Arecont Vision and Cybersecurity

whitePaper | March 5, 2020

Held Hostage in Hollywood: In February 2016 the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, in Los Angeles, paid a ransom of about US$17,000 to hackers who infiltrated and disabled its computer network with ransomware. The hospital paid the ransom of 40 Bitcoins (currently worth about $16,664) after a “network infiltration” began on February 5, when employees reported being unable to access the hospital’s network and electronic medical records system. “The malware locked access to certain computer systems and prevented us from sharing communications electronically,” said hospital CEO Allen Stefanek.

whitePaper | December 15, 2019

In this sophisticated threat environment, traditional security tactics are failing. Symantec encourages organizations to revisit their security posture to build a more cyber resilient enterprise. Resilience is not defined by a series of checklists, but through evaluations based on the current threat environment and the acceptable risk level for the organization.

whitePaper | April 1, 2020

Avoiding the Security Pitfalls of Digital Transformation is a webinar that will explore how organizations can cut through the noise and make a success of cloud transformation, leveraging the benefits of cloud technologies including efficiency, agility and scalability while avoiding the pitfalls.

whitePaper | December 12, 2022

In the evolution of Internet-based technologies, Web 2.0 introduced popular decentralized services that accelerated interactivity between websites and users. Looking to capitalize on this innovation, businesses rushed to launch applications to the market. However, both the Web 2.0 architecture and dependent businesses failed to incorporate key security principles into the design and implementation of these services, resulting in critical vulnerabilities.

whitePaper | July 28, 2022

Mobile apps have become key tools for businesses to serve customers, earn revenue, and enable remote work by employees. Over the last two years, mobile apps have become critical to success for the majority of businesses.

whitePaper | November 2, 2022

Digital transformation has been dramatically accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, requiring businesses and operations to quickly set up infrastructures to maintain business continuity. And no part of the network has been impacted more than the OT environment. New systems allow employees to operate from home and for equipment vendors to connect remotely to the network to maintain production. And as we emerge from the pandemic, organisations are now more cognisant of the advantages of scaling their business and operations beyond their traditional network perimeters than ever before.