Much focus and attention in recent weeks has rightly focused on work-from-home strategies and business continuity planning. But bubbling up, underneath this topical priority, is an ever-increasing resurgence of security concerns. Initially organisations had to divert all their attention in ensuring employees could ‘work at home.’ Many now however, are the second phase of this…
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Patches for a pair of critical iOS vulnerabilities are currently in beta, as users are strongly encouraged to disable accounts in their Mail app until the fixes are generally available. Update 4/24/2020: The Background section has been updated to include follow-ups from Apple and ZecOps. Background On April 20, researchers at ZecOps published a blog…
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Learn how to take advantage of the newest features in Nessus 8.10 to get greater control over your Nessus experience. Manual or automated – that is the question. Nessus Professional 8.10 offers system administrators a bit of both. From new update options that allow you to align Nessus updates with your risk stance to the…
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So many are now working from home, or at least shut in together. This can abruptly combine your personal and professional life! But it doesn’t have to be a collision; it can be a thoughtful convergence! In this blog I’m helping you merge your worlds so you can work from home without chaos and frustration.…
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Identifying software vulnerabilities is essential in protecting your business against cybersecurity threats. From ransomware to data heists, a wide range of attack types use software vulnerabilities as an entry point into IT configurations. Dealing with security vulnerabilities requires identifying them in the first place. Before you can start to develop strategies for identifying weak points…
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IGEL partners collectively agree: for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and cloud workspace implementations, there really isn’t a solution like IGEL OS. IGEL’s laser focus on end user computing, with simple and consistent endpoint management, and the portability and flexibility to transform any device into a managed IGEL endpoint, make the IGEL solution unique. Jim Veraldi,…
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Last week I attended the Convenzis Healthcare Digital Technology event in London. Attended by 100+ professionals from NHS England, NHS Improvement, NHS Digital and The Department of Health, the event focused on several digital advancements taking place across the UK including AI, process automation, security, analytics and the digital workspace of 2020. In addition to…
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#1 – 2020 will be the Year of 5G With speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second, 5G is set to be as much as 100 times faster than 4G. It’s nearly impossible to outline all the changes we’ll see as a result of 5G technology and most seem straight out of science fiction…
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Business system risk and process integrity risk are two essential metrics for a mature risk-based vulnerability management practice. With new assessment maturity scoring, Tenable Lumin now gives you insights into both. Risk-based vulnerability management requires metrics addressing two types of risks: Business system risk Process integrity risk Reducing business system risk requires understanding which assets…
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Ethical hacking, in which an organization uses the tools and practices of cyberattackers against their own systems, can be a valuable part of your cybersecurity strategy. Cybersecurity has been important, in some form or another, since the birth of the internet. In the early days, data breaches and hacks were relatively rare occurrences. But, now…
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