Software Development

What should a client look for in an offshore development partner?

1. Experienced Offshore Architects – While standard offshore models call for having architects onshore only and leaving code development and testing to offshore team, we believe otherwise. Keeping architects in close proximity to the developers and testers ensures quality of deliverables while keeping the overall cost of delivery reasonable. 2. Maintaining Overlapping Hours with Customer – Key resources, like architects, must…

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Cybersecurity

United States – St. Louis Community College

Several employees fell for a phishing scam that compromised students’ personal information. The phishing scam, which took place on January 13th, happened just weeks before the school implemented 2-factor authentication on January 31st. If this effective defensive measure was in place sooner, hackers would not have been able to access employee accounts, even after they…

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Cybersecurity

United States – Altice USA

A phishing scam tricked an employee into providing hackers with email credentials that were used to access and download inbox content remotely. Although the breach was announced on February 5th, the phishing scam was executed in November 2019. It wasn’t discovered until December 2019. As a result, Altice USA will have a difficult time restoring…

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Managed Services

6 Reasons why you should Backup Office 365 Documents.

Accidental Deletion – If you delete a user, whether you meant to or not, that deletion is replicated across the network. A backup can restore that user, either to on-premises Exchange or Office 365. Retention policy gaps and confusion – Office 365 retention policies are hard to keep up with, let alone manage. A backup provides longer, more…

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