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Schools Have to Address These Distance Learning Cybersecurity Threats

As administrators struggle to ensure connectivity and accessibility, many aren’t addressing distance learning cybersecurity threats.

October 22, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Perhaps no single industry has struggled to adjust more to COVID-19 than education. The pandemic has greatly accelerated the broad adoption of e-learning solutions. Those school districts that invested in robust IT systems have been validated and are continuing to build out their resources. Meanwhile, those districts that did not already have e-learning technologies in […]

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Google Says Company Mitigated 2.5 Tbps DDoS Attack, Largest Ever

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported.

October 21, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported. In a blog post exploring the growth of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Google revealed that it was the target of a six-month campaign that utilized multiple methods of attack. “Despite simultaneously targeting thousands […]

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The 5 Misconceptions You Probably Have About a Zero Trust Approach

We bet you've probably fell victim to one of these misconceptions about implementing a zero trust approach. That's ok, we're here to help.

October 21, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Zero Trust has gained significant momentum this year with the surge in pandemic-induced remote work, taking a fast track from security option to business priority. In fact, recent research from Microsoft shows 51% of business leaders are speeding up their deployment of Zero Trust capabilities. But what does Zero Trust really mean in practice and what are […]

U.S. DOJ Sues Google for Alleged Antitrust Violations

The U.S. Department of Justice and eleven state Attorneys General are suing Google for allegedly violating antitrust laws.

October 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Justice and eleven state Attorneys General are suing Google for allegedly violating antitrust laws and maintaining a monopoly in the search engine and online advertising markets. Google, the DOJ says, is the “monopoly gatekeeper to the internet for billions of users and advertisers,” and has used anticompetitive tactics to maintain and […]

The Two Keys to Election Security

Protecting the election ecosystem from rising nation state threats requires good network security and network resilience.

October 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With the 2020 presidential election just two weeks away, cybersecurity officials are warning that the U.S. voting system is not secure as new concerns arise around election tampering from different nation states and other bad actors. According to Todd Rychecky, vice president of network technology provider Opengear’s U.S. unit, the entire voting ecosystem is not […]

Poly Announces Poly Sync Family of Speakerphones

Poly is leaning into the rising remote and hybrid work culture as it releases Poly Sync, a new line of smart, USB and Bluetooth speakerphones at this year’s Zoomtopia.

October 15, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Poly is leaning into the rising remote and hybrid work culture as it releases Poly Sync, a new line of smart, USB and Bluetooth speakerphones at this year’s Zoomtopia. The speakers – three separate products of varying sizes and capabilities – are designed for use in both the home office and conference room and are […]

CISA: Hackers Using Vulnerability Chaining to Target Government Networks

According to U.S. cybersecurity officials, malicious cyber attackers are using multiple vulnerabilities to infiltrate government networks.

October 12, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with the FBI, have released a joint advisory warning that threat actors are actively exploiting vulnerabilities as they target government networks. The joint advisory, released last Friday, says these recent attacks are directed at federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government networks, and there is some risk […]

Cybersecurity Is No Longer an Option

In the face of growing threats and an increasingly advanced hacking community, organizations need to take their cybersecurity seriously.

October 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, cybercriminals and nation states are crafting their attacks to take advantage of the news cycle and the weakened defenses of a dispersed workforce. This uptick in cyberattacks is coupled with a hacking community that is growing more advanced by the day, with new tools and elegant attack methods that […]

Slack CEO: Stories, Instant Audio Coming To Slack By End Of 2020

With videoconferencing fatigue setting in, Slack is eyeing ways to help teams connect and collaborate without having to hop on a long video call.

October 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Slack is reportedly adding new features to its platform that will introduce social media-like stories and push-to-talk audio by the end of the calendar year. In an interview with The Verge, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield detailed some of the new features the platform wants to bring to its users to help them better acclimate to […]

FBI: Be Wary of Using Hotel Wi-Fi for Remote Work

Hotels are offering daytime room reservations to offer some peace and quiet for remote workers, but hotel Wi-Fi networks aren't very secure, FBI warns.

October 7, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

For many, working from home has been a welcome break from their long commute and noisy office. However, depending on pets and family members, the home can be just as distracting. Remote workers might be tempted to rent a hotel room for some peace and quiet to get some critical work done, but the FBI […]