Part 4: Define, Assess and Prioritize Your Security Architecture “And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano Before we commence our discussion on security architecture as part of our security evolution, I’d like to share a recent relevant experience. While scoping ...
Skyway West’s DNS Firewall is delivered as a cloud service located in Canadian Internet Exchange points and powered by CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority). At the heart of Skyway’s DNS Firewall is a policy-enabled DNS server, which analyzes every outgoing query and response, comparing them to a block list to enforce security. This block list ...
April 26, 2018 Ongoing work to update customer premise routers continues. Rolling updates will be seen for some services. Expected outage will be brief and occur after 10 or 11 pm for most customers. We also performed some minor adjustments of our fiber core routing overnight. April 25, 2018 Updates to core services have been ...
Part 3: What to Expect in a Security Assessment Hi again fellow cyber-security concerned business people! In my last security post (Five Areas for Complete Coverage), I promised to begin our cyber security journey with a “security assessment”. First, make sure you go into that security assessment in the right frame of mind. Focus on ...
This is our preferred method for Y-Cabling for use in VDSL Bonding. It is possible to achieve the same result by adding a jack at the “Y” (splitter) point, but this also introduces an extra point of failure that often makes it harder to remote troubleshoot in the future. Instead we create a custom Y-Cable, ...
Part 2: Five Areas for Complete Internet Security Coverage Hello again cyber security-concerned business people… Last post I wrote about the somewhat confusing landscape of cyber security. Let’s continue on that theme with an eye to removing some of the confusion. “One step at a time” is the required approach — this isn’t exactly rocket ...
Part 1: The Landscape of Internet Security in 2018 It seems that each new day brings startling new statements, broadcast loudly from internet security vendors. Statements like “It’s not a matter of if but when”, or “60% of websites are infected”, or “40% of ransomware victims declare bankruptcy”, or “The average discovery of infections in ...
Cloud-based DNS Security is an essential security layer to protect your Business and your Clients from accidentally accessing and sharing malicious internet content. As a Business-focused ISP, Skyway West is uniquely positioned to help prevent our customers from accessing and spreading malware. Over the next two months, our DNS servers will be modified to ensure ...
Skype for Business PSTN Calling: Integrate with Kandy UC instead of an Expensive Office 365 Upgrade BC and Alberta business that take advantage of Office 365 have access to a great collaboration tool, Skype for Business. Users can call, chat and video conference other Skype users, both within their own organization and with other companies ...
Skyway West Partners with Console Connect to offer customers Private Cloud connectivity Get the benefits of running critical business and storage apps in a Private Cloud with Skyway West. BC and Alberta business can bypass the Internet and connect seamlessly to your preferred cloud platform over a private fiber optic Ethernet line, via Console ...
