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What Are The Best Practices for Compliance with the SHIELD Act

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Many states have recently updated their data privacy laws to reflect new security threats and technological advancements. A New York legislation governing notification procedures for data breaches went into effect on October 23, 2019. The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act), which now covers businesses with operations in all 50 states, has a wider scope than the state’s prior data breach notification act. The SHIELD Act may be applicable if a company owns or has a licence to use a New York resident’s data, in which case the company would be liable for disclosing any data breaches that compromise the privacy of New York residents. Best Practices for Compliance with the SHIELD Act New York: Conduct routine data checks: Organizations must conduct routine audits to make sure they are aware of any data they may hold on New York residents. To stay organised and help with compliance efforts, it would be very beneficial to maintain a separate sprea...

Benefits Of Migrating To Cloud-Driven Networking

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Any IT veteran would tell you that changes in technology are accelerating quickly. The needs of today’s connected world cannot be met by the networks of the recent past. Network resources are swiftly transitioning to a worldwide cloud infrastructure, much like how electric services evolved over a century ago from self-operated, in-house power generation to a widely used utility. Although some people may find the change to be burdensome, the benefits will be well worth the effort. Here, we will go through a few benefits of leaving old networks behind and migrating to cloud-driven networking. Only Spend Money On What You Actually Need: It goes without saying that the bottom line is important to all businesses. Managers and executives are constantly looking for ways to minimise costs. The first benefit of moving to the cloud is that businesses avoid the capital costs associated with buying a variety of networking equipment. No additional switches, routers, ...

What’s Cloud Compliance and How To Achieve It

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Cloud compliance is more than just a buzzword—it’s the way to stay on the right side of the law. Cloud computing in New York   has changed the way we do business, and it’s not going anywhere. That means we have to make sure that our data is secure and safe, or else we could face legal consequences. But what is cloud compliance? And why is it so important? We’ll tell you all about it in this blog post! What’s cloud compliance? Cloud compliance is the process of making sure you meet all the standards and regulations that your organization needs to maintain for its cloud services. Cloud compliance is about meeting the standards and regulations that are specific to your industry, as well as those that are common across many industries (like HIPAA). It also includes ensuring that your data is secured in accordance with any industry-specific or general security standards. The purpose of cloud compliance is to help you keep your company safe and protect your customers’ data. Why is cloud ...

What's The Difference Between Cloud Computing and Cloud Networking?

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As cloud computing adoption has increased, so has the demand for cloud networking. Comparing cloud networking and cloud computing reveals some similarities between the two — but they’re not the same thing. Cloud computing refers to how applications run, while cloud networking refers to how access to applications is delivered. Cloud computing: Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. For instance, the three cloud computing models mentioned below provide different levels of control: IaaS delivers a hypervisor layer on which customers can deploy virtual machines (VMs) and monitor their performance from the OS level up. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provides access to a middleware environment where applicati...