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It’s always a good time to review your security policies and ensure protections are in place for users and the IT team. Security is more important now than ever. IT teams need to build security into new systems as well as take a fresh look at existing operations. This collection . . . Read more

Commentary: Cloud is the future, but getting there may require a healthy dose of making it look like the past. Image: iStock/Rawpixel Not too long ago was earnings season for public cloud providers, with Google, AWS, Microsoft and Alibaba all announcing earnings within a week of each other. Cloud earnings . . . Read more

The summer of 2021 should be a marked improvement from the pandemic-strapped summer of 2020, and your kids deserve perks after an isolated and awkward school year. Anticipation for summer this year has a decidedly different vibe, stemming from the anxiety-filled, pandemic-induced, sheltering- and schooling-from-home year. School attendance and schedules . . . Read more

Having conquered the home, Amazon takes on the office by using its voice platform to streamline corporate tasks. Alexa is on the way to work. Amazon’s Alexa for Business service aims to give your conference rooms and your desk a much better interface for connecting to meetings, calendars, tasks, and . . . Read more

An investigation of the Codecov attack revealed intruders accessed Rapid7 source code repositories containing internal credentials and alert-related data. Security firm Rapid7 has confirmed attackers have accessed a subset of its source code, which contained internal credentials and alert-related data, following an investigation launched after the Codecov supply chain attack. . . . Read more

Old technology and fear of sharing proprietary information are keeping companies from helping each other thwart attacks. More about cybersecurity TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Neal Dennis, a threat intel specialist at Cyware Labs, about threats to the U.S. power grid. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. . . . Read more

Business transformation efforts can be a complex undertaking under the best of circumstances. During times of uncertainty, some things can make business transformation more tricky. Image: 13_Phunkod/Shutterstock More for CXOs Business transformation initiatives are time-consuming and involve stakeholders across your entire organization. On the surface, it may not seem all-encompassing. . . . Read more

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When Intel and Leidos set up a “trusted execution environment” to enable a widespread group of researchers to securely share and confidentially compute real-world data, it was no small achievement. (Image: bestber via Adobe Stock) Viruses are slippery things. They adapt and change and sometimes surprise you with a new . . . Read more