Coronavirus Response
Aunalytics Coronavirus Response
At Aunalytics, our clients’ success and our teams’ safety is a top priority. In times of natural disaster and other unexpected or challenging events, we have plans, processes and teams in place to ensure our services remain available and our team is protected. This approach should allow our clients to focus on their critical business goals and the well-being of their workforce.
Therefore, we find it appropriate at this time to share the following update:
COVID-19 Business Continuity and Crisis Management
We do not foresee any impact to the delivery of any Aunalytics services due to COVID-19, and as always, we are committed to keeping our solutions available and running for our clients regardless of their location.
Our cloud-based, multi-tenant architecture model and distributed data center approach is designed to operate without any service disruptions. We also have proactively formed an internal Coronavirus Response Team to mitigate any potential disruptions.
Working Remotely
Aunalytics team members have the resources and tools they need to perform their jobs securely from any location. Therefore, we are recommending that our team members do not travel to client worksites unless absolutely necessary. In the event that an onsite presence is required, we will work together with our clients to ensure we are putting safety first for all individuals.
To make determinations around remote work and office closures, we carefully monitor and consider advice from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. Department of State, and government and health officials in local communities where our team members live and work.
Business Continuity Planning
As a cloud-based company with a dispersed team and flexible, remote workforce, we are prepared to virtually manage business continuity challenges. Our approach is designed to ensure that our services remain available to our clients during natural disasters or other unexpected and challenging events. Our business continuity planning is also intended to ensure we have open channels for timely communications with our clients and other stakeholders.
Service Operations
Our cloud services are designed with a high degree of redundancy and geographic fail-over capabilities to reduce the likelihood of significant impact. We maintain policies and procedures for responding to emergencies, including a disaster recovery plan. Aunalytics has data centers and technical support located in multiple locations to reduce the impact of a regional or local disruption.
We sincerely appreciate your faith in us and take the responsibility to our clients and team members very seriously. We will continue to provide updates as warranted.
Sincerely,
Richard F. Carlton
President
Terry A. Gour
COO
Google Chrome Critical Update 10-31-2019
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser used to access the Internet. Successful exploitation of the most severe vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser. Depending on the privileges associated with the application, an attacker could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. If this application has been configured to have fewer user rights on the system, exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could have less impact than if it was configured with administrative rights.
How to check for an update
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More.
. - Click Help And then About Google Chrome.
- Chrome will check for updates when you’re on this page.
- To apply any available updates, click Relaunch.
THREAT INTELLIGENCE:
There are reports that an exploit for CVE-2019-13720 exists in the wild.
SYSTEMS AFFECTED:
- Google Chrome versions prior to 78.0.3904.87
RISK:
Government:
- Large and medium government entities: High
- Small government entities: Medium
Businesses:
- Large and medium business entities: High
- Small business entities: Medium
Home users: Low
TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could result in arbitrary code execution. These vulnerabilities can be exploited if a user visits, or is redirected to, a specially crafted web page. Details of the vulnerabilities are as follows:
- Use-after-free in audio (CVE-2019-13720)
- Use-after-free in PDFium (CVE-2019-13721)
Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions, or cause denial-of-service conditions.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
We recommend the following actions be taken:
- Apply the stable channel update provided by Google to vulnerable systems immediately after appropriate testing.
- Run all software as a non-privileged user (one without administrative privileges) to diminish the effects of a successful attack.
- Remind users not to visit un-trusted websites or follow links provided by unknown or un-trusted sources.
- Inform and educate users regarding the threats posed by hypertext links contained in emails or attachments especially from un-trusted sources.
- Apply the Principle of Least Privilege to all systems and services.
REFERENCES:
Google:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Companies Merge into the New Aunalytics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leading analytics & IT cloud providers unify to align with direction of the future.
SOUTH BEND, IND. (October 1, 2019) – Aunalytics, a leader in data and analytics services for enterprise businesses, announced today that it has unified four entities into the new Aunalytics, adding cloud, managed, and data center services to its offerings.
The newly unified Aunalytics positions the company as a unique leader in the IT market, offering a new category of software and services. Aunalytics is creating a single ecosystem that offers a full-featured, end-to-end cloud platform, capable of everything from traditional cloud hosting, to analytics and artificial intelligence.
This move follows significant growth in Aunalytics’ Midwest footprint as the only provider of a cloud platform with both analytics and production capabilities. The expansion, driven in part by acquiring the cloud infrastructure assets of MicroIntegration in South Bend, IN and Secant in Kalamazoo, MI, has resulted in strong momentum for Aunalytics. Today, the company employs over 180 team members – representing 56 universities, six countries, four branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and has attracted talent from 11 states specifically to work at Aunalytics.
Secant is now Aunalytics
“The Secant name served us very well for many years, but as we continue to grow across the region and around the country, it is important to evolve the brand to better reflect our people and purpose,” said Steve Burdick, VP Sales, Cloud & Managed Services. “From the most foundational IT needs, to the most challenging AI initiatives, we have an expert team that can help manage every step of a client’s digital journey.”
MicroIntegration is now Aunalytics
“The change of our name represents the merger of multiple companies with unique technology capabilities that when joined together provide a world-class cloud platform with managed services to support virtually any technology our clients need,” said Terry Gour, President & COO, Cloud & Managed Services.
Data Realty is now Aunalytics
“Data Realty’s Northern Indiana data center was one of the first buildings in South Bend’s technology park, Ignition Park, and we’re excited, again, be part of the largest company at the tech park, as Aunalytics,” said Rich Carlton, President & Data Services Lead. “With almost 200 team members and multiple locations across two states, we have more top talent that can manage every step from hosting to AI.”
The Aunalytics Name
The mathematical symbol (U) means union. The letter ‘u” added to “analytics” symbolizes the belief that analytics is not just about data or software-as-a-service. It is about a union between technology and human intelligence, between digital partner and client, between cloud and artificial intelligence. Those that can master these unions, are the companies that will truly thrive and remain competitive.
“We’re living in a data-rich world that is only getting richer. But harnessing that data is extraordinarily difficult for most companies. Businesses need a partner that can provide not just the right systems and software tools, but the people and judgement to implement them strategically,” says Carlton. “They need a catalyst to help them on their journey to digital transformation. Aunalytics is that catalyst.”
For additional information, contact:
Aunalytics
574.344.0881
About Aunalytics
Aunalytics brings together the best of human intelligence and leading digital technologies to transform business challenges into flexible, scalable solutions, measured by definable business outcomes. Through a seamless integration of tailored IT initiatives, secure cloud infrastructure, and big data, analytics and AI solutions, Aunalytics is a catalyst for human and organizational thriving.
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