Located in Tokyo, Waseda University is one of Japan’s top private institutions of academic research and higher learning. Classes were once conducted primarily in-person; the teacher’s whiteboard was one of the most useful learning aids. Network downtime had almost no impact on the students’ quality of study, but Waseda University had already noticed the benefits […]
Cloud Security
Technology, security threats and competition – they all change rapidly and constantly. Your security stack must therefore be ahead of every emerging threat, but just as importantly, enable full-speed business processes by reducing friction in critical workflows.
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Case Study: GlobalDots guarantees a Japanese manufacturing giant secure WAN & remote access worldwide Reliability is one of the leading challenges to global networks. Throughout the last few decades, companies have been forced to juggle reliability, speed, and security. Topcon, faced with connectivity issues and complexity, turned to GlobalDots to take back control. Since 2013, Topcon has been meeting societal challenges surrounding healthcare and infrastructure, providing equipment and services […]
24th October, 2022 -
GlobalDots Partners With Transmit to Make Passwords Extinct As we rely more and more on online services, managing passwords becomes increasingly challenging. Compromised passwords lead to account takeovers, which pose existential threats to customer-facing businesses. Account takeovers led to an estimated $11.4 billion in losses in 2021, caused mostly by compromised passwords. GlobalDots, a cloud innovation leader, partners with Transmit Security, a leading […]
8th September, 2022 -
How to protect your cloud environment from ransomware Ransomware attacks encrypt and lock a victim’s data and files, requiring payment to unlock or decrypt them. An attack like this uses human, system, network, and software vulnerabilities to infect the victim’s devices-whether it’s a computer, printer, smartphone, wearable, point-of-sale (POS) terminal, etc. Ransomware is an industry, and big business. The end goal of every […]
17th August, 2022 -
How To Implement Passwordless Authentication: A Step by Step Guide Login details are criminals’ favorite type of data, as they allow complete impersonation of a legitimate user on your system. By successfully compromising an account, an attacker becomes a wolf in sheep’s clothing, appearing completely innocuous until they launch their attack. One of the most common consequences of cracked credentials is a data breach, the […]
27th July, 2022 -
Myths About Credential Phishing You Can’t Ignore While ransomware, securing the cloud, and sprawling IoT vulnerabilities are keeping our CISO’s up at night, credential phishing is a consistent threat, plaguing their employees. Credential Phishing is the practice of stealing user ID/email address and password combinations, by masquerading as a reputable or known entity or person in email, instant message, or another communication […]
6th June, 2022 -
How Separating Data & Network Security Protects Your Supply Chain Software supply chain security is an enormous concern for businesses today. According to a 2021 Argon cybersecurity report, software supply chain attacks increased threefold in 2021 compared to the previous year. The constant race of companies to do things faster while delivering a better, richer user experience adds a multitude of vulnerabilities to the supply […]
9th May, 2022 -
SASE vs. SD-WAN: A Quick Guide New technologies have a wicked tendency to pile up. With cloud solution categories now emerging on a weekly basis, the result of bringing them into your estate is usually more complexity and confusion. But sometimes, a single new technology allows us to rid a bunch of old ones in a snap. SASE pretends to be […]
9th May, 2022 -
Remote work & WFH Policies: FAQs Answered We were recently approached by the press to provide some policy guidelines for companies adopting the hybrid or 100%-remote model. Truth be told, GlobalDots’ legacy of remote work dates back to the surge of Skype. Yes, we’ve been working remotely for quite a while, so for us, the Pandemic didn’t change much. It is this […]
20th April, 2022 -
Infographic: Identity Automation Impact & Case Studies 75% of the IT work related to the employee lifecycle can be automated. For 56% of the organizations, this is the #1-priority workflow automation to implement. In the infographic below you’ll explore:
24th March, 2022 -
2022: The Year End-User Accounts Go Passwordless Why Passwordless, Why Now? Advances in technologies pose new dangers online as more people use devices to do their shopping and finances. The remote work era pedaled, further extending technology adoption, so growing concerns regarding security and new methods are more valid than ever. Progress comes with leaving behind obsolete methods to improve efficiency and […]
23rd February, 2022 -
Technical Whitepaper: Biometric Passwordless Authentication (FIDO2 WebAuthN) The booming cost of account takeover (ATO) attacks, from $4BN in 2020 to $16BN in 2021, makes passwordless authentication a truly pressing need for all businesses. Most current “passwordless” technologies still contain shared secrets and friction – deeming them irrelevant to the world’s most prominent workforce and buying power: Gen Y and Gen Z. Biometric […]
23rd February, 2022 -
Securing Chaos: Data-Driven Workload Protection for Today’s Cloud Challenges Securing today’s complex public cloud environments is really a data problem. While Cloud Workload Protection has greatly evolved over the last few years, it only does it halfway. In this webinar you’ll:
30th January, 2022