When alleged Russian hackers compromised the SolarWinds Orion platform to spy on U.S. agencies and other high-profile entities, the tech industry renewed its call for the adoption of software bills of materials (SBOM) — an inventory of components that make up the final product. Advocates say that will help give IT and cybersecurity professionals the […]
Communication has long been a pain point at the Monterey, Calif. Monterey Bay Aquarium, with more than 530 dropped calls on the first day tickets became available as the aquarium reopened to the public during the pandemic. It was clear that the aquarium’s legacy phone system was simply not going to cut it any longer. […]
In 2021, women represented about 25% of the global cybersecurity workforce, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. With over 2.5 million-plus cybersecurity job openings, women can help fill them, writes Vasu Jakkal, vice president of security, compliance, identity, and management at Microsoft in a blog post. With millions of job openings for cybersecurity, it’s putting a strain […]
Microsoft has released the public preview for a new capability in Microsoft Defender for IoT that gives device builders and solution operators the ability to create secure-by-design, managed IoT devices. This capability comes after Microsoft recently announced Defender for IoT sensor, version 22.1, that features Azure portal to scale large environments and control the security […]
An updated experience in web and app version of Microsoft Office is now available to all commercial and education customers after first being announced in November 2021 and rolled out to some customers since. Now, anyone with a work or school account will be able to use the new experience to help manage their files […]
Microsoft is releasing a new device in the Azure Stack Edge family, the Pro 2, a new short-depth, 2U server designed for deployment in edge locations such as retail and remote branch offices. According to Microsoft, the device is compact and comes with flexible mounting options and multiple configurations for organizations running edge workloads. Among […]
Microsoft Azure is now ahead of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in several areas, including the proportion of enterprises using the cloud service, according to a new report from IT management solution provider Flexera. In the company’s 2022 State of the Cloud Report, Flexera gives data on the enterprise cloud market, finding that Azure has surpassed […]
With today’s cybersecurity attacks rapidly escalating to never-before-seen proportions and new threats constantly emerging, IT and cybersecurity professionals should be able to quickly pivot and develop the knowledge and skills to defend against these threats. However, a new study suggests that it takes more than three months for that to happen. According to cybersecurity firm […]
Security and risk management leaders must evolve their strategies to protect their organization’s expanding digital footprint against new and emerging threats in 2022 and beyond, according to Gartner. The research firm has identified seven security and risk management trends leaders should know: Trend #1: Attack Surface Expansion Enterprise attacks are expanding and so are risks […]
We asked Mark Horne, chief marketing officer at Pindrop, five questions about voice assistant trends in the enterprise, how organizations can utilize it, the hesitations of adoption and how it will continue to evolve in the foreseeable future. Q: What have been the most significant trends driving voice technology in the last 5 years? Horne: […]
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