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Datacenter Colocation in Northern Virginia for Small, Medium Businesses - Business Requirements and Reasons for Local IT Outsourcing

Interactive Information Management

You may also be paying a premium to retain and continually train your IT staff (of 1?), Many local datacenters are establishing onsite business service amenities to, in effect, bring your business closer to your equipment. Without sleeping. .

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Proposed Amendments to NY Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations Impose New Obligations on Large Entities, Boards of Directors and CISOs

Hunton Privacy

As part of the “training and monitoring” requirements under Section 500.14 A covered entity’s cyber program must include phishing training and exercises, as well as monitoring and filtering of emails to block malicious content. As part of the “risk assessment” requirements under Section 500.9

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Managed IT Service Providers (MSPs): A Fast Way to Secure IT

eSecurity Planet

While MSPs also provide a wide range of business services, here we’ll focus on managed IT and cybersecurity service providers. For IT services and infrastructure, some larger MSPs will provide generalist services and attempt to solve all problems.

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Managed IT Service Providers (MSPs): A Fast Way to Secure IT

eSecurity Planet

While MSPs also provide a wide range of business services, here we’ll focus on managed IT and cybersecurity service providers. For IT services and infrastructure, some larger MSPs will provide generalist services and attempt to solve all problems.

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NYDFS proposes significant cybersecurity regulation amendments

Data Protection Report

The draft amendments would also require that relevant employees be trained for their implementation. Covered entities must also periodically test their incident response plans (including “disruptive events such as ransomware,” which NYDFS specifically would require) and their ability to restore systems from backups.