live Scores, Results – Ghanasoccernet.com

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Post date January 21, 2022

More and more small businesses are shifting to cloud-based applications for their online data storage needs. Services such as Google Drive, Microsoft's OneDrive, and Dropbox are widespread, but there are other cloud-based apps to consider.

From social media to project management, everything is done on the cloud these days. If you run a small business, you may be using the cloud every day without realizing it. It seems natural to switch to cloud-based accounting services.

Why Are Companies are moving to the Cloud?

Around 78% of small businesses are using cloud technology by 2020. As a bookkeeper or accountant looking for ways to serve your clients more efficiently, you`re likely already familiar with the advantages of cloud-based accounting. However, it may be challenging to get some clients to play along. Few clients may have questions about the "cloud", data security, and the cost of cloud software. These concerns are justified because changes are always difficult.

What is QuickBooks Cloud Software?

Business owners typically perform accounting tasks on locally hosted software such as QuickBooks Desktop. On the other hand, all bills hosted in the cloud are online. PCMag defines "cloud computing" as storage and access to programs and data over the Internet, rather than the computer's hard drive. The cloud has radically changed many industries over the last few years to reduce costs, increase results, and function efficiently. With QuickBooks Server Cloud Hosting solution, you can harness this power in your business.

How QuickBooks Hosting benefits your business:

Easy automation

Easy automation will help you get the most out of your accounting department and maintain one fewer team member. Not only will you be saving time and money, but you'll also be able to focus on more important aspects of the business that need overseeing.

Real-time data updates

With live financial data at your fingertips, you'll be able to make decisions in real-time.

Scalability, both now and in the future

If your business started off small but has grown a lot in recent years, you need a solution to suit its ever-changing needs. With our cloud hosting support for QuickBooks, you can easily scale the system as your companys needs change.

Moving into a paperless work environment

Hosted QuickBooks, which is accessible remotely on your Azure Virtual Desktop as a Service can save money, time, and reduce your company's carbon emissions. Cloud-hosted QuickBooks eliminates physical management and stores paper documents. This is a cost and environmental benefit.

Automatic updates

You don't have to do anything to keep QuickBooks up-to-date. QB software automatically downloads new features and security patches all the time!

Reducing costs

QuickBooks has plenty of online tutorials & videos to help you get started. The cloud-based service works on a monthly subscription model. QuickBooks is designed for efficiency and doesn't require an upfront investment it can often save you money in the long run.

Conclusion:

Cloud-based accounting software has a lot going for it, including giving you a better understanding of your company's financial status. QuickBooks Online makes it easy to check invoices, incoming bills, invoices, and more for details about expenditures as well as revenue.

Apps4Rent works closely with the client and offers to host the QuickBooks Desktop Application on the cloud. Additionally, they also provide services such as Migrate Tenant to Tenant Office 365 which makes them a perfect partner.

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Global Cloud Hosting Service Market Focusing on Trends and Innovations during the Period 2021 to 2027 Discovery Sports Media – Discovery Sports Media

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Post date January 21, 2022

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Turkey VPS with KVM Hypervisor Windows or Linux Cloud Hosting Solution by Onlive Server – Digital Journal

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Post date January 21, 2022

Turkey VPS hosting is the acronym for a virtual private server, and the KVM Hypervisor Based Turkey VPS Hosting means that the hosting provider you have chosen has a single physical server hosting several VPS servers.

So, what does this actually mean for the individuals looking to go for the Cheap WordPress hosting package? Going for Turkey VPS hosting means despite the fact that you are sharing server space with the other website owners, you still have your very own operating system along with root-level access. VPS administrators will have the ability to act independently from the users sharing the same physical machine.

Hypervisor Based Turkey VPS Hosting with SSD Storage is specifically useful for tech-savvy individuals who are on the lookout for a customized hosting base but do not have the necessary mediums and the affordability to go for a dedicated server. The best Cheap VPS server hosting comes with the same functionalities as the regular VPS servers but with just a few minuscule differences.

