AVANT Technology Insights

Digital Transformation involves a wide range of options for your consideration. In this interview by Ken Presti, AVANT Cloud Engineer Bill Franklin helps us navigate the process while using an analogy guaranteed to kick up some suds. (This podcast should be poured down the side of your glass)

What happens when your company is required to use specific software in order to do business in a foreign country, and that software carries malware providing a free pass to your intellectual property? Ken Presti interviews Steve Pierce of Trustwave, whose researchers uncovered that exact scenario.

"Most of the breaches took less than 10 steps" and many took less than five. In this episode, we discuss the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) with Chris Novak, director of Verizon's Threat Research Advisory Center, which looks at incidents and breaches by the numbers.

Where should Microsoft Teams fit in to your communications infrastructure strategy? Bundled with Office 365, Teams offers certain capabilities while other capabilities are delivered by other companies, making cost/feature comparisons especially important. AVANT director of cloud engineering, Brent Wilford, provides his opinions on this topic with host, Ken Presti.

Aryaka Networks has recently released its "Global State of the WAN Report" for 2020. In this episode, Aryaka's SVP of WW Channels, Olen Scott, sits down with Ken Presti for a lively discussion on how the WAN is evolving to support the worldwide emphasis on cloud-based apps.

A well-designed proof-of-concept can be a huge advantage in making the right technology decision.  In this episode, Ken Presti talk to AVANT Sr. Cloud Sales Engineer John Paullin about best practices to maximize your success through effective POCs.

Is GDPR going to die? In this episode, AVANT's Ken Presti takes a deep-dive into this European privacy regulation with Ian Thornton Trump, a CISO based in London, England who is well-versed in  matters of risk and governance.

Zero Trust has become a key strategy in cloud security. In this episode, AVANT's Ken Presti speaks with Chris Riley, CISO of Ntirety, on how to fully leverage this approach for the defense of your company.

Defenses against phishing a ransomware factor HUGELY In Part One of our special panel discussion, based on the AVANT 6-12 Report on IT Security. Join AVANT's Ken Presti with Jack Danahy of AlertLogic, Leo Taddeo of the Cyxtera Federal Group and Ray Watson of Masergy for a lively discussion.

Fast cars can go faster because they have good brakes!  Find out what that has to do with IT security in Part Two of my panel discussion with Jack Danahy of AlertLogic, Leo Taddeo of the Cyxtera Federal Group, and Ray Watson of Masergy. We also talk about securing home networks (and related liability), credential theft, and a whole lot more.