Fake President fraud: a scam that takes advantage of the teleworking boom Like ransomware, the Fake President fraud has taken advantage of the massive telework due to the health crisis to take off again since 2020. While in the case of ransomware, remote access technologies unsuited to telework are to blame, in this case it is the lack of face-to-face social interaction that is one of the major causes of the increase in this type of scam. How does a fake president fraud work? In a fake president fraud, a swindler who… Read More >>
How to Reduce the Cost and Environmental Footprint of Your IT Equipment? For some companies, particularly those from the service sector, the management of IT equipment can represent a significant cost, both in terms of purchase and use (energy consumption, maintenance, etc.) and after a few years of use, their disposal becomes a source of pollution (despite the obligation to recycle IT equipment, all equipment has a certain proportion of non-recyclable components [01]). However, there is a solution that can address these issues in order to reduce their impacts: application virtualization. Reduce… Read More >>
Cybersecurity: a cost that generates savings For organizations, the deployment of cybersecurity solutions represents a significant and yet essential cost. The challenge is to avoid cyber attacks (internal or external to the organization) and therefore their financial consequences (among others). However, this cost must be seen in the context of potential savings that can be realized when a cyber attack fails thanks to the cyber security solutions deployed by the target organization. In their ninth annual study “The cost of Cybercrime” [01], Accenture Security and the… Read More >>