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The hosting of systems on Windows Server 2022 is not uncharted territory for aspectra. We showcase in this article some of the most salient improvements of this upgrade.

Authentication of the sender domain with SPF is a must if you want your emails to reach private Gmail accounts. Otherwise they will not be delivered by Google. How to fix this? We explain.

DDoS attacks  continue to be popular with cyber criminals. Particularly in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a significant increase in such attacks has been recorded. Good to know that defensive measures have been stepped up as well.

With home office now an integral part of our everyday working lives, Jira has become an indispensable tool, especially when it comes to the efficient handling of workflows and customer tickets. But we would not want to do without Jira's sister, Confluence, either.

Keys and certificates are used routinely and widely in IT environments to secure the transmission and encryption of data. In order to manage the multitude of keys and certificates efficiently, a central key management system (KMS) is essential.

Secure data transmission and the protection of privacy are fundamental factors for a safe Internet. We at aspectra are also committed to these values and practice them, thorough our services, on a daily basis. A donation to Let's Encrypt was therefore only natural.

The world's largest technology companies turned into surveillance brokers for U.S. authorities.

The Bavarian DPA has banned the use of Mailchimp, the ECJ has ruled that the USA fails to provide an adequate level of protection and the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner calls the USA an "unsafe third country". Microsoft is planning an EU Data Boundary for the MS Cloud. US clouds offer services from Switzerland. Are Swiss companies allowed to store personal data in US clouds or not?

CentOS will soon be a thing of the past. This has far-reaching consequences for users.

Aspectra relies on an open source analysis tool for web statistics: Matomo can be used GDPR-compliant and enables meaningful and accurate data collection.

The Airlock WAF 7.3 has been in use at aspectra since April. The new version offers a number of useful innovations. One of them is the IP Blacklist.