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Protect your hybrid workers with EDR solutions from Northdoor

Protect your hybrid workers outside the corporate firewall and automate vital cyber defence processes with EDR solutions from Northdoor

Protecting your organisation’s emails from human activated risk

Email security doesn’t only rely on technology; human activated risk is a major risk to organisations’ cyber security & can lead to costly data breaches

The cost of data breaches: are you investing enough in data breach prevention?

Data breaches can be hugely costly, but by investing in effective data breach prevention strategies, you can drastically help mitigate organisational risks.

To Cloud or Not to Cloud for IBM i

In our latest blog, we look at how IBM i can offer cloud without losing control or ownership of your system and how we have recently helped a leading clearing Bank do just that.

Database Security: Why Data is the New Gold

Data is the future, but holding vast amounts of it poses serious risks; database security should be a central focus for organisations that collect & store data.

Do you know where all your sensitive data is held and how to secure it?

To remain compliant with regulations, organisations need to better manage and secure sensitive data to improve data security across all data stores.

The cost of a data breach has increased to $4.35m in 2022

IBM’s 2022 Cost of a Data Breach report outlines the increased year-on-year cost organisations have faced. Read Northdoor’s comments about the latest report.

The average cost of a data breach in the financial and insurance sector is revealed to be $5.97 million

The nature of data held by an insurance company means that any breach has major impact on cost, reputation and day-to-day business.

Invest in new capabilities while cutting your storage costs

Cut Your Costs for Data Storage.
Achieve rapid ROI in new data storage hardware.
A real- life data storage TCO case study shows how companies can achieve full payback in less than 3 years.

4 cloud security challenges organisations face in 2022

Cloud attacks are increasing, but their success doesn’t have to. Here are 4 key cloud security challenges & how you can protect against them.

Why there are record statistics around phishing attacks

Phishing attacks pose a growing threat to organisations, and with record statistics here’s why LinkedIn phishing has become the next threat to protect against.

One Cloud for everything: IBM Power on Microsoft Azure

Skytap on Azure enables simple, low-cost, low-risk cloud migration for all your IBM Power workloads.

Can you trust your supply chain with your data?

Is your supply chain putting your organisation at risk? Review gaps in supply chain security with Northdoor 360-degree assessment.

Aiding compliance in a changing technology environment

Northdoor helped a SOXs audited client with a large Linux estate manage technology change in a compliant & robust way.

A backup for your backups: immutable data protection

Cyber resilience means business protection, even when security measures fail; read why immutable backups are vital for a robust approach to cyber resilience.

GDPR's 4th anniversary - Where are we now four years on?

For GDPR’s 4th anniversary, Northdoor considers the General Data Protection Regulation’s impact and whether it has been successful over the past four years.

Adoption of Zero Trust models set to increase as enterprises shore up defences in a distributed work environment

Here’s how using a zero trust model enables organisations to balance risk, productivity, security & privacy throughout their distributed work environment.

Why Application Security is so important in 2022

With increasing cyber attacks, application security has never been so important. Here’s why app security should be your top priority in 2022.

With sanctions set to escalate, implementing a robust sanctions search solution is an obvious next step

As global sanctions escalate, implementing a robust sanctions search and checking solution is a must-have for organisations. Here’s what you need to know.

Unknown knowns: how to keep track of exploited vulnerabilities

Rob Batters discusses the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and the importance of keeping your software up to date.

Cut costs by migrating IBM Power dev and test environments to the cloud

Reserve your on-premises IBM Power servers for production workloads: migrate development and testing environments to run natively in the cloud with Skytap.

The value of DataOps – transforming critical data into prized insights

A clear DataOps strategy can provide valuable commercial benefits. Here’s how you can get more from your organisation’s critical data with DataOps.

Meet Northdoor’s women in tech: Anjela Ubogu

Celebrating International Women’s Day at Northdoor

Meet Northdoor’s women in tech: Mandy Howell

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re sharing stories straight from the Northdoor team. Read our interview with Mandy Howell, Support Specialist.

Getting the data insights you need to rapidly make effective decisions

Uncovering quality data insights promotes commercial growth and improves decision-making. See how getting a handle on data management means better business.

What SMEs should consider before migrating to the cloud

Is your SME looking to migrate its IT infrastructure to the cloud? Here’s what SMEs should consider before moving forward with cloud migration.

