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Cyberattacks and Financial Institutions in 2021

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Cyberattacks and Financial Institutions in 2021: What You Need to Know, and What You Need to Do to Thwart Threats

For the past six years, the finance sector has been ranked #1 as the most cyberattacked industry. Even so, in 2020, attacks against banks and other financial institutions climbed an incredible 238% followed by a further impressive 118% increase in 2021.

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2021 Grand Rapids IT Symposium

2021 Grand Rapids IT Symposium

October 21, 2021

Grand Rapids IT Symposium

DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, MI

Aunalytics debuts new managed services offering with embedded security at the Grand Rapids IT Symposium

Aunalytics is excited to showcase its new Secure Managed Services offering at the Grand Rapids IT Symposium. The new service stack combines mission critical IT services leveraging zero trust end-to-end security to ensure people and data are protected regardless of location.

2021 Grand Rapids IT Symposium

Aunalytics Unveils Secure Managed Services with Integrated Security

Next-Generation Technology Suite Delivers Secure Managed IT to Power Business

South Bend, IN (September 27, 2021) – Aunalytics, a leading data platform company delivering Insights-as-a-Service for enterprise businesses, today announced the company’s Secure Managed Services offering. The new service stack combines mission critical IT services leveraging zero trust end-to-end security to ensure people and data are protected regardless of location.

Organizational data is extremely valuable to the longevity and success of a business. The ever-changing threat landscape presents serious risks to organizations because of bad actors working to steal and encrypt important operational data. In addition to phishing scams and other common threats, security incidents over the last 12 months have included malware, ransomware, and crypto-jacking – made worse through compromised accounts and exposed data. In 2020, malware attacks increased by 358% and ransomware attacks by 435% over attacks in 2019.

As a trusted partner, Aunalytics is no longer offering its enterprise-class IT services without integrated security. Next generation managed services now must include embedded security that adapts as threats emerge. Next generation security requires focus on users and access to corporate data by a distributed workforce often working from remote locations, home offices or using personal devices to access company systems and data. Aunalytics understands this requirement and has developed the new Secure Managed Services stack with a full suite of managed IT and integrated security services to empower business with a complete, all-encompassing approach.

New Aunalytics Secure Managed Services features include:

  • 24/7/365 Monitoring & Management – Mitigate risks to valuable infrastructure going down or becoming unavailable. Aunalytics manages hardware and software, and works proactively to address any issues.
  • Synchronized Network Security Platform – Protect networks and endpoints from advanced threats with next-generation anti-virus protection and management.
  • Workstation & Server Patching – Ensure servers and workstations are always protected through operating system security patching, including feature releases.
  • Internet Protection – Guard against Internet threats with Sophos Central and Cisco Umbrella combined solution providing website protection, DNS filtering and roaming DNS protection.
  • Email Filtering and Security – Protect email inboxes for all employees with Microsoft Defender (Advanced Threat Protection).
  • Office 365 Management and Security – Manage and protect Office 365 instances with Microsoft Defender and Azure Security.
  • Multi-Factor Authentication – Control Identity and access management with Duo or Okta based multi-factor authentication solutions.
  • Data and Device Encryption Management – Encrypt data and control privacy with Sophos Central Encryption.
  • Security Awareness Training – Prepare employees to be more security-aware. As attacks are more people-focused than ever, Aunalytics will help drive effective security training and testing campaigns.

For highly regulated industries, a managed security operations center (SOC) is typically the most important requirement of modern IT security. However, SOCs are expensive, complicated, and far beyond the reach of most small and medium size enterprises. Aunalytics now offers an Advanced Security services stack, so that clients can focus on growing their businesses while Aunalytics experts provide an SOC to continuously monitor and manage threats. Similarly, Aunalytics now offers Advanced Compliance managed services to provide guidance and expertise for clients to meet compliance standards such as SOC, HIPAA, PCI, FFIEC, and NIST 800-171, 800-53 (CMMC & FedRAMP).

“A large number of organizations are not appropriately equipped to handle 24×7 monitoring of network, systems infrastructure, and security operations,” said Paula Musich, Research Director, Enterprise Management Associates. “The integration of these and other important capabilities into Aunalytics’ managed services suite is a critical step to ensuring resilience in the event of a potentially destructive attack.”

