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Cloud Security

Cloud services bring decisive advantages. At the same time, they entail new risks. Cloud security addresses internal governance and relies on a wide range of policies, technologies and applications to protect your enterprise platform in the cloud.

The 8 Most Important Changes You Need to Be Aware of in the New FADP.

The preparatory phase is over, and the totally revised Data Protection Act ( FADP) will enter into force on September 1. The FADP has been adapted to reflect technological developments and is designed to ensure the better protection of personal data. Self-determination is strengthened and…

UMB Awarded AWS Advanced Status!

Cham, July 18, 2023 - Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its Swiss Region in November last year. The largest public cloud provider in the world has thus brought a lot of movement to the Swiss market. UMB has now been awarded Advanced status by AWS. This makes us one of the leading Swiss AWS cloud…

UMB Realigns Cloud Business and Taps into New Business Opportunities

Cham, July 3, 2023 - The IT service provider UMB is bundling its cloud business with the public clouds of AWS, Google, and Microsoft Azure as well as UMB's own cloud in a new corporate unit and is further expanding its Cyber Defense Center. The shift to the cloud, cybersecurity, as well as the…

How Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Safeguards Your SaaS Solutions.

Cloud usage has increased dramatically in recent years, and many companies are deploying the technology, among other things, to deploy software as a service applications (SaaS). Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a cloud access security broker (CASB)[i] and part of the Microsoft Defender suite. It…

UMB Wins First Cloud Innovator Award from Fortinet!

UMB has made a real splash at the Fortinet Security Days in Bern: UMB is the first company in Switzerland to win the Fortinet Cloud Innovator award as well as being nominated for three further awards. These recognitions are the result of a long-standing and trustful cooperation with Fortinet. They…

World Password Day: From 1234567 to 4Se¢&uri%tY2

Today’s digital society leaves us almost no choice: Passwords are still one of the most important access tools when it comes to IT. But there are ways to make the use of passwords secure without any of the usual frustrations. We just have to use them.

Meier Tobler Cybersecurity: When a Crisis Becomes an Opportunity.

Building technology company Meier Tobler made headlines for months due to a serious ransomware incident. However, the crisis has been overcome and Meier Tobler has responded: A new strong IT is being implemented together with UMB.

Identity Management: What You Know. What You Have. Who You Are.

"We won't be able to rely on passwords in the future", Bill Gates predicted nearly 20 years ago.[i] His prediction has come true. Passwords are no longer enough to protect IT infrastructures.  However, there are ways and means to drastically reduce the risk of data theft, account takeovers and other…

Azure, AWS & Co.: Why More and More Are Getting on Board.

The public cloud has gone mainstream: Forecasts predict that more than 90 percent of all workloads will be processed in cloud data centers this year - most of them in the public cloud. The most important reason for the popularity of the cloud is the ability to access data from anywhere - and…

Mövenpick now has more time to create unique experiences with Wine

UMB has gradually separated the entire IT of Mövenpick Wein Schweiz AG from the existing environment and transferred it into the UMB cloud. UMB is thus laying the foundations for Mövenpick’s wine division operational excellence and creating more time to offer customers a unique shopping experience…

IBM z15: The Cloud, as Secure and Private as You Need It

The cloud is becoming increasingly important, prevalent and secure. More and more companies are moving their applications to the cloud. IBM has developed the latest mainframe generation in the wake of this development. The newest mainframe model z15 was developed following the mantra "the cloud you…

UMB Review Azure Zurich

With UMB ready for the Cloud and Azure Switzerland: We would like to thank our dedicated audience at Au Premier in Zurich. We hope that UMB, as an early adopter of Microsoft Azure Switzerland, was able to provide you with the necessary decision-making basis for your decision to move into the Swiss…

Phishing Is the More Dangerous Hacking.

Hacking is not always hacking - even if cyberattacks are almost always referred to as such in the headlines. Attempts to get into IT systems through phishing emails are happening far more frequently because software and antivirus programs are virtually powerless against such attacks. Phishing…

Ransomware: Swiss Companies in the Crosshairs.

Criminal hackers do not take summer breaks, as various Swiss companies discovered during the last weeks. According to the Swiss Federal Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance (MELANI), a number of businesses were attacked, their corporate networks successfully infiltrated, and their…