SPK is a proud partner of Pax8. And Pax8 is a reseller of AFI Backup. Because of our relationship with Pax8, SPK clients can access AFI Backup at a discounted rate for our clients that utilize Office 365. And, because SPK is highly experienced with AFI Backup we are...
Cybersecurity
LastPass Business For Corporate and Client Security
At SPK, we want to empower employees to safely manage their own passwords. Additionally, for organizations, we want to enable the enforcement of password standards. Businesses that follow good password standards, such as increased complexity, non-duplicate passwords ...
Six Advantages Of Using SentinelOne
SentinelOne is an endpoint security tool. It offers cybersecurity protection for platforms including laptops, PC, phones, cloud servers and identity server protection. And it is the next generation in vulnerability endpoint protection platform (EPP). SentinelOne is...
Bitdefender Antivirus In AWS – Top Five Advantages
Today, modern security tools including Bitdefender antivirus are known as EDR solutions (Endpoint Detection and Response). They are the next evolution of anti-virus software. Anti-virus software has always operated based on a “database” of malicious software...
SPK Accelerates Fortune 100 MedDevice Product Sale
Our client is Fortune 100 Medical Device manufacturer. SPKAA acts as a product cybersecurity managed service provider for their hospital products which have embedded Windows or Windows OS. Fortune 100 MedDevice Problem For over 10 years, SPK has provided ongoing...
Use Nessus To Harden Your Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity should be baked into the onset of IT and product development processes. Additionally, treating cybersecurity as an afterthought opens your organization up to vulnerabilities and risk. Therefore hardening your IT product cybersecurity with a tool like...
Protecting Device Storage Using Windows UWF
The Unified Write Filter (UWF) is a Windows native feature that ensures a system’s data remains as an unmodified, secure baseline. Data can be changed by a Windows UWF system user. However, the changes do not persist after a restart. In fact, changes are discarded...
Computer Systems Validation: How To Avoid FDA Warning Letters C.F.R. 820.70(i)
Computer systems validation (CSV) is a standard regulatory exercise Med Device companies are required to complete. This is not new news. In fact, the content in this article may not be “new news” for you either, but as with other regulatory requirements, it’s useful...
9 Things You Need To Know About Cybersecurity and Protected Health Information (PHI) breaches
In the past 18 months, there have been breaches of security related to protected health information (PHI) at Broward Health, Florida Healthy Kids, and the Accellion FTA Hack. In turn, these breaches resulted in 11 more healthcare organizations getting exploited. ...
5 Best Practices That Could Have Protected You From Log4J
Log4j: What Is It? On December 9, 2021, a critical exploit named "Log4j" was disclosed to the world. This exploit was particularly harrowing due to the fact that the software library which it targeted is so widely utilized. “Log4Shell” (CVE-2021-44228,...
Accelerating Product Development with Engineering Operations
What is Engineering Operations (EngOps)? Why do you need it, and how do you effectively deploy it?There’s a strange interplay between IT and engineering teams in most firms. That’s because the tech stack that engineers need to design, build, test, and release products...
8 Myths About Moving To The Atlassian Cloud Debunked
"Oh, the Atlassian Cloud isn't built for Enterprise." As an Atlassian Solution Partner, we’ve seen that most organizations who are hesitant about moving to cloud, aren’t equipped with the right information. This is why we’ve busted the top cloud myths. In this...