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CIT Presents at Backstop Solutions User Conference The concepts of risk, information management, cybersecurity, 3rd party due diligence, and vendor management are nothing new for the Alternative Investment industry. One of the investment industry’s leading software technology companies, Backstop Solutions, brought these topics center stage during their user conference in Chicago, IL. Backstop is the…

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Nov12017

Opportunity To Think and Act Like a Hacker

Cyber Security - Hacking, InfoSec, SecurityBy Corp-InfoTech November 1, 2017

CIT sent one of it’s employees to a conference that allowed them to act in matter many people “legally” don’t get to experience. The conference was held behind closed doors and no one in the room was allowed to identify themselves . . . attendees included FBI, C-Level, Engineers, Students, Police Force and more. OSINT:…

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Oct182017

What You Need to Know about KRACK Attacks

(Tech) Security, Cyber Security, InfoSec, Security, Tech Trends and Tips, Trending NowBy Corp-InfoTech October 18, 2017

Taking a deeper look at the KRACK Wireless Vulnerability Background In May of 2017, security researcher Mathy Vanhoef published a technical paper outlining a potentially catastrophic vulnerability within an encryption protocol used within Wireless Computer Networks. This vulnerability has taken the “protected” out of Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) Wireless Networks. Those networks, both corporate…

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Oct122017

How the Security at the Manhattan Project and Modern Cybersecurity aren’t so very different

Cyber Security, InfoSec, SecurityBy Corp-InfoTech October 12, 2017

How the Development of the Atomic Bomb relates to Cybersecurity First, I should point out that this blog isn’t trying to make some analogous connection between the dangers, power, or destructive forces involved with nuclear weapons and cybersecurity. (Although the parallels are there… but we’ll just put that aside for the moment.) What I hope…

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Aug292017

How Much Does Downtime Really Cost Your Business?

UncategorizedBy Corp-InfoTech August 29, 2017

CIT’s IT Services Can Be your Answer to No Downtime Many SMB owners think IT downtime only costs them a few productive hours, but there’s a lot more at stake when your systems go down. Customer satisfaction and loss of brand integrity are just two of the key losses apart from the more evident costs such…

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Aug142017

Outsourcing? Really. Its OK: How it Can Save Time and Money

Managed Service Provider CharlotteBy Corp-InfoTech August 14, 2017

Managed Service Provider Can Save Time and Money Almost by definition, small business owners and entrepreneurs cringe at the concept of outsourcing. Those who start their own companies like the control and autonomy it provides them. Unfortunately, that preference for control and autonomy may have some bad side-effects when it comes to IT. Small business don’t…

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Aug72017

The Benefits of a Managed Service Provider

Managed Service ProviderBy Corp-InfoTech August 7, 2017

CIT Plans for Everything with our Managed IT Services Managed Service Providers – or MSPs – are often recommended as a cost effective IT solution for small businesses. For a minimal monthly fee, MSPs provide a reasonably priced solution to the complex technology pains of small businesses. Here’s a look at the various benefits…

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Jul272017

8 Cold Hard Truths for SMBs Not Worried About Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Business ContinuityBy Corp-InfoTech July 27, 2017

A Business Continuity/Disaster Plan is a Safeguard for your Business During a Disruptive Event The foundation of any successful business continuity/disaster solution is the ability to retrieve data from any point in time from anywhere. When the topic of data recovery and business continuity comes up, you get the feeling that many decision makers…

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The Lessons Learned from WannaCry

Cyber Security, InfoSec, SecurityBy Corp-InfoTech June 14, 2017

Lessons Learned from WannaCry / WannaCrypt0r A brief history… CIT has intentionally remained silent on the events of 12 May as we felt there was already enough media hype surrounding the WannaCry attack. This blog is not intended to add to that noise. Rather, its intention is to provide useful lessons learned from…

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Jun62017

A 2017 Cybersecurity Primer for Financial Industry Executives

Cyber Security, FinTech Cyber SecurityBy Corp-InfoTech June 6, 2017

As the traditionally paper-and-person investment industry collides head-on with the next-generation Fintech industry, the result is unpresented dynamism within the financial services industry. Balancing post-depression era risk mitigation techniques with high-speed, hyper-connected, and highly automated investment management systems creates unique imbalance. We at CIT see a future in which firms and their information are truly…

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