February’s Microsoft security updates are not routine maintenance. They address multiple actively exploited vulnerabilities that attackers are already using to break into real IT environments. As Leapfrog Services’ Chief Technology Officer, Emmet (Trey) Hawkins, puts it, “These issues aren’t hypothetical. They’re being used right now to compromise systems, and the gap between exposure and business …
The holiday season is a time of celebration, generosity, and connection. Unfortunately, it’s also the time when cybercriminals are at their most organized and opportunistic. Darktrace recently reported that there has already been a 54% spike in phishing schemes this holiday season. To help you navigate these risks, Leapfrog’s own Chief Technology Officer Emmett “Trey” …
Leapfrog Your Defenses Today Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face many of the same cybersecurity threats as large enterprises, but the way you prepare for and respond to those threats should be very different. Too often, security advice for SMBs is borrowed directly from enterprise playbooks. That advice typically adds layers of complexity to legacy …
If your organization still relies on VMware, you may be among the last holdouts — and Broadcom just gave you another reason to reconsider. As of April 2025, VMware now requires a minimum license of 72 cores per product instance, regardless of how many cores you use. This change is part of a broader trend: Broadcom is …
If you’re one of VMware’s 500,000 customers, you have some decisions to make…quickly. VMware, now owned by Broadcom, recently announced it will no longer sell perpetual licenses (or related support) and will sell subscription licenses instead — which will cost customers significantly more in the long run. Most of Leapfrog’s clients use VMware products and …
Getting the business results you want from generative AI isn’t easy — there’s a definite learning curve. What’s the fastest way to get up to speed? Information Week explores this issue in Hire or Upskill? The Burning Question in an Age of Runaway AI. Leapfrog is glad to weigh in — we’ve been enthusiastically helping …
About a decade ago, the CIO’s main goal was to oversee a team to manage the technology of a company and control costs. Annual IT initiatives often included finding ways to take something expensive — existing technology — and make it cheaper so that the budget could be used for other initiatives. Innovating or delivering …
A zero-day attack can cripple a company. A “zero trust” strategy protects a company. But can a zero trust strategy prevent a zero-day attack that exploits a zero-day vulnerability? No, but it can help contain it. Let’s clarify any confusion caused by all these “zeros.” Zero…what? The article Stop Zero-Day Attacks With Zero Trust and …
There’s been a lot of talk about how big tech’s mass layoffs are easing the tech talent shortage. But the facts don’t show any change in the availability of qualified tech talent. Even when you combine all the layoffs over the past 18 months — Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, Lyft — the total is not significant …
Cybersecurity company Forescout has released a report detailing 56 very concerning security gaps they discovered across a string of devices used in industrial equipment, including devices used by manufacturers, distributors, and building automation. The devices were sold by 10 well-established operational technology (OT) vendors, including Honeywell, Ericsson, and Motorola, among others, and included products being …