“As we move forward, facility risk assessment needs to shift from user-health to external and internal threat evaluation.”

Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

With facilities around the country reopening and crime rising, building and facility managers need to shift their focus from a pandemic user-health approach to evaluating a facility’s defenses against internal and external threats.

In this article from Jonathan Tal and facilityexecutive.com, the security risk assessment expert outlines the 9 benefits of risk assessment for facilities in this ever-changing environment.

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“Your IT Security team should not go alone in today’s distributed, multi-cloud environment.”

Glenn Baruck, Chicago Voice & Data

Hybrid and remote work scenarios combined with the ongoing increase in cyberattacks continue to push security professionals and resources to their limits. The reality taking hold is that most IT security pros need help in implementing a more holistic approach to their organization’s security and require assistance from AI and outside partners.

This article composed by Rich Korn for securitymagazine.com takes a closer look at the current journey for security professionals. In addition, Korn provides guidance for getting your security staff the help they need to keep your business protected in this new environment.

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“Are you and your IT leadership ready for ‘Game Day’?”

Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

Cyber insurance is necessary for most organizations in today’s hostile digital environment. The good news is that many business and IT leaders are well aware of this reality, purchased a policy and have the peace of mind that it is in place. However, having a cyber insurance policy is only a part of the game-time preparation needed In what some experts say will be the worst 72 hours of IT leaders’ lives. When a cyber incident happens, IT leaders will be relied upon to put their cyber insurance policies into action, and without some of these insights, things can get scary.

This piece by C.J. Fairfield for crn.com delivers three critical tips for IT and business leaders to prepare for if and when they have to put their cyber insurance policies into action!

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“The office may have changed forever. Here are some excellent insights on keeping your employees more secure

Glenn Baruck, DigiTek Security

The pandemic has changed numerous aspects of what many businesses and organizations formerly considered “normal.” With these recent changes and the pandemic slowing but still with us, we can anticipate that many things “at the office” will not go back to how they were pre-COVID-19.

This “new normal” scenario is particularly true for building management, especially in commercial spaces. An August 2021 survey of more than 750 business executives by PwC found that about one-third of companies are planning to have a hybrid work model, indicating the size and use of office spaces may decrease.

This highly informative piece by Angelo Faenza for securityinfowatch.com contains a ton of helpful insight into how you should be thinking about your space and what you can do to ensure the health and safety of your team as they return to the office full-time or in a hybrid scenario.

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“Beware, “Starjacking” is real and can lead software developers down a dangerous and slippery slope!”

Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

GitHub is an online software development platform used for storing, tracking, and collaborating on software projects. It has become the world’s largest coding community where independent and commercial computer software developers go for research and connections to open source code to develop new software and other computer programs.

Alarmingly, cybersecurity company Checkmarx recently revealed that it has discovered that hackers can effectively hijack GitHub’s star ratings of open-source products to trick developers into downloading malicious code.

In this article by Jay Fitzgerald for crn.com, the author discusses this discovery and its dangers.

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