By Duncan Greatwood, CEO, Xage Security Cybersecurity solutions are often thought of as a single-issue solution: protecting companies from dangerous or costly hacks, or detecting hacks after they’ve already happened, when it may be too late. But in an era when our essential industries are continuing to digitize, organizations need to approach cybersecurity as a foundational element of innovation. Security must evolve to enable efficient data sharing, across the company, location, and network zone boundaries….

Looking Ahead to 2021: The Things We’ll Carry Forward Right now, I’m thinking about how my life changed in 2020. Not so much in the sweeping and upending ways. More in the little ways. I’m thinking about the coping ways. The cobble-it-all-together ways. The little changes to make things work ways. There were plenty.  Now, with the first doses of vaccine going to those who need it most, I find myself wondering which of those…

By Tim Sadler, Co-founder, and CEO of Tessian Events this year have changed the way we think about work indefinitely. In fact, new research from Tessian shows that only 11% of employees want to work exclusively in the office post-pandemic. Businesses must now consider whether the remote work shift brought on by COVID-19 should become permanent. But, then again, remote work isn’t accessible or preferable for every employee. Business leaders, therefore, have important decisions to…

By Peter Ferguson, Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist at EclecticIQ’s Fusion Center The devastation of the  COVID-19 pandemic has caused public-health and economic issues to countries around the globe, and the complications of which are far from over. In accordance to scientific guidance, many nations have launched contact tracing applications to monitor, identify, alert, and reduce the spread of infections. However, the shift towards tracing apps has not always been smooth in the eyes of both…

by Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher, Author, Investor and Keynote Speaker Here we are and most of us are thankful that 2020 is almost behind us, since the global panic has taken place as a result of the COVID-19 novel zoological corona virus bioweapon attack on humanity.  Are you also wondering where all the time went?  So much to do so little time.  Time is of the essence.  Time is the fire in which we burn. …

Creating an oasis of health in your home is getting easier with the help of sensors and IoT devices. Image: iStock/Techa Tungateja Business strategists at Moen, a kitchen and bathroom fixture supplier, recently identified trends that would influence future construction and home building. What they found was a theme of homes that promoted health, wellbeing and wellness.  SEE: TechRepublic Premium editorial calendar: IT policies, checklists, toolkits, and research for download (TechRepublic Premium) To this end,…

Artificial intelligence will likely help with cybersecurity, though figuring out how to handle ambiguous situations is critical. Image: iStockphoto/metamororks There is a great deal of excitement about artificial intelligence (AI) and how, in the not-too-distant future, AI could have cognitive capabilities, allowing it to mimic how humans learn and make decisions. This ability is especially important in the realm of cybersecurity, where cyberattacks seldom present the same indicators twice. If we look at what’s available…

An ethical hacker from Romania has become the first person to earn $2m in bug bounties through the bounty hunting platform HackerOne. Talented hacker Cosmin Lordache, also known by his HackerOne handle @inhibitor181, hit his first significant earning milestone almost a year ago when he became the seventh person to pass the million-dollar earning milestone by reporting 468 flaws through the bug bounty hunting platform. Today, HackerOne announced on the social media platform Twitter that Lordache’s all-time earnings had reached…