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Employees are increasingly using their own devices and accounts to work from home – largely because it’s easier to do so. Yet this rise in ‘shadow IT’ puts corporate security at risk. Remote working remains a nightmare for IT teams. Image: iStock/cyano66 Remote working has introduced a cluster of headaches for organizational IT teams, with security being perhaps the biggest. With employers having lost oversight on IT practices and under-equipped workers having to make do…

Most of the recent credential phishing attacks seen by Menlo Security served phony Outlook and Office 365 login pages. Image: iStockphoto/weerapatkiatdumrong Phishing attacks rely on exploiting popular brands, products and services in an attempt to trick anyone who uses those items. The more popular the subject, the better the odds of snagging enough people to make the campaign worth the effort. In a report published Wednesday, cloud security provider Menlo Security looks at the latest…

Cincinnati Reds fans: It’s especially time for you to rethink your team as a common part of your credentials. Artur Didyk, Getty Images/iStockphoto The start of Major League Baseball season is upon us, and password security firm Specops software is using the yearly milestone to remind people that easily guessed passwords like those containing MLB team or mascot names are a sure-fire way to strike out on keeping your account safe.  “Hackers are known to…

Through Corporate Group Training, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) offers a great way to train your entire team at once on any of PCI SSC’s 15 existing standards and programs. In this blog, we interviewed PCI SSC Director, Training Programs Travis Powell, about how the Corporate Group Training format can enhance your organization’s professional development.

The IRS is warning of a phishing scam that promises refund information but looks to capture Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. Image: designer491, Getty Images/iStockphoto With tax season in bloom, cybercriminals have launched a series of phishing attacks aimed at university students and employees eager to receive potential tax refunds. SEE: Identity theft protection policy (TechRepublic Premium) On Tuesday, the IRS issued a warning about a new and ongoing campaign targeted at students and staffers…

The UK Cyber Security Council – a self-regulatory organization responsible for boosting professional standards and career prospects for those working in cybersecurity – has officially started work as an independent body. The Formation Project to create the council has now been completed, meaning it has fully transitioned from the Cyber Security Alliance-led formation project. The council will now undertake its role in representing the cybersecurity profession, driving awareness and excellence across the industry, with the…

The VMware Flexible Subscription for Multi-Cloud Embracing cloud technologies in the planning of future-state architectures is critical to help organizations deliver and capture the benefits of digital transformation. Cloud technology allows companies to accelerate innovation, rapidly scale, increase business agility, modernize operations, and reduce costs. Today we are excited to share two announcements! VMware Cloud™ (the “Service Offering” or “VMC”)  is a distributed, multi-cloud platform that enables organizations to accelerate application modernization across the data…

Over the last 10 years, cloud has had an impact that’s almost immeasurable. We take for granted now our ability to move at a speed and scale that were unthinkable just a few years earlier. And it’s increasingly the norm to see businesses and even entire industries reinvent themselves and the way they connect with customers and communities through incredible digital services.   I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the last year as I…

News Detail New VMware Cloud Universal Delivers Flexible Subscription for Consuming Multi-Cloud PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– For more than 20 years, VMware has powered essential business applications around the world. More than 300,000 organizations have built and run more than 85 million workloads on VMware, and more than five million developers build apps on VMware technology. Today, VMware, … Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:00:00 New VMware Cloud Universal Delivers Flexible Subscription for Consuming Multi-Cloud PALO…

“Any infrastructure bill that doesn’t include serious money for grid improvements and grid resilience will miss the objective of a resilient economy because the grid will remain vulnerable,” says Jim Cunningham, executive director of Protect Our Power, a nonprofit focused on grid security. Cunningham said public power and municipal utilities are particularly under-resourced when it comes to making grid improvements and would benefit from infrastructure funding in the form of grants or loans to make…