CompTIA, provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications and education for technology workers, has expanded its credentialing program with the introduction of CompTIA Data+. CompTIA Data+ is a data analytics certification for professionals tasked with developing and promoting data-driven business decision-making. It validates the ability to mine, analyze and interpret data in a clear, consistent way that […]
At a recent IT industry event, Kenitra Horsley, the deputy chief information officer and director of enterprise systems at Queens University of Charlotte, a seasoned IT expert with more than 20 years of experience in IT management, was asked how she got a technology leadership role. Horsley, a black woman, says she felt “blatantly disrespected” […]
Symantec, a subsidiary of Broadcom and a member of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, has uncovered a new malware strain the company calls the most advanced piece of malware ever linked to China-based threat actors. The Symantec Threat Hunter team says it uncovered malware that appears to be used […]
IT administrators can now more easily find, configure, deploy and monitor macOS settings in Microsoft Endpoint Manager after Microsoft released support for macOS policies in its settings catalog and added support for new payload settings. Microsoft calls this part of its continued investment in macOS platform management and one that eliminates some manual processes previously […]
Americans spend an average of two hours and five minutes a week making video calls via online meeting platforms like Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams, according to research by NordVPN. With videoconferencing platforms gaining popularity, cybersecurity experts are warning users about the dangers of being scammed and potentially infected by malware through them. “Since the […]
Accountability for cybersecurity risk is shifting outside of IT, and the role of the cybersecurity leader needs to evolve, Gartner says in a new report. According to Gartner, security and risk managers are investing more effort into evaluating and influencing the cyberhealth of external parties, employees are making more decisions with cyber risk implications and […]
Facial biometric checks, also know as “face authentication,” are meant to protect businesses from fraud by ensuring that users are truly present during remote verification. Sumsub, an online verification identity service that helps onboard millions of users annually, examined the efficiency of face authentication and found differences in the time needed to complete facial biometric […]
Magewell, a developer of video interface and IP workflow solutions has joined Barco’s ClickShare Alliance Program. The new partnership will ensure Magewell’s USB Capture Gen 2 HDMI-to-USB and SDI-to-USB capture devices’ compatibility with Barco’s ClickShare Conference wireless conferencing portfolio. Magewell says its plug-and-play USB Capture Gen 2 devices let users easily and reliably bring HDMI or […]
Microsoft has announced the public preview of Azure AD Identity Protection for workload identities that includes purpose-built anomaly detection capabilities for workload identities with user detections to help protect the entire IT environment. According to Microsoft, cloud migrations include software workloads like apps, services or scripts that access cloud resources and have workload identities in […]
The threats organizations are facing continue to evolve, and so are the tools they use to manage an emergency. It’s not enough to just alert people that an emergency is occurring. Organizations need robust solutions that give them the ability to actively manage an event from beginning to end. That’s why many mass notification solutions […]
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