Overview If your organization is new to the cloud or has already gotten your feet wet with the cloud concept, managed services can mean a shift in the decision in several key areas. The management of a cloud offering allows your application or service to be the focus in your business. Ultimately, having a management…
How your Organization can benefit from outsourcing your Security Compliance needs Today there are countless standards, mandates, laws and regulations that organizations are required to adhere to depending on what industry you are selling your application to. With all of the compliance requirements and the ever shifting IT landscape, it is certainly challenging – if…
An authorization or certification from a security compliance standard, verifies that an organization has met the specific industry standard for data privacy and security. Critical infrastructure companies such as, government, healthcare, finance and nuclear are required to follow various cloud information technology (IT) compliance guidelines, due to the sensitive data managed in these industries. Software…
The future of information technology is the cloud. Amazon and Microsoft are two companies that provide cloud services. A cloud service provider (CSP) is a company that offers cloud managed services to businesses and/or individuals. While Azure is eight years behind Amazon Web Services (AWS), it is of Microsoft – “arguably the most mature technology…
Many organizations have adopted the cloud to improve their customer’s experience, their mobility and flexibility. These benefits come with the added appeal of cost savings. Running a local server requires ongoing maintenance and support costs. It is because of these and a list of other beneficial reasons that the Federal Government enacted a “cloud first”…
The top cause of HIPAA breaches in the healthcare industry is due to insider threats. Oftentimes, this is accidental. Employees may snoop on medical information, send PHI to the wrong recipient, or click on a phishing email, posing a real threat to their company. No matter the reason, insider incidents continue to be the top…
The cloud continues to be a valuable tool and a long-term investment across all industries. The Federal Government is no exception, as cloud adoption continues to increase across government agencies as well. A survey discovered that 1 in 5 federal government IT decision-makers is ready to provision cloud services and/or operate cloud environments. Within the…
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has granted Project Hosts’ Federal Private Cloud with a provisional authorization at data impact level 5. Project Hosts becomes the fourth company and the first company with under 100,000 employees to gain a DISA IL5 PA. Other companies with this clearance level include DoD, Microsoft, and Oracle. Project Hosts…
People say that hindsight is 20/20. You always know the right thing to do after something happens. Security professionals are no exception. They tend to react to security breaches by explaining what they would have done to keep themselves out of that situation. However, security breaches are not specific to any organization. They can happen…
The cloud has become an incredible tool for many organizations, yet, the cloud can be tricky to understand. Project Hosts is answering frequently asked questions about the cloud. “What is the cloud?” The cloud is a global network of servers that are hooked together and operate as a single ecosystem. Data is no longer accessed…