Optimise your disaster recovery for IBM Power

Need a resilient, low cost disaster recovery plan for business continuity? See how migrating your IBM Power environment to the Skytap cloud service could help.

Air-gapped backups: a last line of defence

Here’s how immutable data storage and air gapping are a last line of defence against cyber security threats, so you can protect organisational data & systems.

The cost of inaction: Five cyber security stats for all businesses to consider in 2022

Creating a robust cyber security infrastructure is vital for organisations. Costing financial and reputational damage, here’s how cyber attacks evolved in 2021.

Is IBM Power holding back your migration to the cloud?

An optimised way to move IBM Power workloads to the cloud: Northdoor and Skytap accelerate migrations and reduce risk

Skytap:
Get off the technology treadmill and migrate to the cloud

Get off the technology treadmill and stop buying on-premises IBM Power hardware: migrate your Power applications to run natively in the cloud with Skytap and Northdoor.

Phishing Emails (and other messages) and how to deal with them

Don’t get burnt by phishing scams – here’s how to protect your organisation by recognising and reporting potential phishing threats.

Cyber Resilience for the Insurance Sector in the age of ransomware

The insurance sector is facing a double challenge from cybercriminals – customer demand for new cyber insurance products and the protection of their own corporate IT systems

Top Enterprise IT Trends for 2022

Skill shortages, rising cyber threats, increasing regulation, cloud and AI will all be on the agenda in 2022.

Government report highlights an awareness of supply chain risk, but a continued struggle to find a solution.

With a report showing only 12% of organisations formally review risks, we highlight the benefits of automating supply chain risk management.

Skytap: keep your IBM Power workloads running optimally

No more worries about finding and retaining skilled operatives for IBM Power: migrate your Power applications to run natively in the cloud with Skytap and Northdoor

The sharp rise in GDPR fines means businesses should take note and act now

After an increase in fines, Northdoor highlights why using a robust GDPR solution is vital, and how GDPR industrialisation can help guide compliance.

Refresh your IBM Power landscape for rapid ROI – a case study on what’s possible

Refresh your IBM Power environment for up to 179% ROI over five years. Sign up for a free IBM Power Costs (TCO) study with Northdoor plc.

To pay or not to pay? The ransomware question you shouldn't have to answer

When it comes to ransomware, prevention is vital. Read how companies are handling their ransomware attacks and what prevention really means.

Boost the scalability of your storage infrastructure while reducing costs with flexible IBM storage

Make data storage more cost-effective and flexible with IBM Storage Utility Offering (SUO) from Northdoor plc.

Gain complete visibility of cyber security across your hybrid-cloud landscape

Gain real-time security analytics & cyber threat intelligence across your whole organisation with a cloud-native cybersecurity solution.

Protecting data with cyber resilience

DR vs Cyber Resilience. Protecting data with cyber resilience. Cyber resilience and DR are closely related – but also completely different. Learn the difference here.

IBM Power10: unbeatable performance, energy-efficiency, and security for hybrid cloud

The arrival of IBM Power10 means higher performance, efficiency, and security for enterprise-grade hybrid-cloud infrastructure.

Maximise the working life of data storage investments

Make storage go further by revitalise existing storage capacity, reduce costs and gain new capabilities with Northdoor.

How Ansible makes it easy to deliver automation

The case for automating your IT estate continues to get stronger. What’s driving this trend and how can you best automate your IT estate?

Why an overstretched IT operations team could be exposing your business to risk

Digital services are the foundation of your business. Give your ITOps team the resources they need to deliver 24/7 availability with managed services from Northdoor.

Why you don’t need to live on the edge to benefit from edge computing

Northdoor Edge Computing builds on IBM Cloud Satellite, which simplifies the configuration and management of hybrid cloud and edge computing solutions.

Streamline your backup and recovery infrastructure with cutting-edge virtual tape storage

Thanks both to disk-based storage and to network speeds of up to 40TB/hour, a virtual tape library dramatically enhances your ability to meet SLAs for Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

Are high IT management workloads putting the brakes on business innovation?

As demand for complex IT systems continues to grow, the availability of skilled IT resources is shrinking. We explore how managed IT services can free your business to focus on innovation.

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