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Creating a Robust Incident Response Plan for Financial Cybersecurity

Creating a Robust Incident Response Plan for Financial Cybersecurity

May, 2024 | Charles IT

It’s safe to say that financial institutions are prime targets for cybercriminals. Yet the increasing frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks in the financial sector is what highlights the [...]

How Much Do You Know About Data Backup and Disaster Recovery?

How Much Do You Know About Data Backup and Disaster Recovery?

March, 2023 | Foster Charles

Do you have regular data backups in place? How about a detailed disaster recovery plan? If not, you may be jeopardizing your business’s ability to operate if disruptions do occur.

Change How You Approach Backup and Disaster Recovery to Be Prepared for Any Scenario

Change How You Approach Backup and Disaster Recovery to Be Prepared for Any Scenario

January, 2023 | Foster Charles

Imagine this situation: Due to technical issues beyond your control, your entire company server essentially falls off the face of the earth. What do you need to do immediately? What hardware should [...]

Does Your Financial Firm Follow All SEC Cybersecurity Requirements?

Does Your Financial Firm Follow All SEC Cybersecurity Requirements?

January, 2023 | Sal Marino

The SEC is ramping up cybersecurity compliance efforts, recently issuing First American Financial Corporation over $487,000 in fines for poor vulnerability management that put their investors’ [...]

Charles IT Offers Disaster Recovery Planning Event with a Mixology Twist

Charles IT Offers Disaster Recovery Planning Event with a Mixology Twist

December, 2022 | Betta Greenberg

How much could 4 hours cost your business? Business leaders get a leg up on disaster recovery planning while making classic cocktails with a master mixologist. Reports show that up to 60% of small [...]

What Hurricane Ian Taught us About Backup & Disaster Recovery

What Hurricane Ian Taught us About Backup & Disaster Recovery

October, 2022 | Jack Ardrey

The impact of Hurricane Ian has devastated countless local organizations across the Southeastern United States. While we hope most of these businesses have sufficient backup and disaster recovery [...]

4 Ways Backup & Disaster Recovery Drives SOC 2 Success

4 Ways Backup & Disaster Recovery Drives SOC 2 Success

October, 2022 | Foster Charles

SOC 2 is an auditing procedure for service providers that's designed to evaluate data-management measures across five trust service principles. These include security, availability, processing [...]

5 Reasons Why Your Company Needs an IT Backup Strategy In Place

5 Reasons Why Your Company Needs an IT Backup Strategy In Place

December, 2020 | Foster Charles

Facing a constant rise of cyberthreats from ransomware attacks to social engineering scams, businesses are under increasing pressure to prepare for the worst. In doing so, they need to implement [...]

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