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Microsoft: MFA Adoption At 22%

Despite an evolving cyberthreat landscape, just 22% of Microsoft Azure Active Directory customers have implemented MFA, passwordless tools.

February 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Despite a cyberthreat landscape that continues to evolve and become even more dangerous, just 22% of Microsoft Azure Active Directory customers have implemented strong identify authentication protection, Microsoft says in a new report. In the company’s Cyber Signals report, a new quarterly cyber threat intelligence brief marketed to IT and security leaders, Microsoft says less […]

TD SYNNEX Named a Fortune World’s Most Admired Company

February 4, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

TD SYNNEX honored less than one year after completing merger of Tech Data and SYNNEX FREMONT, Calif. & CLEARWATER, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) today announced it has been named one of the “World’s most Admired Companies” by Fortune for the first time as a newly merged company. “It’s humbling for TD SYNNEX to receive […]

Phishing Attacks That Bypass MFA Could Become The Norm

Proofpoint says threat actors are increasingly leveraging phishing kits that can bypass mutli-factor authentication methods.

February 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now a standard cybersecurity practice—or at least it should be—across an organization’s IT environment. MFA has been proven to stop hackers from accessing accounts and thwart ransomware attacks from happening with compromised credentials alone. However, like with most IT security safeguards, cybercriminals are finding ways around it with phishing attacks that […]

SBOMs Will Become A Necessity In IT Ecosystem

New research suggests that a software bill of materials (SBOM) will become a critical piece of software supply chain security.

February 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT professionals and software developers should prepare for Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) to become a regular part of the IT ecosystem, according to new research from the Linux Foundation. The term, while already known to IT professionals, became more popular in the wake of several software supply chain security crises, including the SolarWinds compromise, […]

Axiado Expands Its Leadership Lineup to Bring the AI-Enhanced Security Processor TCU to Market

February 3, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Company adds proven industry leaders from AMD, Cloudflare, Intel, Nokia, Palo Alto Networks, Qualcomm and others SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#5G–Axiado Corporation, an AI-enhanced hardware security company announced the fortifying of its leadership lineup by adding ten members to its board of strategic technology advisors and three accomplished technology executives to the Axiado team. With these […]

ComplyAdvantage Releases 2022 State Of Financial Crime Report

February 3, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Designed as a strategic roadmap for compliance teams, the comprehensive annual report covers financial crime insights related to SARs, cybercrime, geopolitical hotspots, crypto regulations and, the ever-changing sanctions landscape LONDON & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ComplyAdvantage, a global data technology company transforming financial crime detection, today announced the availability of the firm’s much anticipated annual report – […]

IT is Begging for Better Management of The UC&C Environment

A meeting technology management support platform from a global collaboration leader may be the answer to IT's headaches.

February 2, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that the use of videoconferencing and other unified communication and collaboration (UC&C) apps has exploded over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and shift to remote work that came as a result. Platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet and others have reported huge increases in […]

Patch Now: RCE Vulnerability Found in Samba

Administrators are advised to immediately deploy the fix and be on the lookout for vendors that will need to release their own patches.

February 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Researchers have discovered an Out-of-Bounds Heap Read/Write vulnerability in Samba that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of the free software. The bug, tracked as CVE-2021-44142, was initially discovered at the Pwn2Own event in Austin, and researchers with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative discovered additional variants of the bug […]

Orca Security Launches Industry’s First Cloud Risk Encyclopedia to Provide Ongoing Education for Cloud Security Best Practices

February 2, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Cloud security innovator opens up its collection of 900+ cloud risks along with remediation strategies to share industry knowledge PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orca Security, the cloud security innovation leader, today launched the Orca Cloud Risk Encyclopedia to serve as a global resource for practitioners and researchers throughout the InfoSec community. Rapid cloud adoption, increased multi-cloud complexity, […]

Springboard Launches 12-Week Tech Sales Bootcamp to Train Students for High-Pay Sales Roles

February 1, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Leading EdTech Platform Launches First-of-its-Kind Program to Offer Pathway for Non-Tech Workers into Tech Careers SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Springboard, an online learning platform preparing students for in-demand careers through comprehensive, human-guided programs, has announced that enrollments are now open for its new Tech Sales Bootcamp, the first-of-its-kind from a high-profile learning platform and a new pathway […]