XYPRO – Best of NonStop 2021 Steve TcherchianDecember 2, 20210332 views Have we become numb to the news of security breaches? Unfortunately, the attacks on our businesses, personal lives and even global infrastructure are not slowing down. Cybercrime is up over 600% during the pandemic. According to Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigation Report, 61% of cyberattacks targeted credential theft. This far surpasses personal, banking and payment card information which have been primary targets for years. The cybersecurity industry has responded with a variety of ways to protect sensitive data with regulations, technology, and awareness, which has forced attackers to look for easier targets, such as usernames and passwords. Read more
XYPRO and HPE Partner to Provide ZERO Trust Security for HPE NonStop Steve TcherchianSeptember 21, 20210279 views Arecent industry phishing report showed that 4% of users are prone to click on anything sent to them. That is a scary statistic given that phishing is one of the primary methods ransomware attacks are carried out. Ransomware is extremely damaging for a business due to its relatively low cost to execute and high value rate of return. Four percent might seem like a low number, but just one user falling victim to a phishing attempt is one too many.… Read more
GDPR 2021 – Compliance and Penalties; 3 Years Later Steve TcherchianSeptember 21, 20210356 views The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a major piece of legislation adopted in 2018. It is designed to address the protection and responsible use of every European Union citizen’s personal data. However, GDPR is not an EU-only regulation. It affects ANY business or individual handling the data of EU citizens, regardless of where that business or individual is based. Read more
Balancing Agility with Data Security Thomas GloerfeldSeptember 21, 20210310 views Agile development is known for well-paced development cadences with short, quick sprints. These fast bursts are typically focused on ensuring something of value (functioning code) gets done in a short amount of time, allowing for new features and functionality to be available in the product on a regular basis. As opposed to the traditional, slower forms of software development, with releases methodically planned and executed over many months or even years, Agile keeps the focus on speed, user feedback, and iterative refinement. Read more
Payments Apps and Database Security. It’s Business as Usual. Until it’s Not. Steve TcherchianSeptember 21, 20210281 views CashApp, Zelle, Venmo, ApplePay, Square - the payments industry is growing and expanding into areas we hadn’t imagined. Everyone relied on it before the pandemic - now it’s critical infrastructure and embedded into our everyday habits. Read more
Easily Modernize and Expose Valuable Enscribe Data – Eliminate Data Silos with HPE Shadowbase Paden R. HolensteinMarch 23, 20210330 views Several customers recently approached us looking for solutions to their remote data access/connection requirements. HPE Shadowbase software uses a data replication/integration architecture to meet these needs, and has experience successfully deploying these solutions at a number of customer sites. Resolving this Challenge In the past, companies accessed trapped data via remote clients. Unfortunately, this approach had several issues: Queries impacted several key components Production environment Network CPU resources Queries timed out and failed if the network was down or the production environment was inaccessible Today, these companies face a dilemma: “What do we do if our solution has gone End-of-Service-Life (EOSL)?… Read more
Meeting Your Security Integration Objectives – CyberArk, ServiceNow, Splunk and more… Steve TcherchianMarch 23, 20210429 views COVID-19 and its security ramifications continue in 2021 and well beyond. All of the threats brought to the fore when we were sent to work from home got added to the already-growing set of risks we were already trying to mitigate. Read more
An Overview of Artificial Intelligence and NonStop Justin SimondsDecember 8, 20200327 views Alan Turing OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) born 23 June 1912 and died 7 June 1954 was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist, or what we would call today an under-achiever. Mr. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. Read more
Thinking of Migrating During a Pandemic? Paden R. HolensteinDecember 8, 20200230 views We are truly amazed by the number of IT system migrations that are now occurring around the globe! In the strangest of times – during a pandemic – we find HPE NonStop technologists and system engineers practicing their craft. We see a surprising trend: IT teams honing their focus on new features while ramping up business continuity improvement projects, which is an inspiring and strategic move. Read more
NonStop Collaboration / Networking Is Key to TANDsoft’s Success Janice Reeder-HighleymanSeptember 22, 20200215 views Amanda comes first among Jack Di Giacomo’s passions. Jack spotted “this beautiful woman” taking a squash lesson at his gym and asked the squash pro for an introduction. In that instance, Jack’s boldness worked. He and Amanda were married in 1991. Twenty-nine years later, it remains the ultimate collaboration. Read more