Microsoft is releasing a staged rollout of the Entra admin center for Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory customers, to unify Azure AD with other identity and access products. According to the Redmond, Wash.-based company, the move is part of a vision for identity that goes beyond traditional identity management to give customers an entire […]
Microsoft is launching the public preview for hardware and firmware assessments in Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, a new feature designed to give organizations full visibility into device manufacturer, processor and BIOS information. According to the Redmon, Wash. IT giant, firmware and hardware attacks are on the rise as hackers target hardware components to gain high […]
Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology news stories each week. AWS re:Invent Announcements Amazon Web Services […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching the preview of AWS Verified Access, a new secure connectivity service designed to allow employees to enable local or remote secure access for corporate applications without a VPN. The company says Verified Access is built using the AWS Zero Trust Security principles and leverages multiple security inputs to grant […]
Password management provider 1Password is releasing a new browser extension feature that allows users to automatically save, store and autofill logins with third-party provider credentials in 1Password and bypass the need for unique usernames and passwords. According to the Toronto-based company, users can use third-party provider credentials from Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Okta and […]
It’s no secret that the hybrid workforce is here to stay. A recent Gallup study found that hybrid work has increased from 32% in 2019 to 42% in February 2022, and is anticipated to rise to 53% in 2022 and beyond. This means that businesses must adjust day-to-day operations, including meetings, to accommodate about half […]
New research from vulnerability management software company Tenable finds that nearly three-quarters of organizations remain vulnerable to the Log4Shell vulnerability as of Oct. 1, nearly a full calendar year after the critical bug in the widely used Java logging tool Log4j was discovered. When Log4Shell was discovered in December 2021, Tenable found that one in […]
While cloud computing is helping organizations modernize their operations and be more agile, cloud technology is also introducing new threats, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos. The U.K.-based cybersecurity service company published results of a recent survey of IT professionals at small and mid-size organizations, finding that 56% of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) users saw an increase in […]
Despite nearly three years of distributed work forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations have still not yet equipped their offices and end users with the tools and technology necessary to carry out hybrid meetings. With 2023 around the corner, IT budgets should reflect those necessary conference room upgrades and end user tools, unified communications […]
Just days after announcing the upcoming end to the consumer version of the encrypted communication app Wickr, AWS has announced AWS Wickr, a new enterprise communications service with end-to-end encryption. According to the company, AWS Wickr is designed to help organizations comply with regulatory requirements like e-discovery, legal hold and FOIA requests. The app uses […]
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