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Over the past two years, a shocking 51% of organizations surveyed in a leading industry report have been compromised by a cyberattack. Yes, over half. And this, in a world where enterprises deploy an average of 53 different security solutions to safeguard their digital domain. Alarming? Absolutely. A recent survey of CISOs and CIOs, commissioned…
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In July 2020, the FBI Cyber Division issued Flash Alert AC-000129-TT reporting that malware had been found in the software used to calculate China’s value-added tax (VAT). However, the Chinese State Taxation Administration requires companies to install this particular software to operate within China. Third-party applications are already risky, but here a pre-infected application was…
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Salesforce’s biggest acquisition was the $28 billion purchase of Slack in 2021. Salesforce reportedly wants to buy artificial intelligence-powered cloud data management vendor Informatica, according to multiple news outlets, not long after its frequent acquisitions put Salesforce in the crosshairs of activist investors. Should Salesforce – a San Francisco-based customer relationship management software vendor –…
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Read MoreProtecting information system media containing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and monitoring for the use of portable storage devices and removable media is essential to protecting the integrity of information systems. Monitoring organizational communications at external boundaries, as well as key internal boundaries is essential to detect attacks, and potential indicators of attacks. Removable media is…
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Check out CISA’s urgent call for federal agencies to protect themselves from Midnight Blizzard’s breach of Microsoft corporate emails. Plus, a new survey shows cybersecurity pros are guardedly optimistic about AI. Meanwhile, SANS pinpoints the four trends CISOs absolutely must focus on this year. And the NSA is sharing best practices for data security. And…
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Accenture’s Suzanne Randall, TICOM’s Madonna Peltier-Yawakie and IBM’s Brendan Kinkade share stories from their tech careers and advocacy for indigenous peoples. Suzanne Randall wrote the business case 16 years ago that started Accenture’s Native American Employee Resource Group. Madonna Peltier-Yawakie and her husband help tribal entities secure funding for broadband network designs, project implementation and…
Read MoreNeutral/Mixed Intentions Many of the actors in this system are neither completely benign nor completely malicious. Some of these practices are bifurcated into legal and illegal practices, such as the rather obvious distinction between criminal and benign payment facilitators. Some of these provide services that can genuinely be used either way, such as reshipping services…
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Inriver, a developer of product information management software, has hired Cunningham and a new chief sales officer as the Sweden-based company revs up for expansion in North America – including plans to grow its channel presence. Inriver, a Sweden-based developer of product information management software, has hired former Datto chief marketing officer Brooke Cunningham as…
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‘When you think about how much of [our revenue] is actually managed on a day-to-day [basis] by the partners, they’re massive custodians of the brand and customer success and lifetime value,’ says Salesforce channel chief Steve Corfield. Steve Corfield, capping off his first year as Salesforce channel chief, is at work on what he calls…
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