The majority of organizations are exploring zero trust solutions to harden their cybersecurity defenses, but most are struggling to operationalize zero trust into its existing architecture, according to a new report from market research firm Forrester. The study, commissioned by zero trust and edge cloud security company iboss, found although 75% or organizations are currently […]
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 stories each week. Zoom is reportedly preparing email and […]
Complicated login processes are leading to burnout among organizations’ rank-and-file workers, and more than two in five employees are reverting to risky behaviors to avoid those cumbersome processes, according to new research. Toronto-based password management provider 1Password’s survey of 2,000 North American workers found that 43% of employees are engaging in dangerous online behaviors such […]
Microsoft has released fixes for more than 60 vulnerabilities in its products for its September 2022 Patch Tuesday release, including one zero day in Windows Common Log File System Driver that is being actively exploited. According to cybersecurity organizations, the Patch Tuesday release fixes issues in a wide range of Microsoft products, ranging from Azure, […]
Netskope, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of secure access service edge (SASE) solutions, announced enhancements to its Netskope Cloud Firewall, the firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) component of its converged SASE platform. The new security capabilities for Netskope Cloud Firewall help customers simplify operations, prevent threats and provide consistent firewall coverage worldwide—anywhere users are located. As businesses are […]
Google has completed its acquisition of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and the two companies will work together to deliver an end-to-end security operations suite with even greater capabilities to support customers across their cloud and on-premise environments. Mandiant will join Google Cloud, but retain the Mandiant brand, according to the companies. The finalization of the deal […]
IT workers have had a very stressful last few years thanks to a rapid digital transformation that was condensed into just a few months, a drastic rise in cyberattacks and a proliferation of new software and tools. Those workers—especially cybersecurity professionals—are reporting elevated levels of burnout. A recent report from VMware found that 47% of […]
Now that Windows Autopatch is a few months old, Microsoft is making it even easier for IT admins to update their users’ Microsoft systems and ease their burden on Patch Tuesdays with new features such as application-only authentication and reporting on quality updates. Microsoft calls the updates a “direct result of feedback” from Autopatch users, […]
Users of Google Chrome are again being urged to download a latest update to patch a high-severity security bug that is currently being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2022-3075, is described as an insufficient data validation flaw in Mojo, a collection of runtime libraries that Google says provides “a platform-agnostic abstraction of common IPC […]
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 stories each week. Big tech players add zero-trust security […]
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