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Balancing Performance and Security with Network Monitoring
Establishing a Secure and Efficient Network Environment: An Overview Network Performance and Security Monitoring is integral to the sustainability and success of any modern organization. As IT infrastructures become ever more complex, the need for a robust network that [...]
Ensuring Email Security Meets Industry Regulations
Why Email Security Compliance Matters Email remains the backbone of business communication — but it’s also one of the most exploited vectors for cyberattacks. In today’s regulatory landscape, ensuring that your email security aligns with industry standards is not [...]
How Email Sandboxing Stops Zero-Day Threats
Understanding Email-Based Threats in the Modern Digital Landscape Email remains a vital communication tool in the corporate world, yet it is also a primary target for cybercriminals. With the sophistication of email threats constantly evolving, we have observed a notable [...]
Affordable Email Security Solutions for Small Businesses
Understanding the Importance of Email Security for Small Businesses Ensuring the safety of electronic communication is critical in the modern era, where small businesses increasingly rely on email for both internal and external communications. Email security is not just a [...]
Alvaka’s CEO Named to GTIA ISAO Advisory Group
Alvaka, a leader in ransomware recovery and cybersecurity solutions, proudly shares that its CEO, Oli Thordarson, has been selected to serve on the Advisory Group of the Global Technology Industry Association’s (GTIA) Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO). The GTIA, [...]
Leveraging Cloud Backups for Secure Data Protection
The Evolution of Backup Strategies: From Physical Media to Cloud Resilience As technology evolves, so does the way businesses protect their critical data. For decades, companies relied on physical media—like tape drives and external hard drives—to back up important [...]
You want to enter in a fully burdened labor rate for this field. What that means is that you want to take the base hourly rate, plus 25-30% for employer payroll taxes, benefits, vacation/holiday time, etc.
Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed by Alvaka after a software patching sequence to ensure that the system is working correctly and to identify any misconfigurations or conflicts within the patched system.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.
You want to enter in a fully burdened labor rate for this field. What that means is that you want to take the base hourly rate, plus 25-30% for employer payroll taxes, benefits, vacation/holiday time, etc.
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied. 
