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Take Action Now: Critical Zero Day Discovered in Atlassian Confluence

Security researchers say a new critical zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Atlassian Confluence is being actively exploited.

June 6, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: This post has been modified with an updated security advisory and mitigation tips from Atlassian following a critical vulnerability first reported on June 3, 2022.  Security researchers say a new critical zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Atlassian Confluence is being actively exploited to deploy webshells, and admins are being urged to […]

Playstack Acquires Magic Fuel Games, the Simulation City Building Experts

June 6, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

– New deal reunites EA veterans after a decade apart – Playstack appoints new Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Shrapnell LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leading London based games technology business, Playstack, has announced the acquisition of San Francisco based remote games development studio, Magic Fuel Games. The acquisition reunites former EA talent after 10 years apart, with Kevin Shrapnell, […]

ANEXT Bank Soft Launches Today As Singapore’s Newest Digital Wholesale Bank

June 6, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

An MoU is inked with Proxtera to jointly create and establish an open framework for all participating financial institutions, in addition to serving financing needs of SMEs as Proxtera’s first participating digital wholesale bank in Singapore. SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ANEXT Bank, a digital wholesale bank incorporated in Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant Group, announced its […]

Introducing the Blueprint Series of How-To Guides for IT Pros

Our new Blueprint Series of how-to guides is designed to give IT pros detailed guides to the most pressing technology issues today.

June 3, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The My TechDecisions team is pleased to present our new Blueprint Series of technical how-to guides. The goal of these resources is to provide actionable insights into emerging solutions and challenges that our IT audience may face on a day-to-day basis. Let’s face it: recent years have been incredibly difficult for IT professionals who were […]

Why IT Pros Should Go To InfoComm

InfoComm 2022 has 22 sessions focused on the world of IT and networked AV in addition to hundreds of notable vendors familiar to IT pros.

June 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

InfoComm, the largest professional audiovisual trade show in the U.S., is returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center next week, with hundreds of technology vendors showcasing their latest conferencing and collaboration solutions, as well as innovative display and audio technologies. While the show has historically catered to the professional audiovisual (AV) industry and AV integrators, […]

Marsh & Microsoft Report: IT Pros, Leaders Must Align More on Cyber Risk

With cyber attacks imminent, organizations must commit to ongoing, cross-functional, cyber risk communication across the enterprise.

June 1, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

A report by insurance broker Marsh and tech giant Microsoft looks at how cyber risk is viewed by various functions and leaders within organizations, specifically cybersecurity and IT, risk management and insurance, finance and executive leadership. While all functions have common interests around cyber risks, the report finds that they often act independently. All departments […]

Siemens Government Technologies Furthers Energy Efficiency and Savings Goals for Corpus Christi Army Depot through $17.1 Million Energy Savings Performance Contract

May 26, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Recent task order supports more than $1 million in annual energy savings RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), Inc. – the federally-focused U.S. arm of technology powerhouse Siemens – is expanding critical energy efficiency and resiliency work at Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) in Texas. Using a budget neutral financed task order awarded by the […]

Business Email Compromise Attacks Rise More than 53% Year Over Year

The shift to remote work has made business workflows more vulnerable to new forms of email-based attacks, reports Armorblox.

May 26, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Email-based business workflows are the heart of how every organization operates and the shift to remote work has made business workflows more vulnerable to new forms of email-based attacks, financial fraud and credential theft, according to Armorblox. In its annual Email Security Threat Report, the Sunnyside-Calif.,-based cloud security provider reveals 75% of business email compromise […]

Microsoft Launches Public Preview of Access Reviews for Inactive Azure AD Users

New feature in Azure AD is designed to help organizations remove accounts from former employees or contractors to prevent security holes.

May 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released the public preview of access reviews for inactive users as part of Azure Active Directory (AD) Governance for organizations can take action to remove inactive accounts that could be leading to security risks. The feature is designed to help organizations deactivate accounts from former employees or contractors whose assignments have ended by […]

AlmaLinux 9, Popular CentOS Alternative, Available Now

May 26, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Designed for hybrid multi-cloud deployments, available on 4 architectures: x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le and s390x PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AlmaLinux OS Foundation, the nonprofit that stewards the community owned and governed open source CentOS replacement AlmaLinux, today announced AlmaLinux 9, is now available for immediate download. The newest version of the popular CentOS alternative features functionality to […]