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by Joe Panettieri • Jul 22, 2021 Here five (actually, more) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Thursday, July 22, 2021. Sip up. What’s In Our Daily Brew? Who We Serve: Content for managed services providers (MSPs), IT service providers (ITSPs), technology solutions providers (TSPs), cloud services providers (CSPs), IT consulting firms, systems integrators, VARs, independent software vendors (ISVs), and any other partner acronym that further caffeinates our already…

Microsoft Defender Application Guard protects your networks and data from malicious applications running in your web browser, but you must install and activate it first. Image: Mix Tape/Shutterstock In a previous article, we noted that many of the security features listed as absolute requirements for a successful Windows 11 installation are already available as options in Windows 10, you just have to turn them on manually. If you are wondering if your current Windows 10…

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool, and an expert says we had better ensure it stays just that—a useful tool. Image: iStock/Blue Planet Studio Artificial intelligence is fast becoming the saving grace when it comes to cybersecurity. In a recent post, Reliance on AI in response to cyber attacks 2019, by country, on Statista, Shanhong Liu said: “As of 2019, around 83% of respondents based in the United States believed their organization would not be…

From 21 July to 20 August, PCI SSC stakeholders can participate in a Request for Comments (RFC) on PCI Card Production and Provisioning v3 Draft Standard. 

System administrators, or sys admins, have long been the unsung heroes of enterprises, often forgoing sleep or meals to keep essential applications up and running for a company’s customers and users, no matter the problem. During the past year alone, IT specialists were sleeping in data centers to keep the entire business from crashing, not to mention educating entire workforces on how to work remotely and making sure they could access their tools. We’ve been…

There is even more to space innovation than the fledgling space tourism sector. Somewhat out of the public eye, there is a fast-growing space tech industry. Image: greenbutterfly/Shutterstock The new space race is truly underway following Richard Branson’s monumental first passenger trip to space, beating Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin passenger flight by more than a week. The Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft did not pass the so-called Karman line, but Besos’ flight did. Branson’s did, however, reach…

Over the past year and a half, workers everywhere have gotten used to working from home. They have adopted an entirely new work from home mindset and diverted their weekly commuting hours to other productive and more enjoyable pursuits. As parts of the world return to a “new normal,” another change is on the way: a gradual return to the office.  The hybrid working model is met with mixed reviews from employees and business security teams alike. For some employees, a clearer separation between work…

Over the past year and a half, workers everywhere have gotten used to working from home. They have adopted an entirely new work from home mindset and diverted their weekly commuting hours to other productive and more enjoyable pursuits. As parts of the world return to a “new normal,” another change is on the way: a gradual return to the office.  The hybrid working model is met with mixed reviews from employees and business security teams alike. For some employees, a clearer separation between work…

Over the past year and a half, workers everywhere have gotten used to working from home. They have adopted an entirely new work from home mindset and diverted their weekly commuting hours to other productive and more enjoyable pursuits. As parts of the world return to a “new normal,” another change is on the way: a gradual return to the office.  The hybrid working model is met with mixed reviews from employees and business security teams alike. For some employees, a clearer separation between work…

As a cloud economist at VMware, I think a lot about the process of how humans make decisions. In previous articles, I have written about how economics evolved, in a larger sense, with the arrival of behavioral economics. There has also been framing devices used in the teaching of economics. For example, from the 70s to the 90s, that framing was around incentives, and how humans can react to incentives. The rise in popularity of…