The hidden
“C”
and the critical
“S”
in Cyber-Security
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Hello Greetings!
Last week, in my technology news section, the Twitter hack was the big news of the week. This attack was unprecedented as it apparently hit the internal administrator team and ended up affecting many high-profile users, including celebrities, politicians, and business people.
The list included Jeff Bezos, Kanye West & Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Michael Bloomberg. The hack took over their accounts and sent a message saying that they would match a donation if followers would transfer Bitcoin into an account. The scammers ended up with more than $120,000 in untraceable Bitcoin payments.
The letters described in today’s article title, C & S, stand for Cyber-Security. Further down, their meaning will change.
Nowadays, Cyber-Security is one of the hottest topics in the telecommunications and network operations field. It requires a highly skilled and technically savvy full-time engineering team behind it. It is time-consuming and, if not done correctly, can generate costly mistakes like the twitter hack.
Security is one of the most important aspects of transformation in the digital world, especially in the Covid era, in which many employees are working remotely. Remote work exposes employees to vulnerabilities that they might not have had before while using their computers within their more secure corporate networks.
According to VMWare’s Global Threat Report, 91% of all global respondents said they’d seen an increase in cyber attacks as a result of employees working from home.
A recent survey by IDG found that in SD-WAN deployments, the two most challenging aspects of any implementation will be security overall and secure remote access. In contrast, the cost and agility of the project ranked #3 and #4, respectively.
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Despite the preventative cost of cyber-security ranking as #3, the cost of recovering from a cyber attack of any kind could be huge.
Cybercrime Magazine predicts that cyber-crime damage costs will hit
$6 trillion
globally by next year.
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If you are serious about reducing or mitigating the risk of a costly cyber-attack, you need to invest in the right technology and security solutions.
Furthermore, you ought to decide whether you want a full-time staff managing security or whether partnering with a service provider like Granite is more cost-effective in the long run.
We share the risk responsibility while reducing the overall cost.
In summary, the “
C”
in Cyber-security has changed its meaning to signify “
Costs
”, while the “
S”
in Security has pivoted to mean “
Savings
.”
Sincerely,
Raul
Raul Medina, Relationship Development Manager
P:
617-890-6782
M:
617-953-3070
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Granite Achieves Cisco Premier Certified Partner Status
Communications Company Also Earns Specializations in Cloud, Managed Services, SD-WAN, Collaboration, SaaS, Webex and More
QUINCY, Mass. – July 15, 2020 –
Granite Telecommunications
, LLC, a $1.5 billion provider of communications services to multi-location businesses and government agencies, announced today that it has become a Cisco Premier Certified Partner along with five other designations that recognize Granite’s expertise in deploying solutions based on Cisco’s advance technologies and services.
Granite was awarded these prestigious designations following a rigorous third-party audit, which validated Granite’s technology skills, business practices, customer satisfaction, presales and post-sales support capabilities, as well as other critical factors that customers consider when choosing a trusted partner.
“For some time now, Granite has invested heavily in its partnership with Cisco, committing technology, talent and time required to be a premier provider of Cisco-powered products and services,” said Rand Currier, COO of Granite. “We’re pleased to earn designations for multiple Cisco services and disciplines, which will give our business and government clients an extra measure of confidence in choosing Granite as their managed communications provider.”
Granite’s new Cisco designations include:
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Premier Certified Partner
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Cloud and Managed Services Advanced with Cisco-Powered Meraki SD-WAN
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U.S. Federal Authorization
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Collaboration SaaS Authorization
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Cisco Webex Calling Partner
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Express Specialization in Collaboration
These achievements recognize Granite’s ability to sell, procure, configure, maintain and support cloud and managed services to both commercial businesses and government organizations.
About Granite
Granite delivers one-stop communications solutions to multilocation businesses and government agencies throughout the United States and Canada. The $1.5 billion company serves more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100 companies in the United States and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under management. Granite launched in 2002 and grew quickly by helping businesses to simplify sourcing and management of local and long distance phone services with one point of contact and one invoice for all their office locations nationwide. Today, Granite is the leader in aggregating Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS), and has extended its unique value proposition – “one company, one contact, one bill” – to include a range of advance business communications services, including Internet access, SD-WAN, wireless WAN, hosted PBX, SIP trunking, mobile voice and data, mobile device management, managed security, network integration and much more. Granite employs more than 2,100 people at its headquarters in Quincy, Mass., and nine regional offices. For more information, visit
www.granitenet.com
.
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Granite's "WAN" size fits all needs approach
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North America’s Choice for SD-WAN
Today I am sharing a video that will help you understand our Granite “WAN” Size Fits all approach for SD-WAN Technology
What does it mean?
It means that Granite has the largest and most diverse selection of access products, which includes:
- Mobility
- Broadband
- Dedicated Internet
- and much more
These products can be delivered with industry-leading SD-WAN technologies from
Granite can deploy these solutions anywhere in North America, and we are continually adding new technologies.
With 24/7 monitoring, automated alerting, and proactive remediation, Granite’s US-based team, can provide technical assistance into your existing solution or build one to your specifications while managing it end to end.
In today’s evolving business landscape, It is more important to choose a partner that gives you the flexibility and reliability that Granite Guardian’s WAN Optimization platform can provide.
To ensure that you have the BEST Network solution and support for your business and your budget.
Let us be your choice for your
WAN size fits all needs
.
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Cyber-Security and other tech news you can use
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Top 5 Cybersecurity Facts, Figures, Predictions, And Statistics For 2020 To 2021
Report: COVID-19 and Remote Work is Leading to Increasing Cyber Attacks
Ten Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors
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in 24 to 48 hrs turn-up
and
NO contractual term.
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Granite Business SIP Trunking uses Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and our state-of-the-art voice optimized network.
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SIP Trunks provisioned and setup within 24- 48 hours
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Same day testing available prior to deployment / installation
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Nationwide coverage
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IP Business Trunking is available as digital trunks or as emulated (Analog Handoff) PRI lines
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Granite SIP Trunking is compatible with all major IP PBX’s that are capable of SIP registration
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SIP helps save money compared to current local, long distance and Internet service rates
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