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Towerwall listed among “20 Most Promising Security Consulting Companies”

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Michelle Drolet

Also named to CRN’s “Women in the Channel” and “The Power 50” BOSTON – May 12, 2014 – Towerwall (www.towerwall.com), an IT security services provider for small to mid-size businesses, today announced it was selected for inclusion in a list of the 20 “Most Promising Enterprise Security Consulting Companies.” The list was compiled by the editors of CIO Review, a magazine published in Fremont, Calif. “Presently, the time is apt to identify some of the right security players in the market. Wefalse

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Reminder: Please join us at the Information Security Summit 2014

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Michelle Drolet

Please save the date and plan to join us for this timely forum on what you need to know about the latest security issues, threats, and technologies that will help you protect your business!

The Benefits of Cloud-Based Endpoint Security

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Michelle Drolet

The cloud computing revolution is well underway and there are lots of benefits to be realized. According to Awesome Cloud research the industry will be worth more than $150 billion this year, compared to $46 billion just six years ago. Mirroring the general trend for SaaS solutions, cloud-based IT security systems can be an ideal fit for smaller businesses, freeing them from internal IT overhead, cutting complexity, and providing scalability. Here are five reasons that switching to afalse

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Is Blind Trust Making You Unsafe?

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Michelle Drolet

Personal and business relationships rely on trust to function, but blind trust in the digital world is downright dangerous. We’re asked to trust companies all the time. We trust them with personal details and they promise to keep them safe. It’s the same story in the enterprise. One company will entrust another to backup and store data, keeping it accessible for employees, but shutting out criminals and spies. Sometimes that trust proves to be misplaced, with disastrous results. On a personalfalse

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Towerwall Information/Vulnerability Alert Vol 13.69: Cisco Security Notice

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Michelle Drolet

Cisco Security Notice Cisco WebEx Business Suite HTTP GET Parameters Include Sensitive Information

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Successful Breakfast Event: From Zero to Data Governance Hero

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Michelle Drolet

Thanks for all that joined Towerwall at the From Zero to Data Governance Hero breakfast event! Towerwall and Varonis experts gave first-rate information on the importance of pressing data concerns of 2014. Also, Varonis’ speaker gave a great live demonstration on the Data Governance Suite! It was an event well spent!

Stay Secure in the Cloud with Sophos Cloud Endpoint

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Michelle Drolet

Towerwall and Sophos, partnering to protect data integrity in the cloud.

Why wasn't healthcare.gov security properly tested?

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Michelle Drolet

When the healthcare.gov website was launched on Oct. 1 it didn't take long for technical issues to hit the headlines. Americans trying to register for health care found the website unusable. There were glitches, extremely long loading times, and serious errors, but most worrying of all for anyone entrusting sensitive data to the system was the lack of security testing. Three white hat hackers, charged with exposing flaws in the security of online systems told a Congress hearing that thefalse

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Introducing our Quarterly Newsletter: the Data Security Review

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Michelle Drolet

I am excited to announce the launch of our quarterly newsletter, the Data Security Review.

Establishing Security Goals

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Michelle Drolet

Implementing security practices in your organization’s employees’ daily work habits, and ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of information security, the goals of the Security Awareness Program are:

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