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Why is it so important to take care of information assets?

 Every IT department has, or should have, a focus on reducing risks to information assets. Basically, the big goal is to protect everything that is critical information for the business and "run" in the company's daily routine. Take billing routines as an example. If the responsible department loses billing information and is unable to generate a bill or receive from customers, this risks the operation to stop. In other words, billing information is a fundamental informational asset. Now, if we look at the statistics related to information security, we see that the topic of care with information assets is of primary importance in the corporate world today. According to the WISR - Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, Netscout Arbor's annual report, companies in Brazil suffered an average of 30 denial of service attacks (application unavailability) per hour in 2017. Of this global ranking, we are the fifth country with higher incidence of this type of fraud. In fac

Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance

 As fundamental agreements, SLAs are a system of resources to manage customer expectations and satisfaction. By configuring them properly, you can identify interruptions or performance problems. Even though SLAs were originally targeted at service networks, they have now spread to IT operations and project management to help measure and justify the numbers. To meet all the demands associated with compliance with these SLAs, IT teams need to automate as many support and development tasks as possible. For this reason, the pressure on them to provide faster and more efficient services to allow systems to operate without interruption has been constantly increasing. It is the role of an IT Service Technician to help customers and consumers to understand how to fix their computers as well as other technologies. They also help in the maintenance of computer and web functionality according to the customer’s specifications. Since the SLA compliance percentage must be periodically reviewed, the

What is information technology management?

IT management is the discipline by which all the information technology resources of a company are managed according to its needs and priorities. Here, we can include tangible investments, such as hardware, software, data (considering the impacts of LGPD), networks and data center facilities, in addition to the team hired to maintain them. Managing this responsibility within a company involves many basic functions, such as budget, staff, change management and organization and control. In addition to these, there are other aspects unique to the technology, such as software design, network planning, technical support, etc. Information  Technology Analyst  has to recognize the areas for improvement within IT infrastructures. They have to participate in team meetings actively and give intelligent inputs to improve efficiency. The professional will design new systems with the help of modeling, information engineering, and cost-based accounting processes. IT Analyst will design, examine and

How to maintain financial control of IT in crises?

 Although IT provides great benefits to the corporate routine, we know that the area also requires considerable expenses and investments, so maintaining financial control is essential in times of crisis. Therefore, avoiding the waste of resources is a key point to keep technology integrated into your work environment without taking risks. This is only possible through IT financial control. Here's how to put it into practice: Analysis of the current scenario As we explained in this content, it is essential to take a critical look at the current scenario to identify what needs to be analyzed. Therefore, the first step towards effective IT financial control is to identify external problems that are directly impacting the company. At the moment, we have faced social isolation and remote work, which has directly reflected in the purchasing power of society and transformed consumption habits. That is why it is necessary to assess the situation and understand how the financial crisis will

Top threats when you don't have great IT support

There are many threats in the world of technology that can put corporations in extremely delicate positions if their private information is leaked. Attacks There are several groups specialized in accessing confidential company information in order to make it available on the internet, corrupt it or prevent it from being accessed by employees. In the event that access to data is impossible, these groups aim to blackmail those responsible for corporations in order to obtain very high amounts for the release of this information. Thus, it is necessary for companies to obtain an IT team that takes care of their database, updates themselves daily and is efficient in combating possible systemic invasions. Technicians are well-versed with the brass tacks of the services/products, which they provide support for. If IT Technicians are unable to resolve a problem, it is escalated to the senior team. Human failures  'Every company uses technology to perform different daily tasks, such as send

HPE Launches Cloud Services for High-Performance

 The HPE launched cloud HPE Greenlake services for high-performance computing (HPC, in English), which will provide HPC systems through a cloud model with pay per use. The new services allow customers to combine the service of an agile and elastic cloud, charged according to the use of HPC systems. With the solution, any company can handle its most demanding data-intensive and computing-intensive workloads, to drive Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning initiatives, accelerate time to insight and create new products and experiences through a flexible platform as a service that customers can perform on-site or in a colocation facility. Keith White, Head of GreenLake Cloud Services at HPE, said HPC is attracting business interest because "companies need help with workloads that can transform business". The Information Systems Security Engineer will research and investigate the potential impact of new threats and exploits. The engineer will guide the Information Security

BIG DATA Career

 There are several ways to define what big data is, which is probably why it is still a difficult concept to understand. Some authors describe big data as a set of data above a certain limit, for example, above a terabyte. Most renowned works identified big data as data that exhibits the characteristics of variety, speed and volume (COREA, 2019). For Kampakis (2020), big data is a buzzword, as it simply refers to massive data sets that are so large and complicated that traditional data processing software simply cannot handle them. In addition, it is related to NoSQL databases, cloud computing and so on. It is observed, therefore, that big data means different things to different people. According to Chen (2018), regardless of digital data sources, such as social media, databases, audio and video, big data exposes the characteristics of high volume, high speed of data input and output and high variety of data types and sources. They all seem to be correct in some way. As for big data a

Included in the corporate firewall

 We talked about some important steps to consider when choosing a firewall, but there are still other items needed in a corporate firewall. This is because the more complex the organization, for example, the greater will be the control of access and permission levels. In addition to providing services such as antivirus, AntiSpam and intrusion protection, corporate firewall software can and should also restrict applications that reduce productivity, such as Facebook and YouTube, identify and control unauthorized browsers and file formats and assess compromise memory with certain applications. In this step, we will bring the 5 main items that should be present in your corporate software . Check out: Group access management Different departments and hierarchies represent different needs. The firewall can play an important role in the company's logistics by controlling the access of each user, considering the profile of each one of them. A professional in the marketing department, for

Reasons why you should work with IT

 Reason 1: IT is changing history Whoever is sitting today in the companies' IT department has the possibility, even without knowing it, to write the history of the company's future, since technology is today the great engine of change. "Your colleagues depend on you showing them what the future will bring," says Willmott, who adds: "It's cool to be the first to know something, isn't it?" Reason 2: IT is everywhere IT professionals often forget that information technology goes beyond servers, programming language, data storage, among others. "It is everywhere: in real estate offices, in school bookstores, in stadiums and in turtle sanctuaries on the Caribbean islands," he says. The journalist considers that this allows the IT professional to use his knowledge for any type of company and in any location - only depending on the mastery of the foreign language. "Companies need to be more efficient and be connected. And that is what techno

Importance of cybersecurity

 Cybersecurity is a set of preventive actions to prevent cyber attacks on devices. With this, it assists information security (which has a more strategic bias), operationalizing technical development actions to mitigate failures. With the emergence of IoTs and the constant evolution of technological devices involved in people's daily lives , cyber security is essential for companies to guarantee the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their information . But it is inevitable to remember that, in personal life, cybersecurity also plays an important role. Educating people about the precautions needed to prevent an attack can protect adults and children from dangerous and scary situations. Top cybersecurity threats Cybersecurity prevents cyber attacks. The most common types, for example to clarify understanding, are: Virus The virus is a program that, when executed, is able to infect all computers connected on the same network, stealing data, corrupting files and sending sp