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An American man who stole someone’s identity and tried to purchase a chemical weapon on the dark web after going through a breakup has been sent to prison. Forty-six-year-old Jason William Siesser admitted attempting to buy a highly toxic chemical in amounts capable of killing hundreds of people on two occasions between June 14 and August 23, 2018. On August 4, 2020, Siesser pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to acquire a chemical weapon and…

03.21 vRealize Automation Cloud Launch Update We wish you a very featureful Easter! We kept our 03.21 (March) launch under the covers until the very end of the month; but it was worth it: It’s full of Easter Eggs! vRealize Orchestrator plugin for vRealize Automation Cloud Should I use vRealize Orchestrator or Automation? That’s such a standard vRealize user question but it’s really a chocolate bunny-and-chocolate egg problem1. Fear no more! With this new plugin…

According to Verizon, nearly half of businesses sacrificed mobile device security best practices to “get the job done.” Image: anyaberkut, Getty Images/iStockphoto According to the Verizon Business Mobile Security Index 2021, the massive shift to remote work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic left many businesses knowingly vulnerable to attacks from employees’ mobile devices. Of the more than 850 businesses surveyed for the report, 40% said mobile devices are their company’s biggest IT security threat, yet…

Mike Adams joined Brunswick, the $4.3 billion manufacturing business, in 2017 to define its enterprise architecture function and to work with then CIO Danielle Brown to craft a modernization strategy. Since then, the company has sold off its non-marine businesses and is now fully focused on the marine market (its brands include Boston Whaler, SeaRay, and Mercury), which allows for a streamlined customer digital engagement strategy. Promoted to CIO last fall, Adams has identified three…

Concerns have been voiced by leading data privacy advocates regarding a new COVID-19 venue check-in app announced by the Scottish government. The app, Check In Scotland, which is separate from the Protect Scotland contact tracing app, requires citizens to check into venues as the country reopens from pandemic-induced lockdowns. As outlined on the Scottish government’s website, “Check In Scotland is a way to collect the contact details of people who visit a wide range of…