When data influences people at the corporate level, trouble is sure to follow A personal opinion piece by Douglas James. I’ve written for Bytagig for near a couple of years now, and it’s been an engaging experience diving into the world of IT and cybersecurity. The nature...
Should you opt-out of Amazon’s newest program? It’s not surprising when a massive enterprise rolls out a new feature, product, or project. Amazon is no different, though it’s latest “idea” may not be a welcome surprise at first glance. The concept was initially announced in 2019...
How incident response plans involve remote working strategies An incident response plan is a normal, routine part of good IT security and cyber defense. It entails precisely as it sounds: proceeding with a plan in the face of intrusion or other malicious activity. However, today’s cyber environments...
Making remote productivity work for you We’re in a new age of working environments - literally. Remote working, while not a new concept, has grown in popularity as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. And even with the deployment of vaccinations and a rise in wide-scale...
Refreshing yourself on phishing tactics Though we discuss the dangerous nature of phishing scams on Bytagig a lot, it’s time again to take a fresh look at social engineering schemes for the upcoming year (and beyond). Phishing attacks have existed since the earliest days of the...
The post Colonial Pipeline attack jumpstarts additional decisions The impact of the Colonial Pipeline network breach will have farther reaching consequences beyond temporary fuel shortages. Highlighting vulnerabilities within critical infrastructure networks, new rules will be set in place to protect them from additional attacks. This, in...
A bright future market In this day and age, everyone wants solid job security. But changing markets and a different tech-driven environment are shaping what expectations will be. What once was reliable, may not be in the future. However, there is one growing constant that’s been stable...
After the Colonial Pipeline, changes are on the horizon The Colonial Pipeline attack has encouraged stricter action on cybersecurity standards for the United States. The primary goal is to boost standards and transparency regarding cybersecurity attacks while also addressing budgetary concerns. Additional funding for national cybersecurity...
The roles of today's managed service provider These days, the IT and cyber environment look a whole lot different. After the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses were forced (and still are) to adopt remote working solutions to remain competitive in the modern, digitally-driven world. Naturally, this rapid adoption has...
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it does. As the United States continues to reel from the SolarWinds fiasco back in December 2020, cybersecurity has found itself in the spotlight once again. This time, it’s not a corporate breach or attack on healthcare, it’s...