Operational technologies, or OT, are a critical segment of the network used by businesses that produce goods or engage in physical processes. Industries such as manufacturing, chemical, oil and gas, mining, transport and logistics use specialized technologies to manage facilities: Assembly and production sites and power systems. The control, monitoring, and management of these systems have been gradually automated over the past few decades, and the specialized systems that perform these tasks ...

Well, the time has come for more or less affordable switches for 2.5 Gigabit networks with copper cable and 10G on optics. In this model, even 1-gigabit ports are forwarded to a common matrix, which is why even on small packets high speed is maintained. And you know that 10 Gigabit Ethernet was introduced back in 2006, and was created mainly for file servers of small companies, and after a decade and a half, it still remains a novelty for many consumers in the small business environment. The ...

The decision to switch to SD-WAN has significant business implications. In short, the answer is: SD-WAN technology provides higher transparency, better availability, and improved performance, as well as additional freedom of action. This is why we have seen an increase in interest in SD-WAN over the past few years. One of the most common questions that network security architects and information security Directors ask themselves when planning their WAN architecture is what technology it will ...

For cases where you need to build an entire network of IP cameras, Synology offers Surveillance CMS technology, which allows you to manage all your NVRs based on Synology NAS from a single window, dynamically allocate licenses to connected cameras, as well as set up backup video surveillance servers in case of hardware failure and move IP cameras between them. In large organizations, there is often a need for centralized video surveillance management in branch offices, remote offices or ...

Finding out if your backup and restore systems are working well is much more difficult than just knowing how long the backup process takes. Meeting the baseline requirements is a prerequisite for properly evaluating your system to determine if it is performing well or needs to be redesigned. Finding out if your backup and recovery systems are working well is much more difficult than just knowing how long the backup process takes. Meeting the baseline requirements is a prerequisite for ...

Synology now has a free solution to back up and restore all of its infrastructure, including virtual machines, desktops, Windows servers, and NAS. We tested all its features, measured the speed and evaluated the pros and cons of this package. In 2010, the founder of Veeam Software, Ratmir Timashev, said in one of his interviews that the main thing for backups is the recovery process, how fast, easy and reliable it is. Today Veeam software solutions have become the de facto standard in large ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the discovery of Stuxnet. The malicious computer worm made headlines because it was targeting supervisory control and data collection systems. Since then, there have been many similarly sophisticated cyber attacks on enterprise management systems around the world. This year marks 10 years since the discovery Stuxnet. A malicious computer worm hit the headlines because it was targeting supervisory control and data collection systems (SCADA). Stuxnet' ...

For true cross-organizational collaboration, productivity and user experience, every employee needs access to core business applications. To do this, they need a very flexible and scalable connection to cloud applications and resources, direct access to the Internet and an on-demand connection with other users and devices Branch office digital innovation requires SD-WAN Most multi-site organizations are in the process of implementing a distributed networking strategy that ensures that all ...

Employees can pose a significant risk to the security of corporate networks and the data they hold. The severity of this problem is confirmed by research – 68% of organizations feel moderately or extremely vulnerable to insider attacks. In the first half of 2020, the FortiGuard Labs team found that the evolution of the work environment and greater reliance on personal devices open up new opportunities for cybercriminals to penetrate corporate networks. One of the most popular methods for ...

To prepare for any cyber attack and protect your digital assets, start with a simple six rules that will not require you to spend extra money on infrastructure or attract third-party organizations. Be ready Given that effective, sustained, and scalable cyber attacks require a high level of planning and development, the most likely scenario is one that uses existing methods, such as ransomware attacks and denial-of-service attacks. However, we cannot exclude the possibility of "Sleeper ...