“We have made the paradigm shift from trying to operationalize a collection of IT and security tools to a holistic view of stability and security that adapts as ever-changing threats evolve,” said Kerry Vickers, Chief Information Security Officer, Aunalytics.

To learn more about the Secure Managed Services Platform, contact Info@Aunalytics.com.

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About Aunalytics
Aunalytics is a data platform company delivering answers for your business. Aunalytics provides Insights-as-a-Service to answer enterprise and mid-sized companies’ most important IT and business questions. The Aunalytics® cloud-native data platform is built for universal data access, advanced analytics and AI while unifying disparate data silos into a single golden record of accurate, actionable business information. Its Daybreak industry intelligent data mart combined with the power of the Aunalytics data platform provides industry-specific data models with built-in queries and AI to ensure access to timely, accurate data and answers to critical business and IT questions. Through its side-by-side digital transformation model, Aunalytics provides on-demand scalable access to technology, data science, and AI experts to seamlessly transform customers’ businesses. To learn more contact us at 1 855-799-DATA or visit Aunalytics at https://www.aunalytics.com or on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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BioCrossroads Listing

Aunalytics has been included in the 2021 BioCrossroads Book of Data and Organizations

Aunalytics has been included in the 2021 BioCrossroads Book of Data and Organizations directory of Indiana enterprises in the health-data intersection – it includes information on Indiana’s industry, government, health systems, academia, and digital health startups that have tremendous data and technology resources which are driving transformative healthcare and life sciences work locally and globally. The directory now includes snapshots of 40 organizations who control data assets – data sets, data talent, and/or data technology — as well as five cross-organizational initiatives, who collaborating for a specific data project or program.

Aunalytics, Inc. Profile

Role(s)

  • Aunalytics is a data platform company delivering answers for your business. Aunalytics provides Insights-as-a-Service to answer enterprise and midsized companies’ most important IT and business questions. The Aunalytics® cloud-native data platform is built for universal data access, advanced analytics and AI while unifying disparate data silos into a single golden record of accurate, actionable business information. Its DaybreakTM industry intelligent data mart combined with the power of the Aunalytics data platform provides industry-specific data models with built-in queries and AI to ensure access to timely, accurate data and answers to critical business and IT questions. Through its side-by-side digital transformation model, Aunalytics provides on-demand scalable access to technology, data science, and AI experts to seamlessly transform customers businesses.
  • Our healthcare industry revenue cycle management analytics focus provides AI and machine learning driven insights for reducing insurance reimbursement underpayments and streamlining billing to provide a data driven practice management solution.

Mission

We use data and technology to improve the lives of others.

History

Aunalytics began in 2011 when successful data center entrepreneurs in South Bend, Indiana partnered with data scientists from the University of Notre Dame to provide end to end business and IT analytic solutions backed by a cloud data center. Aunalytics aims to bring data and analytics to mid-market businesses, healthcare systems, and providers by our side by side model to provide clients with access to our data engineer and data science experts to harness data driven insights to better compete with large nationals. We provide healthcare industry specific data models and mine your data for insights to reduce operational costs and drive revenue.

About

  • 250 team members in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio
  • Enterprise cloud, data analytics, data management and managed services offerings powered by our data platform
  • Industry specific data analytics – built for healthcare providers for revenue cycle management
  • HIPAA compliant enterprise cloud


Aunalytics acquires NetGain

Aunalytics Accelerates Insights-as-a-Service Offering Through Ohio Expansion

South Bend, IN (July 15, 2021) - Aunalytics, a leading data platform company delivering Insights-as-a-Service to answer the most important business and IT questions, today reported expansion of operations into Ohio. Aunalytics acquired Ohio-based managed services provider NetGain in February 2021 and today announces integration and rebranding of the Ohio operations and data centers as Aunalytics. Leveraging NetGain’s footprint throughout Ohio, Aunalytics extends its solution portfolio, including AunsightTM Golden Record and the DaybreakTM Analytic Database, to new customers in the region.

With Aunalytics’ expansion, the company will continue providing IT and security expertise to government and mid-market businesses in the areas of financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and professional services. Aunalytics will continue to offer state-of-the-art cloud and managed services to companies in the region, adding data cleansing, data management and machine learning powered data analytics services that allow Ohio businesses to strengthen their competitive edge and achieve greater success.

