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Since we designed our original \u2018base\u2019 KARE plans, the world has gone more mobile, more in the cloud and \u2018work-from-anywhere\u2019 is ubiquitous. And the cyber-threat environment has become much more adverse.<\/p>\n
In the past, we’ve kept KARE relevant by updating our plans with the addition of various ad-hoc services and introduced KARE for Security.<\/p>\n
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Worse, it gives the impression that the base plans are still adequate to keep you safe.\u00a0 They aren’t.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Our old base plans are not enough to protect you any longer.\u00a0 They no longer pass the test of ‘all reasonable steps’<\/p>\n That begs the question as to why we offer them, and it explains why we are no longer presenting these as options.<\/p>\n In 2023, we believe the minimum protections that organisations need are much higher and we’ve bundled those into our new KARE Foundation plan.<\/p>\n Some organisations are even more sensitive about security attacks, so we have made available a KARE Security Plus add-on option.<\/p>\n Finally, more than half of our clients prefer a fixed monthly support package, so we have created an option for that (it automatically scales up and down each month as you add or remove users or devices).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Antivirus is gone!<\/strong> Seriously.\u00a0 For a start, antivirus is not good enough anymore. The threat landscape moves too quickly.\u00a0 That’s why we now use ‘End Point Detection and Response’ technology (EDR). Full EDR adds to AV with advanced threat detection. It uses \u201cBehavioural Analytics \u201c to go beyond known signature libraries which are based on past activities and combines it with AI\/Machine Learning to look holistically at patterns to detect live activity threats.<\/p>\n Server backups are stepping up.<\/strong> Likewise, recovering files from a server (if you still have one) isn’t good enough either.\u00a0 Most files are now in the cloud. If you still have a server. it is more likely to be running processes and we need to know it will restart with all the software and process running.<\/p>\n What is Shadow IT?<\/strong> Shadow IT refers to the various online tools that might be being used casually in your organisation.\u00a0 The first step to working out how to manage and secure these is to now what’s being used.<\/p>\nWhat is new in our KARE Plans?<\/h3>\n