According to tech media website TechCrunch, this type of attack “not only spreads across a network, infecting and encrypting every computer in its path, it also exfiltrates the data to the attackers’ servers where it is held for ransom. If a ransom isn’t paid, the attackers publish the files online.”

Piscataway-based Swittons offers its smart device free during the pandemic, connecting health care and pharmaceutical providers.

Teamwork isn’t as easy as it used to be. Even before COVID-19 changed the way all of us work, more businesses were encouraging employees to work remotely, at least on a part-time basis. Dancker President and CEO Steven Lang on how to think about designing physical spaces for remote collaboration.

The firm is launching a $5 million program to partner with businesses that need to step up their know-how.

The seven-member team comes to the firm from a national full-service engineering, environmental and energy consulting and design services company.

“To ensure Commvault has the talent it needs to continue to simplify, innovate and execute, my focus will be to ‘get ‘em, build ‘em and keep ‘em,’” Martha Delehanty said of her new position.

“Even before the push for social distancing, remote work in the U.S. had increased by 91 percent over the past 10 years bringing previously face-to-face interactions online," said the company's co-founder and CFO Niren Nazareth. "Companies are still trying to adjust their legacy reporting systems to accommodate remote workers that may not come into the office for long periods of time. "

The sale of its stake in the Texas-based firm yielded a 50 percent internal return rate for the growth-equity investment firm.

From checking your own internal processes, to products able to facilitate the process; concerns about your company's security should be at the forefront.