Victims Of Cyberattacks Have Much To Teach Us About The Early Warning Signs Of Intruders
In June, I wrote about how the ransomware threat was evolving and what it really cost victims to recover, regardless of whether they pay the ransom or not. Two months and several high-profile multi-million dollar attacks later, including the likes of Garmin and Carlson Wagonlit, it’s worth wondering why it is that ransomware continues to succeed against what are often well-defended organisations, and is there anything we can do about it?
T-Mobile Is The First Carrier Globally To Launch Nationwide Standalone (SA) 5G
Many carriers around the world raced last year to be the ‘first’ to launch 5G; those networks were built upon the foundation of 4G networks in a type of 5G mode called non-standalone (NSA). This means that the device needs to have both 4G and 5G signals to work because to save time and money, it leverages 4G core infrastructure.
BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker, Rare Woman Founder Atop A Public Tech Company, Plans To Step Down
One of tech’s few female public company CEOs is planning to step back. BlackLine announced on Thursday that CEO Therese Tucker plans to move into an executive chair role, effective January 1, 2021. President Marc Huffman will move into the chief executive role.
The IBM-Adobe Partnership Is A Good Example Of Where CEO Arvind Krishna Wants To Take The Company
IBM and Adobe announced a new partnership following IBM’s surprise summer Cloud capabilities, which you can read about here. I follow IBM’s on-prem to public cloud approach closely, and I think IBM and Adobe’s partnership is an intelligent move on both sides. Although I first wrote off this new partnership as another strategic alignment, I think it could be disruptive in the digital transformation of enterprises.
Alexa Live Was Its Biggest Developer Launch, Ever
Two weeks ago, Amazon held its virtual Alexa Live 2020 event for Alexa voice developers, device makers, and business leaders alike—anyone in the business of leveraging Amazon’s highly popular smart assistant. Alexa boast a develop community of approximately 700,000, many whom look to this event for a roadmap to help guide their efforts in the coming year.
Covid-19’s Impact On The Future Of IT Budgets
Despite IT spending’s downturn, spending on remote working apps and platforms is projected to reach double-digit growth rates this year. Gartner’s latest forecasts reflect how IT spending for remote working is a growth catalyst for public cloud services, predicted to grow 19% this year. Cloud-based telephony and messaging and cloud-based conferencing are also predicted to grow 8.9% and 24.3% respectively.
What Twitter’s big hack means for the 2020 elections
In mid-July, a series of high-profile Twitter accounts began spamming the same messages asking users to send them bitcoin. Apple, Uber, Joe Biden, Elon Musk— the accounts affected were some of the most well-known brands and names on the planet. The culprit? A 17-year-old from Florida stands accused of being the mastermind behind the scam. The hack exposed big issues with Twitter’s security.
Governments have collected large amounts of data to fight the coronavirus. That’s raising privacy concerns
Technology has enabled the world to respond quickly to the coronavirus pandemic — but solutions through mass data collection have also raised questions about privacy rights. Digital check-in systems, wristband trackers and mobile applications are just some examples of the surveillance technology implemented by governments to monitor and track the movement of people as they seek to stem the spread of the virus.
The changing face of privacy in a pandemic
As governments worldwide harness technology to trace and curb the spread of the coronavirus, there are growing concerns about privacy violations and data protection. CNBC’s Nessa Anwar discusses the trade-offs in a global health crisis.
To Help Tackle Workforce Shortage, Cybersecurity Needs To Address Unconscious Bias In Hiring
With racial injustice at the forefront of our newsfeeds, companies are not only looking to revamp how they approach diversity, equality and inclusion, but also how they recruit and hire to begin with. Smart, forward-thinking executives across the world need to recognize the unconscious bias that exists in the hiring process that causes managers to lean toward appointing people whose lives mirror their own. Cybersecurity is no different.
There Will Be Blowback
The publication of the Expansion of the Clean Network to Safeguard America’s Assets coming from the Secretary of State’s office yesterday is an example of posturing and saber rattling that will result in zero impact on intellectual property theft, potentially massive wasted expenditure, and more government encroachment on free markets. It will not end well.
For DevOps, Application Programming Integration (API) Is A Major Security Vulnerability
One of the most often overlooked cybersecurity attack vectors, and one of the biggest threats is application-programming interface (API) security. According to the security giant, Akamai, over 80% of all Content Delivery Network (CDN) Internet traffic is API traffic.
Microsoft Edge Reveals A Bunch Of Striking New Features To Beat Chrome
Microsoft Edge is now number two in the browser market behind Google Chrome, but it still has a long way to go to reach its rival’s 70% share. Not to be put off by Chrome’s dominance, Microsoft Edge is continuing to make new browser moves, as can be seen by the bunch of features it has announced this week.
Why Apple And Google’s Silence On TikTok Is Suddenly Deafening
The Trump administration is absolutely right—TikTok collects way too much user data. Personal information when you register. Details of your device, your network, your location. Everything you search or browse on the platform. Your messages and comments. TikTok may also access your social media contacts, those stored on your phone and your payment information—if you “opt in.” TikTok is also part of the marketing machine that tracks you across the internet, analysing pages you visit.
Cybersecurity Spending To Reach $123B In 2020
Enterprises’ spending on cybersecurity continues to grow, defying the pandemic-driven economic downturn impacting global IT spending. While Gartner predicts IT spending will decline by 8% this year, dropping from $3.7T in 2019 to $3.4T, security and risk management (cybersecurity) is predicted to grow 2.4%, down from a projected growth rate of 8.7% earlier this year.