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online classrooms, Zoom Suspends New Features

Zoom Suspends New Features to Address Security, Transparency

Zoom is suspending any new feature development to fix security flaws just now being discovered due to a massive increase in usage.

April 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

After a slew of negative headlines about Zoom’s cybersecurity issues and a lack of transparency about data sharing, Zoom is freezing any new feature development to fix security flaws just now being discovered due to a massive increase in usage. CEO Eric Yuan, in a long blog post, outlined several other steps the company is […]

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HP, cybersecurity support

HP Offers Free Cybersecurity Support and Other Benefits to Customers

HP arms customers & partners with support to weather operational and financial challenges surrounding the spread of COVID-19.

April 2, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

HP Inc. announced a variety of relief initiatives aimed at arming its global channel partner community to navigate operational and financial challenges associated with COVID-19, including free cybersecurity support. In addition to providing a variety of financing and leasing options for end customers, the company will offer short-term, market and country-specific incentives for channel partners. […]

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Your Employees Can Take Steps to Beef Up Their Home Network Security — Here’s How

There are several things end users can do to shore up their home network security as they work from home during COVID-19.

March 31, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Your office is closed and your entire staff is working remotely due to COVID-19. Every morning, your employees access their home networks to log into their work applications to carry out their duties. Since every employee is connecting via their home networks, you don’t have to worry so much about your organization’s cybersecurity defenses, right? […]

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Cybersecurity, K-12

Cybersecurity Incidents at K-12 Schools Nearly Tripled in 2019, Report Says

For the first time since the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center began collecting data, schools have canceled classes or closed due to cybersecurity attacks.

March 25, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

As schools become increasingly reliant on technology for teaching and learning, it is putting them at greater risk for cybersecurity incidents, which is apparent in the findings of a new cybersecurity report. “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2019 Year in Review,” released by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, found there were 348 cybersecurity incidents reported at 336 K-12 […]

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Athena Security COVID-19

A Security Company Claims It Can Detect COVID-19

Athena Security's latest threat detection it has added is for COVID-19, the coronavirus that is quickly spreading across the globe.

March 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Athena Security is an AI surveillance startup that created a platform it claims can stop threats before they happen. The latest threat detection it has added is for COVID-19, the coronavirus that is quickly spreading across the globe. According to the company’s website, “Our Fever Detection COVID-19 Screening System is now a part of our platform […]

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ClearDATA Assess, Security Risk Assessment Process

ClearDATA Assess Alleviates the Security Risk Assessment Process for Healthcare

ClearDATA Assess is designed to evolve the security risk assessment process to be more efficient and manageable for companies.

March 12, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ClearDATA, a public cloud security company, launches ClearDATA Assess, a SaaS product providing a streamlined solution for completing the mandatory annual HIPAA Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for covered entities, including hospitals and healthcare organizations as well as their business associates. Designed to provide risk management with built-in efficiency, Assess provides a view of data security […]

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endpoint security

Survey Respondents ‘Very Concerned’ About Endpoint Security, Says IT Security Conference Survey

Endpoint security survey results underscore need for resilience-focused security approaches & investments as attackers continue to exploit vulnerabilities.

March 6, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Absolute, the endpoint resilience company, announces key insights from a survey of this year’s RSA Conference attendees to gauge where security and IT leaders are focusing their security investments, strategies, and resources with the ever-increasing concerns over endpoint security. Of the nearly 100 respondents, with most holding the position of a manager/supervisor or C-level executive, […]

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Small Business Cybersecurity, SMB

Small Businesses Overly Confident of Cybersecurity Defenses, Says Research

Despite confidence in their cybersecurity solutions, small business owners are not taking cybersecurity seriously enough, a new report says.

March 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Small businesses are becoming a favorite hacking target of cyber criminals, and that’s largely because of lackluster defenses, according to a new report. Cybersecurity company BullGuard’s survey of more than 3,000 small business owners revealed that an alarming amount of small businesses are not prepared for an attack on their computer networks. According to the […]

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