WEI Tech Exchange

Transform Enterprise Security With Advanced Network Access Control Solutions

By Mike Thweatt |   Nov 19, 2024

Imagine managing a large party in your home, where guests arrive unpredictably through different entryways. You can’t just lock the front door and call it secure. Instead, you need to keep track of everyone who enters, ensure they’re supposed to be there, and monitor the activity inside. In the same way, businesses face the complex challenge of managing network security across an expansive digital landscape. With remote work, a rise in connected devices, and growing cyber threats, ensuring effective business network security now resembles organizing a secure, multi-room event with hundreds — if not thousands — of “guests.”

Why The Enterprise Browser Is Key To A Strong Cybersecurity Strategy

By Todd Humphreys |   Aug 20, 2024

The Internet browser has become an indispensable tool in the modern workplace – even outperforming other commonly used software like Microsoft Office or the CRM apps commonly found in corporate settings. However, traditional browsers weren’t designed with enterprise needs in mind; they were built for consumers, focusing on shopping, streaming, and social media. This challenge forces IT teams to develop a browser cybersecurity strategy, resulting in a complex, fragile, and costly environment that often frustrates users with delays and disruptions.

Achieve Comprehensive Endpoint Security with Cortex XDR and WEI

By Shawn Murphy |   Apr 04, 2024

Bad actors are waging increasingly sophisticated and frequent attacks—including ransomware, cyber espionage, zero-day malware and fileless attacks—to exploit endpoint vulnerabilities. These rapid-fire, diverse attacks are generating an average of 11,000 alerts per week that security teams must investigate, triage and address.

Redefining Healthcare Security With A Single-Vendor SASE Solution

By Mike Thweatt |   Mar 19, 2024

In the modern healthcare ecosystem, data plays a critical role. From storing patient records and managing finances to facilitating research and developing treatment plans, this information forms the lifeblood of the industry. It goes beyond the common data pulls for medical histories and financial details, as it also encompasses vital research findings, drug trial results, and personalized treatment plans – all essential for individual well-being and scientific advancement. However, this treasure trove attracts attackers, threatening patient privacy and trust, hindering care, and compromising the entire healthcare system.

Focus On Cyberattack Prevention With Left-of-bang Cybersecurity Tools

By Shawn Murphy |   Jan 11, 2024

This is the final installment of a two-part series dissecting the Left of Bang strategy and mindset and how it applies to modern cybersecurity practices. Click here to read part one. Left of bang is a proactive cybersecurity approach that strengthens incident detection and response by identifying and addressing threats before they impact the organization.

5 Items That Make Lenovo ThinkPad An Ideal Endpoint Device

By Greg LaBrie |   May 04, 2023

It’s been a wild ride the past three years, and our team has learned an awful lot about the transformative power of digital technology and the exploitable vulnerability that it introduces. Here are some examples:

• Password authentication is no longer secure.
• Enterprise users and the devices they work on are under siege by threat actors.
• Bolt-on security is no longer a viable approach to securing our digital devices.
• Internal IT must also focus on innovative solutions, not updates and password resets.
  

5 Critical Features Of Your Zero-Trust Access Strategy

By Greg LaBrie |   Sep 14, 2021

As global industry evolves, digital innovation that features a hybrid, “from anywhere” business environment has become critical to modern workforces. New formats, like zero-trust access (ZTA), allow employees and external partners to utilize digital resources, no matter when or where they choose to work.