The integration of NetGain allows for a greater footprint in Columbus and Dayton. Growing companies in the state will benefit from the additional technology efficiencies and features enabled, allowing for increased revenues and lower operational costs. Business leaders seeking sound IT foundations have relied on quality managed services for years with NetGain, and with digital transformation top-of-mind across industries, Aunalytics is poised to bring best-of-breed solutions to clients looking to advance their business objectives.

"Digital transformation remains a top priority for our organization and is absolutely critical to drive the business forward," said Tom Kiefer, CFO, Environmental Management Services, Inc. (EMSI). "We rely on the advanced insights available through our strategic IT partner, helping us to achieve a higher level of business intelligence from multiple data sources, across all operational areas."

“NetGain’s legacy as an ISP brings a strong network management/network engineering expertise and a technology suite for multi-site locations. Together, the integrated companies will offer ironclad redundancy, reliability, and IT solutions to meet any business challenge,” said Kelly Jones, vice president of Integration Services at Aunalytics. “This is complemented with the deep knowledge of our team, making Aunalytics well-positioned to deliver strategic computing services and build-out resilient IT stacks for all clients.”

 

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About Aunalytics

Aunalytics is a data platform company delivering answers for your business. Aunalytics provides Insights-as-a-Service to answer enterprise and mid-sized companies’ most important IT and business questions. The Aunalytics® cloud-native data platform is built for universal data access, advanced analytics and AI while unifying disparate data silos into a single golden record of accurate, actionable business information. Its DaybreakTM industry intelligent data mart combined with the power of the Aunalytics data platform provides industry-specific data models with built-in queries and AI to ensure access to timely, accurate data and answers to critical business and IT questions. Through its side-by-side digital transformation model, Aunalytics provides on-demand scalable access to technology, data science, and AI experts to seamlessly transform customers’ businesses. To learn more contact us at +1 855-799-DATA or visit Aunalytics at https://www.aunalytics.com  or on Twitter and LinkedIn.

 

PR Contact:
Denise Nelson
The Ventana Group for Aunalytics
(925) 858-5198
dnelson@theventanagroup.com


Aunalytics named one of the 2021 Best Tech Startups in South Bend, IN

The Tech Tribune Best Tech Startups 2021

Aunalytics is named one of the 2021 Best Tech Startups in South Bend, IN

Aunalytics has been named one of South Bend’s Best Tech Startups for 2021 by The Tech Tribune. We are honored to have received this award the past four years. Consideration is based off revenue potential, leadership, brand traction, and the competitive landscape.

About Aunalytics

Aunalytics delivers insights as a service to answer enterprise and midsized companies’ most important IT and business questions. The Aunalytics cloud-native data platform is built for universal data access, powerful analytics, and AI. With the data platform deployed and managed securely, Aunalytics reliably turns disparate data silos into a golden record of accurate business information and uses its powerful analytics to provide answers.

Its Daybreak industry intelligent data mart combines the power of the data platform with industry-specific data models to provide access to timely, accurate data, and answer critical business and IT questions with advanced built-in queries and AI.

Through its side-by-side digital transformation model, Aunalytics provides on-demand scalable access to technology, data science, and AI experts to help transform its partners’ businesses.

The complete list of honorees is featured on The Tech Tribune website.


Six Steps Toward a More Secure Technology Environment

In the past few months, it’s become obvious that despite the world and our communities being hurt by the ongoing pandemic, hackers and bad actors are continually on the hunt for a good score. Ransomware attacks have been hitting hard at key infostructures; particularly schools. Schools have already paid over a half million dollars in ransom to some of these attackers.

In the last seven days, there have been over 20 attacks on these targets, ranging from inaccessible systems to full payouts to the attackers.

While there are no guarantees that your organization will not be hit, there are many things every organization can do to become less of a target and strengthen your own boundaries. Though some of these recommendations require an operations cost, many are free and only take a little time. ALL tactics are extremely valuable towards ensuring your organization is harder to hit.

Please contact Aunalytics if you’re interested in discussing the following steps toward a more secure technology environment.

  1. Only do work-related activities on work computers
  2. Check for password strength
  3. Review your spam and phishing filters (Microsoft Security)
  4. Train your users so they can maintain vigilance (in-house education, Knowbe4)
  5. Apply Multi-Factor Authentication (Microsoft, Okta)
  6. Put CXOs, VPs and organizational decision makers on an anti-spoof list (Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection)