Bosch Building Technologies announces a new version of its video fire detection system AVIOTEC IP Starlight 8000, which now enables early detection of incidents even in low light. Both flames and smoke are reliably detected down to an ambient lighting level of 2 lux, according to the company. For this purpose, Bosch says it has […]
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Salesforce Launches Work.com, a Suite of Return-to-Work Solutions
Salesforce has launched Work.com, a new family of technology solutions designed to help businesses and communities safely reopen as COVID-19 lockdowns end.
Salesforce has launched Work.com, a new family of technology solutions designed to help businesses and communities safely return to work and reopen. The new solutions are intended to help accelerate the response to COVID-19 in both public and private sectors by offering solutions like employee wellness assessment, shift management, contact tracing, emergency response management, grant […]
US, UK Officials Warn COVID-19 Researchers of Hacking Attempts
Cybersecurity officials say threat actors are targeting COVID-19 research in healthcare, pharmaceutical, education and local government.
A new advisory from U.S. and U.K. cybersecurity officials warns healthcare organizations that bad actors are trying to steal research related to COVID-19. The joint advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cyber Security Center says there are indications that Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors are targeting organizations involved in both […]
A 1,000-Foot-View of Coding from Someone Who Studied Hundreds of Software Programmers
Think you know coders and what motivates them? A panel from Red Hat Summit 2020 centered around someone who's interviewed hundreds of software programmers.
“The average person has no idea how software is made,” Clive Thompson, tech journalist, told Saron Yitbarek, founder of the CodeNewbie podcast, at the virtual Red Hat Summit 2020. Never mind the people behind the code. So Thompson interviewed a wide swath of software programmers — from Facebook & Google devs, to the people developing Javascript login pages […]
Wi-Fi Seekers Turn to Parking Lots in Order to Connect
With restaurants and cafés closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak, people without access to wi-fi are parking outside of their usual spots in order to gain internet access.
With restaurants and cafés closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak, people without access to wi-fi are parking outside of their usual spots in order to gain internet access.
Survey: Organizations Not Prepared for Increasing COVID-19 Cyber Attacks
According to a new ISACA survey, only half of cybersecurity professionals say they’re prepared for the increasing cyber attacks during the COVID-19 crisis.
According to a new survey, only half of cybersecurity professionals say they’re ready to detect and respond to the increasing rate of cyber attacks targeting vulnerable organizations during the COVID-19 crisis. The data comes from global IT association ISACA, which surveyed more than 3,700 technology professionals about how the coronavirus is affecting the IT industry. […]
Microsoft Increasing Teams Group Text Chat Limit to 250
Microsoft Teams will soon be rolling out a new feature that expands the number of people that can join a text chat to 250.
Ever since COVID-19 forced millions of workers to work remotely or out of their homes, collaboration and communication platforms like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx, Google meet, BlueJeans, Slack, GoToMeeting and others have rolled out new features in what has become a competitive market for those providers. Many of the updates and new features have been […]
HID, Fidesmo Give Wearable Devices Security Credentials
Fidesmo & HID’s Seos credential tech now integrate secure element credentials to be used in a wide variety of wearable devices.
HID Global and Fidesmo have teamed up to connect contactless services to wearable tech. Fidesmo has integrated HID’s Seos credential technology into secure element chips that are used in a wide variety of wearables, according to the company. “As wearables grow in popularity, organizations of all types will be confronted with the need to support […]
Open Hybrid Cloud Builds Today, Plans for Future
Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier's virtual keynote at IT giant's annual summit illustates the imperative of moving toward an open hybrid cloud.
Like dozens of other popular tech events, Red Hat Summit 2020 didn’t feature any in-person executive speakers or vendors. Instead, the open-sourced enterprise IT software giant’s annual conference was held virtually due to COVID-19 using the very infrastructure and solutions the company brings to its enterprise customers. In a virtual keynote, newly minted Red Hat […]
NSA Releases Security Criteria for Meeting Platforms
The U.S. National Security Agency has published a security assessment of 13 popular communication and collaboration platforms.
Large parts of the U.S. are essentially running on virtual meeting platforms like Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans and others thanks to the coronavirus forcing organizations to quickly shift to remote work. As with any new technology, organizations must take steps to ensure that it is secure and safe from malicious actors and cybercriminals. That’s […]
