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Microsoft: SMBs That Are Early Tech Adopters Perform Better

A new Microsoft study suggests that SMBs that are early adopters of technology see faster and higher rates of growth.

September 12, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

New research from Microsoft suggests that small and medium-sized businesses that are early adopters of technology see faster and higher rates of growth, are more likely to achieve business objectives and are more likely to be confident in their future success. The research, the Microsoft SMB Voice and Attitudes to Technology Study 2022, shows that […]

Google Finalizes Acquisition of Mandiant

Google and Mandiant will combine to offer advisory services for incident response, threat detection and intelligence, automation and more.

September 12, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Use These Strategies to Help Reduce IT Burnout

With burnout rampant among IT professionals, one tech leader suggests some new ways to keep everyone happy and engaged.

September 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

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 […]

This Week in IT: New Apple Devices, IT Trends, Videoconferencing Security, Cyberattacks

New iPhones, emerging IT trends, the security of videoconferencing and new cyberattacks highlight this week's IT news.

September 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

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. New Apple iPhones don’t have physical […]

Ransomware Has a Larger Impact on Retail Organizations

Sophos says the retail sector saw a 75% increase in the rate of ransomware attacks over the last year and 77% were hit in 2021.

September 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity firm Sophos says IT professionals at retail organization are reporting above-average financial and operational impacts of ransomware attacks, with more than three-quarters of retail entities hit with ransomware in 2021. According to the U.K.-based firm’s research and annual study of 422 retail IT professionals across 31 countries, the retail sector saw a 75% increase […]

U.S. Agencies Warn of Ransomware Attacks on K-12 Education Sector

K-12 institutions should take action now to protect against an increase in ransomware as the school year begins, U.S. agencies say.

September 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. agencies are warning of an increase in ransomware attacks against the K-12 education sector, singling out a relatively new threat actor that has been observed disproportionately targeting school systems as they welcome students back into their buildings. That threat actor is Vice Society—an intrusion, exfiltration and extortion hacking group that first appeared in summer […]

Google: Update Chrome Now To Fix Zero Day Bug

Users of Google Chrome are again being urged to download a latest update to patch a new zero-day flaw being actively exploited.

September 6, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

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 […]

This Week in IT: Zero Trust, TikTok Bug, Remote/Hybrid Work Solutions

Zero trust data solutions, a vulnerability in TikTok, and new remote and hybrid work solutions round up this week's IT news.

September 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

CISA Warns of Quantum Computing Vulnerabilities

U.S. cyber agency's new guide warns of vulnerabilities and outlines the actions critical infrastructure stakeholders should take now.

August 29, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new guide that outlines the actions critical infrastructure stakeholders should take now to prepare for their future migration to the post-quantum cryptographic standard that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will publish in 2024. In the guide, CISA says both the public […]

Proofpoint Launches Intelligent Compliance Platform

Proofpoint's intelligent compliance solution offers enterprises regulatory compliance safeguards while simplifying corporate legal protection practices.

August 26, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Proofpoint, the Sunnyvale, Calif., cybersecurity and compliance company launched an intelligent compliance platform, offering enterprises regulatory compliance safeguards while simplifying corporate legal protection practices. The platform leverages Proofpoint’s proprietary machine learning engine to provide business leaders with AI powered collection, clarify classification, detection, prevention, search, e-discovery, supervision and next gen predictive analytics while meeting complex […]