The Department of Defense (DoD) has been working on cybersecurity for a while now. In the beginning, it was an issue no one really paid attention to and it continued on like that even after some understanding finally kicked in. DoD is starting to get serious about cybersecurity, and it shows. Besides allocating more money ….  Read More

Outsourcing can be defined as the state in which one company hires another company to take care of part or all of its information technology services. There are pros and cons to this process. For example, there is cost reduction but there’s also the fact that you risk losing control over your IT infrastructure. The ….  Read More

During the last two years, the medical community spent time and effort focusing on how to defeat the global pandemic and the economic shutdown brought about by COVID-19. These pharmaceutical companies poured their energy into saving lives and preventing more disasters caused by COVID-19. But once vaccines were developed and found to be effective against ….  Read More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, also known as NIST, runs a Risk Management Framework for Information Technology Systems. This framework is based on the principle that organizations must first identify their systems, then classify them by level of concern, and finally assess risks to those systems before taking any protective measures. HRSA defines ….  Read More

As information technology advances, information technology services are becoming more and more necessary. Some places choose to cut ties with information systems that can be replaced by other means or not fully integrated into the organization. For example, New York City hospitals no longer use information systems for x-ray recording. Instead, they have two human ….  Read More

Imagine that you run a cloud service that is used by other cloud services. You want to improve your cloud service but don’t know how well it’s actually performing. What should you do? One crucial step for improving cloud services is to collect metrics. Metrics are numerical figures collected over time which tell you how ….  Read More

As crypto trading has been gaining in popularity, experts have been saying that these new alternative cryptocurrencies are going to take the world by storm. However, crypto trading is also going to affect many other areas of society and business – a few of these affecting cybersecurity and compliance . According to a recent story ….  Read More

It’s very common for technology to be an afterthought for many Utah businesses. They are not aware of technology best practices, what everyone else is doing, or the technology they should have. The technology decisions they make are often based on personal preferences, what was recommended by a friend or family member, what looks best, ….  Read More

The iPhone operating system has been around for quite some time and the iPhone itself is insanely popular. Every iPhone user knows that iPhone operating system updates can get a bit frustrating (especially when you’re stuck in between an update). Despite this, iPhone users still enjoy these updates because they mean new features and increased ….  Read More