Microsoft is launching the general availability of Windows Update for Business reports, a new tool that the Redmond, Wash. tech giant says combines organizational and device-level reporting with actionable data and insights. The company calls Windows Update for Business reports an “evolution” of Update Compliance, and is essentially a rebrand that brings clarity to purpose. […]
Interactive touchscreens deserve a lot of attention from school district IT administrators. This device is the ultimate, all-in-one teaching tool in the classroom. It replaces not just the marker-based whiteboard but also the classroom projector and video player. For today’s generation of students who grew up with smartphones, learning by interactive touchscreen offers a more […]
Microsoft’s November 2022 Patch Tuesday is a particularly important one, as the company has released fixes for four zero-day vulnerabilities, all of which are currently being exploited in the wild. In total, the Redmond, Wash. software giant has released fixes for 62 security bugs, including nine rated critical and 53 rated important. Here’s a look […]
Nation-state cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure are rising as countries continue to leverage technology to carry out advanced cyberattacks in addition to physical warfare, according to Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report. Much of the report focuses on the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine—which Microsoft attributes as a main cause of a spike in cyberattacks targeting critical […]
Dropbox Inc., the San Francisco-based file syncing, sharing, online backup and cloud storage provider confirmed it was the target of a phishing campaign that accessed some of the code that the company store’s in GitHub. According to the company, no user’s content, passwords, or payment information was accessed. The company’s core apps and infrastructure were […]
Microsoft and the SANS Institute are partnering on a new series of computer-based training modules in the Attack Simulation Training service that will focus on IT systems and network administrators. The training will be included in the Defender for O365 offering for security professionals utilizing the Microsoft 365 E5 Security license. IT systems and/or network […]
Digital workflow company ServiceNow is releasing new solutions designed to help digitize workplace productivity challenges, including new automated service suggestions, a service request playbook and workplace scenario planning tools built on the ServiceNow platform. According to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company, the new solutions accelerate automation of complex, often offline processes for enterprises and government […]
Microsoft is releasing the public preview of Azure Active Directory (AD) Certificate-based Authentication (CBA) on iOS and Android devices using certificates on hardware security keys from Yubico. The company first announced the general availability of Azure AD CBA during Ignite 2022 as part of the company’s commitment to President Joe Biden’s executive order on improving […]
Microsoft is releasing Just in Time Registration for Setup Assistant with modern authentication for iOS and iPadOS devices that enroll through Apple’s Automated Device Enrollment. According to a Microsoft blog, this is an improvement to the Setup Assistant with modern authentication enrollment method since it no longer requires the Company Portal app for Azure AD […]
The idea of a fully autonomous cybersecurity system could mean the end of burnout and stress among IT security professionals and a sizable decrease in successful attacks, but that idea is a “pipe dream,” says a Forrester analyst. In a recent blog post, Allie Mellen, a senior analyst with Forrester, says many security vendors share […]
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