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Cyberattacks aren’t new, but the cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving.The latest IBM Cost of a Data Breach report revealed the most common initial attack vectors are compromised credentials at 19%, phishing at 16%, and cloud misconfiguration at 15%. This means that the top 50% of initial attacks were caused by some type of human error.On this episode of IT Availability Now, Sungard AS experts discuss what businesses must do to stay resilient in 2023. Listen to this full episode to le...

Businesses today are more and more aware that they need to know the risks they are inheriting from their third-party vendors. And they must determine which of those risks warrant mitigation in some real way.On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest John Beattie, Principal Consultant at Sungard AS, examine this complex and timely topic, digging into everything from customers’ biggest concerns to effective third-party risk management. Listen to this full episode to...

Container adoption has been increasing for years, and the trend is expected to continue. Gartner forecasts that 70% of businesses will run containerized applications by 2023 and 90% will do so by 2026. Yet, while organizations constantly throw around the term containerization, many don’t fully understand the concept.On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Erik Krogstad, Senior National Cloud Architect at Sungard AS, explore this popular topic, breaking dow...

The mounting threat of ransomware – a 13% increase in attacks year over year, per Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigation’s Report – has organizations taking a closer look at the cyber kill chain. But what exactly is the cyber kill chain and how can it keep your business secure?On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Shannon Davis, Global Director of Partner Readiness at Alert Logic, discuss this hot-button topic and why businesses today can’t neglect the kill...

Multi-cloud remains the “de facto standard” among enterprises, according to Flexera’s 2022 State of the Cloud Report, with 89% of businesses taking this approach. Yet, while many companies would love to follow suit, they don’t know where to start.On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest James Mora, Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Sungard AS, discuss what organizations should consider when developing a multi-cloud strategy. Listen to this full epi...

Sixty-three percent of businesses are now considered heavy cloud users, running over 25% of their workloads in the cloud. Yet, as companies become further immersed in the cloud, there’s still a lot they don’t know.On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Erik Krogstad, Senior National Cloud Architect at Sungard AS, discuss questions customers frequently ask about the cloud. Listen to this full episode to learn:How to build a successful cloud cultureHow to addres...