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SaaS sprawl weighs down developers
Maintaining and updating interconnected applications shrinks the bandwidth of IT teams, according to Onymos.
By Matt Ashare • Dec. 18, 2024 -
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More than half of leaders haven’t trained in AI, survey shows
A lack of training could negatively affect security, privacy and corporate competitiveness, General Assembly says.
By Carolyn Crist • Dec. 13, 2024 -
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Security strategies benefit from nimbleness as companies respond to high-profile vulnerabilities and support internal talent gaps.
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Executives see another CrowdStrike-level IT outage on the horizon
IT and business leaders admit to prioritizing security at the expense of service disruption readiness, a PagerDuty report found.
By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2024 -
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Sponsored by 10KMediaLogging 2.0 – Why logging needs to be re-imagined in the age of AI
With Axiom’s centralized datastore, high-scale engineering organizations don’t have to compromise on what to keep, what to keep warm (always querable), or where to store data.
By Dominic Chapman, Head of Product at Axiom • Dec. 10, 2024 -
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Securing identities in 2025 – The future of identity governance
2025 is near—are you ready for the evolving challenges of identity lifecycle management?
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For IT pros, the CrowdStrike crisis was a ‘call to arms’
The global outage triggered investments in people, processes and technologies to beef up enterprise resilience, Adaptavist research found.
By Matt Ashare • Dec. 5, 2024 -
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CrowdStrike avoids customer exodus after triggering global IT outage
The cybersecurity vendor reported $33.9 million in expenses related to the July 19 incident, which caused the company to swing to a loss.
By Matt Kapko • Nov. 27, 2024 -
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Sponsored by 10KMediaBlack Friday 2024: Preparing your e-commerce platform for peak performance
Performance testing is crucial for eCommerce websites, especially as user expectations continue to rise.
By Aviv Zohari, Founding Engineer of Groundcover • Nov. 25, 2024 -
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Microsoft unveils resiliency, security enhancements following July global IT outage
The updates are part of a larger effort at the company to overhaul its internal security culture.
By David Jones • Nov. 21, 2024 -
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Easterly to step down from CISA director role on Inauguration Day
CISA confirmed that political appointees of the Biden administration will also depart the agency as the Trump administration takes over.
By David Jones • Nov. 18, 2024 -
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Google Cloud to mandate MFA for all users in 2025
The policy change puts the three largest cloud providers — AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud — in position to have MFA mandates for some or all customers next year.
By Matt Kapko • Nov. 8, 2024 -
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Tech executives reassess IT resilience in CrowdStrike outage aftermath
Nearly all organizations have known operational weaknesses that leave IT systems vulnerable to service interruptions, according to Cockroach Labs.
By Matt Ashare • Nov. 7, 2024 -
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FTC cloud market inquiry remains unresolved as US presidential race enters final stretch
An ongoing investigation into hyperscaler competition initiated last year by the Federal Trade Commission has largely been overshadowed by AI regulation concerns.
By Matt Ashare • Nov. 4, 2024 -
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5 highest-paying IT certifications in 2024
An AWS certification earned the top position as employers and employees seek out credentials that verify security, data and cloud skills.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 29, 2024 -
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Microsoft CEO asked board to cut pay in connection with security overhaul
Despite the request, Satya Nadella's total compensation in fiscal year 2024 far exceeded 2023 thanks to Microsoft's stock market performance.
By David Jones • Oct. 25, 2024 -
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Even small IT failures can cost millions, tech leaders say
Businesses lose up to $1.9 million per hour from high-impact events like the CrowdStrike outage, according to a New Relic survey.
By Matt Ashare • Oct. 25, 2024 -
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CISOs, C-suite remain at odds over corporate cyber resilience
More than a year after the SEC revamped cyber disclosure rules, security and IT executives still struggle to articulate enterprise risk strategies.
By David Jones • Oct. 8, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Electric5 cybersecurity best practices for small to midsize businesses
Discover the security vulnerabilities putting small to midsize businesses at risk.
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Banking tech alliance drafts enterprise AI adoption guidelines
The Fintech Open Source Foundation, which now includes Nvidia and Moody’s, outlined LLM risks and control measures to guide deployment in the industry.
By Matt Ashare • Oct. 4, 2024 -
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Phishing remains cloud intrusion tactic of choice for threat groups
The attack mode accounted for one-third of the cloud-related incidents IBM X-Force responded to across a two-year period.
By Matt Kapko • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recoveryCrowdStrike CEO pushes ‘resilient by design’ framework, promising changes
The cybersecurity vendor is embracing a new business framework after a defective software update led to one of the largest IT outages in history.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 26, 2024 -
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CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recoveryCrowdStrike’s mea culpa: 5 takeaways from the Capitol Hill testimony
CrowdStrike was quick to apologize after a faulty content update triggered a global IT network outage. An executive detailed internal changes designed to prevent it from happening again.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Microsoft names deputy CISOs, flushes dead accounts as part of internal security overhaul
The company released a progress report on efforts to revamp its internal security culture and governance.
By David Jones • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Generative AI raises security concerns among IT leaders
Executives worry their organization lacks the ability to protect applications and workloads, according to a Flexential survey.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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Microsoft, working with security partners, pledges better deployment, testing collaboration
Following a summit with U.S. and European partners, the company is working to build additional resiliency features to prevent a repeat of the historic global IT outage linked to CrowdStrike.
By David Jones • Sept. 13, 2024
