CIOs who overlook the US government’s cybersecurity orders do so at their peril — and that of their enterprise. That’s what former US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) director Chris Krebs stressed during his keynote presentation at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo last week. Remarking on the Biden administration’s cybersecurity executive order signed last May, Krebs said CIOs should worry less about meeting the initial order’s basic regulatory compliance for security and instead harden their infrastructure…

Over half (58%) of US small businesses have suffered a security or data breach, with most paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover the costs, according to a new study from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). According to the US Small Business Administration, there are nearly 32 million businesses with fewer than 500 employees. To find out more about how they’re impacted by cyber-attacks, the ITRC polled 417 small business owners. The non-profit’s 2021 Business…

With the continuing rise of ransomware, malware defenses are more critical than ever before with regard to securing the enterprise. Anti-Malware technologies have become an afterthought in many organizations, a technology that they’ve always had, always used, and never really thought about. This control serves as a reminder that this technology is as critical as it ever was and lays out the minimum requirements for ensuring your malware defenses are up to the task. Key…

VMworld 2021 was packed with informative content for the virtualization pros, cloud architects, technology leaders and more to learn about the latest advancements in multi-cloud technology. Our focus is on delivering services that enable your multi-cloud success, so you can have the freedom to choose the best of every cloud, ship your applications faster, and spend less. As an attendee of VMworld, there’s a tremendous amount of content to choose from. And if you missed the…

The United States government has launched an appeal against a UK court’s decision to refuse to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Australian citizen Assange, who is aged 50, was indicted by the US Department of Justice in 2019 over his alleged involvement in the acquisition and publication of thousands of classified US diplomatic and military documents. The leaked documents related to the wars between the United States and Afghanistan, and between the United States and Iraq.  The…

India’s Supreme Court has ordered an investigation to determine whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration used spyware to illegally surveil opposition leaders, journalists, activists, tycoons, and judges. In July, India’s main opposition Congress Party accused Modi of “treason” after the cell phone numbers of several Indian journalists, activists, and an opposition election strategist were included in a data leak of numbers believed to be of interest to clients of the Israel-based NSO Group Ltd., maker of the Pegasus…

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