News

Developing a Continuity Plan for the Post-Coronavirus World

Read Full Article These baseline business continuity strategies will help ensure your organization is positioned to keep operations going even as the business environment is up-ended. Arguably every company around the world has seen its priorities shift dramatically in recent days and weeks, as impacts from the spread of COVID-19 enter completely uncharted territory. Not only have […]

03.20.2020

Announcements

Coronavirus response plan 2.0: Filling in the technology gaps

To speak with a Carousel representative regarding Coronavirus Business Continuity and Remote Workforce Considerations please use this dedicated toll free number: 800-285-2502 Individuals and organizations alike are feeling the growing impacts from the coronavirus. Even companies with a resilient infrastructure on which to build their pandemic response are discovering key gaps in their strategies. Rather […]

03.11.2020

Security

Preparing your company’s coronavirus response plan? Start here.

Companies across the globe have seen their priorities shift in recent weeks, as impacts from the spread of COVID-19 enter new territory. Not only have supply chain concerns and fears of the economic fallout been top of mind, but disruptions in the workforce are prompting CIOs and CSOs to wonder how they’ll maintain daily operations […]

03.05.2020

Security

MSPs and the Road to Better Cybersecurity

This post is jointly authored by CTO Jason Viera and CIO/CSO Jason Albuquerque. Click their names to connect with them on LinkedIn and share your thoughts or questions. Recent ransomware attacks have highlighted concerns that managed service providers (MSPs) are an increasingly tempting target for hackers. It isn’t that companies like Carousel have more valuable […]

12.20.2019

Announcements

#Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Your Mobile Device is a Window into Your Life

Smartphones have become a single source for payment, work, productivity, personal health, texting, and social media. They are used for everything in our lives—from directions to new places and paying your tab to sending an email about an important work initiative. Using your smartphone as a main source of personal information presents incredible personal and […]

10.23.2019

Security

Beware of the Overshare

Cybercriminals are constantly on the hunt for new ways to obtain information. According to the Better Business Bureau, they love to target people that widely share personal and corporate information on social media (especially not under a private account), because it makes their job that much easier. Attackers are far more sophisticated than we give […]

10.03.2019

Thought Leadership

Life and Leadership Lessons from The CISO: Soft Skills Matter

In the professional workforce in general, and particularly in the fields of IT and technology services, you hear a great deal about the importance of developing “soft skills” as a means of increasing one’s organizational value and accelerating career advancement. What exactly are “soft skills”?  Many a definition exists but I think the simplest and […]

04.16.2019

Security

Carousel Celebrates Data Privacy Day

Did You Know? 2019 is the Year of Carousel Security Excellence As we look to appreciate and celebrate Data Privacy Day 2019, I’d like to first take a moment to recap the state of the industry in 2018. Overall, there was great progress, though at the same time there were an incredible amount of breaches, […]

01.28.2019

Security

‘Tis the Season for Tax Fraud

Tax season has begun and employers have started mailing W-2 forms to employees to file their tax returns. As we have seen over the years, tax preparation isn’t the only busyness happening during this time—cybercriminals are actively looking to steal millions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers by forging your tax returns. These types of crimes […]

01.18.2018

Cybersecurity

Announcements

Meltdown & Spectre Q&A: Two Major Chip Flaws Could Leave Devices Vulnerability to Security Threats

This week, a major announcement about two chip flaws—called Meltdown and Spectre—made headlines that have the potential to impact billions of devices around the world. The flaws exist in what is regarded as the “brain” of devices. According to a CNN article, researchers are saying that “almost every computing system—desktops, laptops, smartphones, and cloud servers—is […]

01.05.2018