Information Security and Business Risk

Information security is often categorized as simply computer security. Rather, information security is more correctly categorized as aligning business goals and risk. Information security acts as an umbrella over all organizations within a business to correlate seemingly disparate business risks and provide executive leadership with actionable information. Information security includes computer and network security, but that encompasses a small part of the overall risk to the business. Information security must also integrate into business goals, company policy and procedures, physical security and third party audits.

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Layer 3 Technologies, Inc.

Layer 3 Technologies has specialized in providing companies with IT Solutions & Services since 2001. Layer 3 provides Best of Breed solutions and Service which gives us the unique ability to provide a complete end to end experience when it comes managing your Network. We tie this in with a lifecycle management process which enables us to help our customers design, deploy, secure, maintain, upgrade and ultimately choose the best option for disposition for their IT assets.

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Unify data security, privacy, and governance with contextual data classification

whitePaper | November 29, 2022

Enterprise data can be a transformative asset. It can unlock insights and intelligence to fuel innovation, accelerate organizational growth, and create a significant competitive advantage — so long as it’s properly used.

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The Cyber Resilience Index: Advancing Organizational Cyber Resilience

whitePaper | June 28, 2022

The World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity – in collaboration with the Cyber Resilience Index working group and in partnership with Accenture – developed the global Cyber Resilience Index (CRI). The CRI provides public- and private-sector cyber leaders with a common framework of best practice for true cyber resilience, a mechanism to measure organizational performance, and clear language to communicate value.

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Security White Paper for Synappx Applications and Services

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

Synappx application services help bring smarter office experiences. They are designed to help optimize hybrid collaboration experiences. Synappx application services are protected by a robust, layered security system to ensure the system and its components are not opening points of vulnerability for your data or networks. Through a combination of world-class technology providers including Microsoft Azure, Google Workspace and security best practices, your use of the Synappx application services helps keep your information safe and secure while helping you enhance productivity in your office.

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Aerospace cybersecuirty- Bringing a zero-trust approach to aviation product network design

whitePaper | May 18, 2022

Modern aerospace products are moving into containerization and micro-services. Mounting connected internal micro-services patterns in a product segregates and segments the network to support a zero-trust network security approach. Having weak internal network security of the product allows malicious actors to exploit them and elevate privileges — denying users access, jamming signals, or even shutting them down. Such interference could cause major harm to aircraft safety and operations.

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Cybersecurity Services

whitePaper | October 17, 2022

Our approach to cybersecurity includes a holistic set of services spanning Risk Assessments, Security Patching, Advisory Services and Managed Detection and, Response (MDR).

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Cloud Collaboration Security Technical Paper Series: Webex Messaging

whitePaper | December 17, 2022

Webex is a cloud collaboration platform that provides messaging, calling, and meeting features. This paper describes the architecture and security features related to the Webex Messaging service and the suite of tools that the Webex Messaging service provides to keep customers’ data safe from Cisco as well as external attackers.

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Spotlight

Layer 3 Technologies, Inc.

Layer 3 Technologies has specialized in providing companies with IT Solutions & Services since 2001. Layer 3 provides Best of Breed solutions and Service which gives us the unique ability to provide a complete end to end experience when it comes managing your Network. We tie this in with a lifecycle management process which enables us to help our customers design, deploy, secure, maintain, upgrade and ultimately choose the best option for disposition for their IT assets.

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