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Highlights: Given the prevalence of cyber-attacks and data breaches in U.S. businesses, electronic devices such as company laptops, cell phones, and hard drives are susceptible to compromise. To securely manage both data and IT asset disposal, it is advisable to engage the services of a reputable ITAD company. Update the data center status in your IT asset management system without removing devices for future audits. The increasing sophistication of IT hardware raises concerns about properly managing retiring or end-of-life computing equipment. Companies are tasked with ensuring  data security and compliance  while addressing environmental and financial considerations. The conventional approach of sending data center hardware to the shredder or scrapheap is no longer sufficient. IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) is the practice that guides the decommissioning and disposal of IT hardware. Whether organizations are updating, upgrading, or eliminating computer equipment, ITAD practices...

  Highlights: At the core of product digitization lies the essential  concept of digital twins , which assists brands with diverse business needs. It seamlessly integrates digital capabilities into physical products, bestowing businesses with a wide array of strategic advantages. “At least 40% of all businesses will die in the next ten years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies.” —  John Chambers, Cisco. Nowadays, customers are expressing a growing interest in aspects such as sustainability, product safety, authenticity verification, and visibility into the origins of their goods. In a landscape where brands have digitized nearly every process and data byte, most products lack a digital footprint or substantial information once they leave the loading dock. This gap is where  product digitization  steps in as a brand’s greatest ally. What is the Concept of Product Digitization? Product digitization entails g...

Highlights: While data sovereignty focuses on the legal framework, data residency primarily revolves around the geographic location of the data. Data residency incorporates data mapping, assisting organizations in comprehending the data they possess, its locations, and the pertinent policies associated with each location. “Data residency is the set of issues and practices related to the location of data and metadata, the movement of (meta)data across geographies and jurisdictions, and the protection of that (meta)data against unintended access and other location-related risks.” –  Cloud Standards Customer Council . What is Data Residency? Data residency refers to the physical or geographical location where data is stored and processed. To understand “what is data residency” better, breaking down the term into two key components would be helpful: Data:  Refers to information, facts, or figures that are stored and processed electronically. Residency:  Implies the location o...

Highlights:   Beyond identity verification, a SASE approach incorporates additional factors such as geolocation, device posture, adherence to enterprise security standards, and continuous risk/trust evaluation when formulating access policies.   Instead of grappling with standalone solutions designed in silos, secure access service edge solution empowers organizations to establish, modify, and enforce security policies seamlessly across all locations, users, devices, and applications through a singular interface.   Confronted by evolving threats, heightened competition, and shifting work paradigms, conventional network perimeters are fading away in favor of streamlined, cloud-based networks governed by zero-trust principles.  IT and Security teams  are tasked with addressing stringent business and security requirements, streamlining and optimizing technologies, and facilitating seamless connectivity for a hybrid workforce, customers, and a partner ecosystem. Sec...