Cloud Data Warehouse Guide and Checklist
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Enhance your decision-making process for cloud-based data warehouse services with this guide and checklist. Dynamic Download — This asset consists of a seven-page PDF explainer and a two-page spreadsheet checklist. Customizable Spreadsheet — Use it as-is or edit as required. Boost Your Processes ... .. read more..

Trump’s Tariffs: Will They Affect Your Tech Prices?
Friday, April 18, 2025

US President Donald Trump's tariffs, including a 145% levy on Chinese tech, will disrupt supply chains and raise prices on products like smartphones, computers, and gaming consoles. .. read more..

Price Drop: Get Lifetime 1TB of Cloud Storage for Just $120
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Take advantage of Koofr's lifetime subscription to 1TB of cloud storage for $119.97. Use code KOOFR at checkout. .. read more..

IT Leader’s Guide to Secure Access Service Edge
Thursday, April 10, 2025

There has been plenty of hype around secure access service edge. Find out if it’s all justified in this guide. Constantly Updated — The download contains the latest and most accurate details. Boost Your Knowledge — This nine-page PDF explains how SASE fits within the security and networking... .. read more..

UK’s Request to Keep Apple Privacy Case Secret Rejected
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The U.K.’s Home Secretary claimed that publishing details about the appeal would be prejudicial to national security, but judges disagreed. .. read more..

iCloud Usage Policy
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Enhance your usage of Apple iCloud services whenever accessing, connecting to, or otherwise interacting with organization systems, services, data, and resources. Customizable Document — Use the IT policy as-is or edit as you see fit. Improve Your Processes — This seven-page document outlines stor... .. read more..

Windows 365 Link: Microsoft’s $350 Cloud-Based Mini PC Is Finally Available t...
Friday, April 4, 2025

Get the specs, availability, and pricing details for Microsoft’s new Windows 365 Link. .. read more..

Get Secure Cloud Storage on a 2TB Lifetime Plan with Internxt for $104
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

This secure storage platform uses open source code, zero-knowledge file systems, and end-to-end encryption to keep your online data truly private. .. read more..

New Client Audit Checklist
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Ensure all goes smoothly when auditing and documenting a client site and assembling an inventory of systems and software. