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Fact or Fallacy: Is Cloud Storage Safer Than On-Premises Databases?

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Fact: Neither the Cloud nor On-Premises Storage Is the Silver Bullet

Ransomware is devastating because attackers can effectively hold data hostage and force K–12 school districts to pay exorbitant sums. If these demands aren’t met, hackers could sit on that encrypted data forever, distribute it or even destroy it.

But, should you pay? Probably not. In its “State of Ransomware 2021” report, Sophos reveals that organizations that paid a ransom recovered just 65 percent of their data on average — while only 8 percent got back everything they’d lost. There’s also no guarantee that attackers won’t retain copies of your data. The decryption process is often unreliable and painstakingly slow. Finally, surrendering payment is legally dubious in many cases, as that could fund further criminal activity.

Overall, no approach is perfect when dealing with ransomware; even expert opinions remain split. That’s why retaining multiple data backups (in multiple locations) is critical to surviving these common attacks. And no backup solution, local or cloud, is perfect, which means that school districts should proceed cautiously. Before doubling down on any solution, IT administrators should do a deep, holistic evaluation of their security and goals.

Fact: Schools Are Legally Mandated to Provide Strong Data Protections

School systems oversee a wide variety of personal data on students, teachers and staff. Digital systems also let students and parents access grades, assignments and other key resources such as documents, media and more. Schools must protect any private data while judiciously delegating access via authorization and authentication.

Thanks to federal regulations such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, public-facing data (which has low sensitivity) requires fewer protections than tightly controlled data (such as personally identifiable information). Schools must decide what data fits into which box and plan their storage accordingly.

DIVE DEEPER: Understand FERPA, CIPA and other student data privacy laws.

Fact: Local Storage Alone Is Costly, a Hybrid Solution Might Work Best

While pure local storage may seem best, there are costs to consider. Districts…

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Fact or Fiction? The Truth About Cybersecurity for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

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There are many common perceptions about cybersecurity – but many are misperceptions. For small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), misinformation about cybersecurity can be confusing – and sometimes risky. It’s time to set the record straight on which statements are fact and which are fiction.

Fiction: Cyber criminals don’t care about SMBs

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Modern cyber criminals actually DO care about SMBs – and often use smaller third-party vendors to gain access to larger targets. With fewer budget dollars and expert resources dedicated to cybersecurity than their larger counterparts, small and mid-sized organizations often make easier targets, particularly in today’s increasingly complex and connected cloud environment. In fact, nearly one-third (28%) of data breaches in 2020 involved small businesses, according to the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) – 70% of which were perpetrated by external actors.

Fiction: Outsourcing cybersecurity is not a realistic option for SMBs

Outsourcing cybersecurity is a great option for SMBs. Leveraging a managed service rather than buying a security point solution gives your SMB fixed-cost access to enterprise-grade technology and expertise you might otherwise not be able to afford. These seasoned security teams become an extension of your internal IT team, and can help with creating and enhancing your overall cybersecurity program and boosting your security posture.

Fact: Compliant doesn’t mean secure 

While it’s true that cybersecurity and compliance are often intertwined, they are not the same. An organization may meet minimum government or industry security requirements, but that doesn’t mean the organization is secure. Your IT/security team should be aware of the compliance mandates in your industry, but also be ready to play an active role in protecting your organization. Rather than trying to take on these responsibilities alone, a cybersecurity-as-a-service provider with demonstrated industry expertise can help you meet your compliance obligations – and will have the technology and expertise to keep you secure as well.

Fact: Cybersecurity fatigue is a problem 

Forty-one percent of respondents at both SMBs…

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump makes false claims about Arizona audit

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PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities…

PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona’s electoral votes.

Trump relied on comments made Thursday by contractors hired by state Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 vote count in Maricopa County, which includes metro Phoenix.

The “forensic audit,” as Senate GOP leaders are calling their review, is overseen by Cyber Ninjas, a small computer security firm with no election experience before Trump began questioning the 2020 results. Its CEO, Doug Logan, spread false conspiracy theories about the election before he was hired to lead the Arizona review.

Logan and Ben Cotton, a digital forensics analyst working on the audit, described issues they say need further review. Trump has parroted them as evidence the election results are tainted.

County officials and elections experts say the claims are false and based on a misunderstanding of election materials, which they say creates an appearance of irregularities where none exists.

Trump laid out his claims most specifically in a statement Friday night. A look at the irregularities he alleges in that statement:

TRUMP: “168,000 fraudulent ballots printed on illegal paper (unofficial ballots)”

THE FACTS: All of that is false. The ballots were not unofficial or printed on illegal paper, and even Logan never alleged they were fraudulent.

Logan pointed to ballots with the printing slightly offset between the front and back. He claimed this could cause votes to be counted for the wrong candidate if ink from one side bleeds through to another. He said the alignment issues were mostly from polling-place ballots, which are printed onsite, and said about 168,000 ballots were cast that way. The overwhelming majority of Arizona voters cast ballots by mail.

“We are seeing a lot of very thin paper stock being used especially on Election Day,” Logan added.

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Container Security Scanning Market Surging at 8% CAGR Driven by Increasing Number of Cyber-Attacks: Fact MR Study

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NEW YORK, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ –The global container security scanning market is anticipated to exceed a valuation of US$ 3.5 Bn in 2021. Fact.MR estimates that container security scanning market revenues will grow positively at compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% over forecast period 2021-2031.


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Cybercrime costs around US$ 6 trillion globally, which equates to a loss of US$ 190,000 per second. Container security scanning was introduced in order to prevent and reduce security issues as number of cyber-attacks and hacking of confidential information has increased across the world. Hence, increasing applications will drive market growth.


According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, goods traded in 2019 recorded more than US$ 19.5 trillion. Nearly 60% of the trade was seaborne. With seaborne trade forecast to increase in tandem with expanding international trade, businesses are acknowledging the importance of secure supply chain.


Companies are spending a lot of money on security systems to protect their data. According to study by Fact.MR, the global security market is expected to reach $170 billion by 2022. Furthermore, the exponential growth due to internet connections has fueled risk of cyber-attacks in a various industries. Thus, rising investments on security systems driving market growth.


“Numerous cloud service providers are collaborating with container security scanning companies to improve protection and alleviate customer concerns about security issues. This will result in greater adoption of container security across a variety of industries,” says a Fact.MR analyst.


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Key takeaways:

  • The U. S. has emerged as most lucrative growth market and it has recorded 7% CAGR in 2020. The market will grow at 9% CAGR in forecast period.
  • Increasing investment in security systems has escalated container security scanning market growth in Europe.
  • East Asia is expected to surge at 11% CAGR due to growing demand for container security in countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea.
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