August 9, 2022
Anymore, customers have options. They don’t have to continue doing business with a particular company, if their needs are not being met. While customers used to support businesses blindly, those days are gone. Customers rule the roost and can make or break a business. With social media, their experiences can be shared among thousands of…
January 5, 2018
What You Need to Know about Meltdown and Spectre What are Meltdown and Spectre? Meltdown and Spectre and are side-channel vulnerabilities that enable attacks based on information gained from the physical implementation of almost all CPUs manufactured since 1995. Essentially, normal interactions between operating system memory management and CPU optimization technologies could allow attacks…
June 21, 2017
Missed our webinar “Guarding your business against ransomware”? We’ve got the presentation available for download here and the video will be ready shortly. In the meantime, feel free to contact us with your questions on Ransomware and how Layered Security – combined with end user training – can safeguard your business not only from ransomware but many of the…
May 17, 2017
Protect your business from WannaCry and future ransomware threats We’re providing a quick action list to reduce the spread and impact of WannaCry, the ransomware which affected 200,000+ systems in 150 countries starting on Friday May 12. While the situation is very serious, the solution for stopping this breed of ransomware is now clearly documented and…
May 12, 2017
Is your data an easy target for social engineering hacks? For a process called ‘penetration testing’ a credit bureau recently hired a security company (run by a well-known former cybercriminal skilled in a variety of break in techniques) – to devise ways to breach security in their IT systems, to look for openings in…
February 14, 2017
Markham, Ont. – January 31, 2017 – Pathway communications has completed the HIPAA & PIPEDA compliance audit for its Data Centre, Private Cloud infrastructure and processes. As of February 1st all client data hosted within Pathway’s Markham Data Centre including Cloud solutions, are fully compliant with the requirements specified in HIPAA and PIPEDA for handling and storage…
October 31, 2016
The recent DDoS attack against DYN’s DNS services on October 21st was a rude wake-up call to many organisations. The attack effectively crippled many large internet websites and social media services and caused large-scale disruption to thousands of small and mid-sized businesses across the eastern seaboard of the USA. In light of this, we’d like to…
October 19, 2016
Cloud Security Tips The nightmare of forever-lost, accidentally deleted files could potentially be over with the advent of cloud computing, but security breaches pose a new set of concerns for business professionals. On the professional side, failure to protect customer data is a public relations nightmare that could also open businesses up to litigation. A…
September 24, 2015
Building a data centre that stands out so it can survive in a crowded market is tough, especially with the growing disparity between upstarts and giants, but nevertheless exciting. I speak from having worked on the ground, to eventually guiding the technology and business direction for our business — a cloud and data centre firm….