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Encryption is a difficult concept to grasp, but it's a necessary part of protecting your business's sensitive data. At a basic level, encryption is the process of scrambling text (called ciphertext) to render it unreadable to unauthorized users. You can encrypt individual files, folders, volumes or entire disks within a computer, as well as USB flash drives and files stored in the cloud.

If cutting-edge data center and cloud optimization technology is your thing, take a look at what F5 Networks has to offer. Here's a list of the available F5 Networks certifications, job opportunities and career paths.

As technology evolves, so does the IT infrastructure. One of the hottest trends in data center architecture is hyperconverged infrastructure, a means of reducing data center footprint and costs while boosting operational efficiency.

If you're ready to advance your IT career to the next level, here are some tips on transitioning from a technical role to the management side of IT.

Ethical hacking is the perfect career choice for those interested in problem solving, communication and IT security. Here's what it takes to become a white hat hacker.

Windows Store for Business lets admins find suitable apps for their organization, acquire them in bulk and distribute them through their own private ‘storefront.’ This offers much-needed control, but its greatest benefit might be that your users won’t have to wade through thousands of apps to find what they need.

The purpose of a cyber risk profile is to assess your organization's insurability. The work you do upfront can go a long way toward ensuring you get adequate cyber insurance coverage and a better rate to boot.

The Windows 10 Start menu is a blend of navigation from Windows Phone and Windows 7, and it's highly customizable. We’ll walk you through it.

Conference call services want your business — even those that offer free plans — and their feature sets are getting better all the time.

Cyber insurance can't protect your organization from cybercrime, but it can keep your business on stable financial footing should a significant security event occur.

APTs are increasing in occurrence and severity, as are the costs associated with protecting businesses adequately from. Is your organization prepared to do battle against an APT? You better be.

Optimal enterprise network performance is more mission-critical than ever; here’s how to find the tool to best monitor its performance.

Power BI brings intuitive data analysis to both the executive level as well as Microsoft Office power users who have a penchant for number crunching, data slicing and dicing, and reporting.

Organizations today, from small businesses with Web and email access to multisite global enterprises, face increasingly sophisticated attacks carried out over the Internet.

IT vulnerabilities can affect any organization of any size, in any industry across the world.