While shared servers are sufficient for meeting the necessities of blogs and small sites, the Best VPS hosting targets big and medium-sized sites. If you put this differently, it means that the sites with higher objectives in regards to the functionalities of their websites and anticipated traffic should always make a move towards Turkey VPS hosting.

Thanks to cost-effective windows and Linux-based hosting solutions and top-quality scalability, Windows VPS hosting comes as the perfect solution for small and medium-sized organizations with WordPress sites. It is also worth noting that the virtual private servers are fast and easy when it comes to major or minor upgrades.

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11:11 Systems Completes Acquisition of iland; Combined Offering to Unlock the Power of Connectivity, Cloud and Security – Business Wire

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Post date January 21, 2022

FAIRFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--11:11 Systems (11:11), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, today announced the completion of the acquisition of iland, the award-winning global cloud service provider of secure and compliant hosting for infrastructure (IaaS), disaster recovery (DRaaS), and backup as a service (BaaS).

11:11 Systems recently acquired Green Cloud Defense, a channel-only, cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider. By adding ilands steady 25% YOY momentum to 11:11 Systems expanding national network of MSPs, VARs and IT consultants, a hyper-growth pathway has been created.

Gartner analysts said that more than 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 and will not be able to fully execute on their digital strategies without the use of cloud-native architectures and technologies. *** Companies are increasingly struggling to effectively manage their hybrid infrastructure and are under pressure to focus scarce resources on other key priorities. 11:11 answers growing market demand for a single, trusted vendor to navigate security threats and reduce complexities in infrastructure management.

Mike Small, senior analyst at KuppingerCole, highlights this challenge: Deciding where and how to focus resources is a struggle for most IT organizations, and they need their infrastructure solutions which serve as the backbone of their entire IT footprint - to be stormproof. iland is a long-established provider of secure storage services for backup and disaster recovery. In combination with 11:11, they can deliver a broad offering for managing and protecting the infrastructure backbone of organizations.

11:11 will leverage iland's Secure Cloud Console natively combining deep-layered security, predictive analytics, and compliance to deliver visibility and ease of management across all of its cloud services.

Brett Diamond, CEO, 11:11 Systems:

CIOs and IT leaders are being pushed to address increasing numbers of security threats, application vulnerabilities and network weaknesses that can leave organizations exposed to data breaches; at the same time, they are tasked with laying the right foundation within their infrastructure to embrace hybrid cloud, navigate sophisticated application requirements, artificial intelligence and more while data and devices continue to multiply exponentially.11:11 Systems is focused on significantly simplifying our customers approach to cloud, security and connectivity to drive greater security, innovation, and responsiveness and adding iland and Green Cloud as core ingredient platforms substantively advances this mission.

Justin Giardina, CTO, iland:

Joining 11:11 Systems, which now includes Green Cloud, will open up the doors of innovation even wider with new opportunities to expand services across the iland platform, which will further enhance our customers ability to manage and monitor their hybrid environments. We will have the unprecedented opportunity to offer our customers choice in their infrastructure services, while also untangling them from the overwhelming intricacies that too often accompany infrastructure management.

Dante Orsini, SVP, Business Development, iland:

We are thrilled to join 11:11 Systems and further solidify our position as a market-leading provider of infrastructure services. This acquisition opens up new opportunities for our global channel partners and bolsters our expertise, bench of satisfied customers, and solution offerings with our core technology partners including VMware, Veeam, Zerto, and HPE as well as other market leaders. Merging with 11:11 Systems will make iland a one-stop-shop for cloud, security, and connectivity utilizing the markets most trusted solutions.

Effective immediately, Justin Giardina, CTO of iland, is appointed Chief Technology Innovation Officer; Dante Orsini is promoted to Chief Strategy Officer; Jennifer Brenner will remain Chief Marketing Officer. Scott Sparvero, current CEO and co-founder, and Brian Ussher, current President, and co-founder, will support the transition until complete.

