NOC (Network Operations Center) is responsible for monitoring and managing the entire IT infrastructure 24/7. It manages servers, routers, firewalls, VPN gateways, switches and any devices used by an organization. The staff working at a NOC alerts the IT staff when it observes anything untoward or out of place with all this equipment. They perform routine maintenance tasks like updating software patches, rebooting systems and installing new firmware.

Ransomware was, once again, the top cyberattack type of 2021. It has been at the top of the threats list for three years in a row. Experts estimated that a ransomware attack occurred every 11 seconds last year. The average cost of ransomware recovery was estimated to be $1.85 million. These statistics explain why some have proclaimed ransomware to be a modern threat to public safety. In this blog, we’ll demystify ransomware and answer some key questions pertaining to it.

Does technology fascinate you? Are you curious about and interested in learning about different software, hardware and devices? If you answered yes to these questions, you should become a system administrator aka sysadmin. A sysadmin is responsible for monitoring and maintaining computer systems in a network or environment that has multiple users. It’s a great time to become a sysadmin now because the technology sector is booming and yet it’s facing a major Skills shortage.