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Lockstep Technology Group, a leading provider of technology solutions for SLED organizations, is adding Transformyx, a leader in technology infrastructure and managed services, to become the leading full-service provider of IT solutions and services focused exclusively on optimizing the IT strategies of organizations in the education, healthcare, government, and commercial sectors across the Southeast. Lockstep and Transformyx share a common purpose to provide technology solutions that enable a robust, scalable, innovative, secure, and highly engaging environment for working and learning. With combined resources, Lockstep, based in Atlanta, GA and Greenville, SC, and Transformyx, based in Baton Rouge, LA, will strengthen their market positions in the Southeast and offer their clients turn-key solutions that include managed services, data & infrastructure, security & compliance, and end point technology solutions. Both organizations take pride in being customer-centric and client obsessed and have partnered with thousands of organizations spanning schools, colleges, healthcare, municipalities, and business over the past decade. “The passion and purpose embodied by the Transformyx team align with everything we do at Lockstep. We’re excited to be able to immediately offer a wide range of technology solutions that enable success.” Mahendran Jawaharlal, CEO, Lockstep Technology Group.

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During a 2020 study on IT decision makers and C-level executives at enterprise organizations, it was found that 64 percent of respondents believed that those in a senior management positions are the most likely to be targeted by malicious cyber attacks within their organizations. In contrast, only 34 percent of respondents reported freelance support positions as being most likely to be targeted.

According to data collected throughout 2020, the most prevalent malware threats to corporate networks across the globe that year were from the malware family Emotet, representing 19 percent of all reported attacks. The second highest number of attacks came from the Agent Tesla malware family, followed by Dridex variants.

In 2020, the majority of reported botnet attacks globally was caused by malware from the Emotet family. This represented over 30 percent of all attacks. Although an additional 15 and 14 percent of botnet crime was traced to Dridex and Trickbot respectively, 17 percent of attacks that year involved malware from other families.

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