As part of an ambitious M&A strategy to expand, aggregate, and further automate infrastructure solutions, 11:11 is backed by Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a middle-market private equity firm that invests in growing infrastructure platforms.

*Gartner, Market Guide for Disaster Recovery as a Service, Ron Blair, Jeffrey Hewitt, 29 July 2021.

**Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service, Mark Jaggers, Ron Blair, Lisa Pierce, 5 June 2019. This report is now archived and retired by Gartner.

***Gartner Press Release, Gartner Says Cloud will be the Centerpiece of New Digital Experiences, 10 November 2021.

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ABOUT 11:11 SYSTEMS11:11 Systems is creating a new model empowering customers and partners to RETHINK CONNECTED in connectivity, cloud and security solutions. Fully integrated, fully automated. All services, all activities, all data, all performance, powered on a single platform. Learn more at 1111Systems.com.

ABOUT ILANDiland is a global cloud service provider and industry-recognized leader of secure and compliant hosting for infrastructure (IaaS), disaster recovery (DRaaS), and backup as a service (BaaS). ilands award-winning iland Secure Cloud Console natively combines deep layered security, predictive analytics, and compliance to deliver unmatched visibility and ease of management for all of ilands cloud services. Headquartered in Houston with regional offices in London and Sydney, iland delivers cloud services from its cloud regions throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Learn more at iland.com.

ABOUT TIGER INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSTiger Infrastructure Partners is a middle-market private equity firm that invests in growing infrastructure platforms. Tiger Infrastructure targets investments in communications, energy transition, transportation, and related sectors, primarily located in North America and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.tigerinfrastructure.com.

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Google Drive leads in malware hosting, with majority of downloads attributed to the cloud – SC Media

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Post date January 21, 2022

Most malware downloads have originated from the cloud, with the percentage of cloud-based malware increasing from 46% in 2020 to 66% in the fourth quarter of 2021, SecurityWeek reports citing a study from Netskope.Google Drive was also discovered to be the leading malware hosting source, surpassing OneDrive.We dont yet know which cloud app will prove most popular in 2022 but we can be almost certain it wont still be Google Drive, said Netskope Threat Research Director Ray Canzanese.The report also revealed that while credential stuffing attacks against cloud apps have not significantly increased between 2020 and 2021, most attacks last year originated from the U.S.Meanwhile, the ongoing Great Resignation phenomenon has also prompted increased data exfiltration, according to the study.The increasing popularity of cloud apps has given rise to three types of abuse: attackers trying to gain access to victim cloud apps, attackers abusing cloud apps to deliver malware, and insiders using cloud apps for data exfiltration, Canzanese added.

Why NPM Tools Need to Work Across On-Prem, Cloud, and Hybrid Environments | eWEEK – eWeek

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Post date January 21, 2022

The networking landscape has shifted dramatically over the past two years as remote work, cloud migration, and container-based architectures have augmented network infrastructure. This digital transformation has put added pressure on NetOps teams to gain visibility into on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments to ensure performance of the entire network and applications, regardless of location.

As a result, traditional network performance monitoring (NPM) tools are no longer enough for organizations that want to proactively plan, monitor, and optimize their network services or that want to find and fix network performance problems quickly.

In fact, according to Gartners Market Guide for Network Performance Monitoring 2021, by 2025, 60% of organizations will have seen a reduction in traditional network monitoring tool needs due to increases in remote work and cloud migration, as compared to 2021.

In essence, organizations can no longer afford to have visibility gaps across infrastructure. To overcome this challenge, they need to ensure their infrastructure is equipped to handle issues both on and off premises as well as leverage a combination of data sources to provide a holistic end-to-end view of the entire network.

How is this done? Lets dive into more details on the state of NPM and how its adapting to offer cloud and hybrid visibility.

