My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 146: The Great Resignation and Cybersecurity
Mike Hamilton, CISO of cybersecurity firm Critical Insight and former CISO of Seattle, joins the podcast to talk about retaining IT talent.
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Log4j Exploits Stretch Into Second Month
IT and security professionals should continue to be vigilant and look for signs of vulnerable versions of Log4j as exploitation attempts stretch into a second month, Microsoft warns. According to an update to a running Microsoft security blog on the issue, sophisticated threat actors like nation-state groups and others are rolling Log4J exploitations into its […]
Have You Encountered These Five Frustrating IT Support Tickets?
As IT professionals, your job is to help non-IT folks use technology to help them do their jobs and run an organization. However, most of those non-IT end users haven’t had the technical education and training you probably had—not to mention the many technology certifications you have added to your resume. That can create a […]
Use These Free, Publicly Available Log4j Scanning Tools
Just in time for the holidays, the Log4j vulnerabilities sent IT and security teams into a panic earlier this month. The Apache Foundation has since fixed the bugs and issued patches, so the onus is now on software developers and administrators to patch software and apply the fixes. Since Log4j is a hugely popular Java […]
4 Ways to Boost Employee Experience & Reduce IT Burden
When people talk about the typical employee lifecycle, the focus is usually on the employees themselves. They join a company, contribute and then leave. Yet, what’s often overlooked is the time and effort IT contributes to making that employee’s time as successful as possible. Today, with the Great Resignation, more employees are moving jobs than […]
The Challenges of Remaining Compliant in a Remote Working World
HR departments across multiple industries adjusted quickly to the pandemic. They managed shifting consumer demand, which impacted hiring and business models, and they adapted to remote workforces. As the pandemic continues, remote working is now “table stakes” for workers, not a rare luxury. As entire organizations adopt remote working, they lose a corporate headquarters. There’s […]
Zoom Rooms, Tech-Enabled Furniture Help School District Engage Hybrid Learners
Thanks to Zoom Rooms and Salamander Designs furniture, the Howe Public School district in Howe, Okla. were able to bring all students together during the COVID-19 pandemic and the district’s hybrid learning strategy. The school district and Lance Ford, a faculty member and Zoom Room educator, helped design and deploy “superpowered” learning systems using Zoom, […]
What You Need To Know About Microsoft 365 Price Increases
Starting in March, Microsoft 365 licenses will be more expensive for business customers, representing what Microsoft has called its “first substantive pricing update” since the launch of Office 365 a decade ago. This is old news, as the company announced this in August. But for enterprises and small-to-medium businesses, price increases are across the board. […]
Crestron Dan Feldstein CEO Dishes On Company’s Goals, Microsoft Rumors, Supply Chain Issues
New Crestron CEO Dan Feldstein jokes, “First I was born, and then I started working at Crestron. That’s pretty much how it goes.” To say that Feldstein has Crestron in his DNA would be an understatement. “My involvement with the company goes back to my earliest memories, whether it was wandering around the stock room, or picking […]
Why Democratizing Cybersecurity Is Long Overdue And How CSaaS Flips The Industry Standard On Its Head
Cybersecurity services have been biased toward the big fish. Large enterprises have all the resources, budget and willingness to work with multiple, complex products that need integration and orchestration. The one-size-fits-all model typically includes everything the industry offers—a lot of which is probably not required by small- and medium-sized organizations. On top of that, SMBs […]