Also see: The New Focus on CloudOps: How Enterprise Cloud Migration Can Succeed

NPM tools leverage a combination of data sources, including network-device-generated traffic data; raw network packets; and network-device-generated health metrics and events to monitor, diagnose, and find performance issues. This includes giving NetOps teams forensic data to identify the root cause of performance issues and insights into the end-user experience.

Traditional NPM tools focus on the core network and data center, capturing information from within the traditional network perimeter. The traffic types, flow rates, and traffic patterns are almost a known factor except for network anomalies that happen.

Customers with on-premises network designs have a robust, scalable, and stable environment and, with the help of firewalls, reliable WAN edge devices and other network components. NPM tools are 99% aware of the possible issues that could happen, and they monitor and act based on this analysis.

With customers migrating to cloud and container-based architectures (and other technologies like SD-WAN and microservices), its become more difficult to capture traffic and isolate problems. Today, organizations need tools that can monitor LAN, WAN, and into the cloud, so lets dive into each area thats impacting this shift around visibility.

Its no secret that the remote workforce has resulted in organizations redesigning network infrastructure, but these changes often dont account for monitoring or visibility.

For example, with the increase in the remote workforce, the number of connections coming in through the VPN concentrators or firewall has increased tremendously for most large enterprises. These devices and network designs must be redesigned to accommodate this increase in scale, throughput, and number of user access licenses.

With more remote workers, enterprises are looking for NPM tools that can monitor and analyze traffic patterns, utilization, and application monitoring from the VPN concentrators. NPM tools are now available to read useful data (Flow, SNMP, API, etc.) from these devices to help analyze and monitor remote user traffic.

Cloud migration has been happening for years, but due to recent events, has been accelerating at a staggering pace. The drive toward more cloud-enabled applications and services, which may not be owned by the organizations, further complicates monitoring and troubleshooting.

For example, there are cloud solutions offered by multiple cloud companies (like Google, Amazon, Azure) that also provide services and applications hosted on their portal or managed services by other vendors.

With this mix of vendors, the type of useful readable data for NPM tools to understand and monitor can be challenging. But NPM tools are now able to capture raw cloud data and convert to readable IPFix data, or via API to create useful reports for monitoring and analysis.

Some NPM tools have global or private agents deployed in the cloud at various sites, which make use of synthetic traffic for monitoring and analyzing network SLAs. Cloud vendors are also trying to add more ways (advanced API, service tags, etc.) for raw data to be easily accessible for NPM tools.

Containerization and microservices allow an organization to package software and its dependencies in an isolated unit, either on-premises or in the cloud. Having visibility into these services is crucial for managing performance across a user base, but its fundamentally different due to changes in traffic flow.

NPM tools need to be able to access the raw data, read this information, and analyze useful information from these containers and microservices to export this data into useful user reportable format. Each vendor has their own way to implementing how the containers or services are hosted on-premises or in the cloud, and the format in which raw data can be accessed. Most vendors have APIs to get access to this data; its just a matter of NPM tools to implement this API format to fetch this data.

Different cloud solutions have different ways the end-to-end solution is hosted. For example, deploying an NPM tool and reading raw data from Amazon AWS is completely different from hosting the tool on a Google GCP platform. The data formats provided by different vendors have different data variables, service names, region formats, etc. There are also large new enterprise private cloud solutions coming up (like SAP or Salesforce private cloud solutions), which add to the complexity of read data from hybrid cloud-hosted enterprises.

The shift to cloud and the changing network architecture is putting a premium on NPM solutions that work across all these technologies. This means capturing data that includes streaming telemetry, flow data, packet data, and SNMP, which can be used for such outputs as predictive analysis, real-time monitoring, AI/ML-assisted analytics, and historical analysis.

Enterprises now need to think about how NPM tools are planning to address new hosted technologies and migration from an on-premises design to a complete cloud solution.

About the Author:

Jubil Mathew is a Technical Engineer at LiveAction

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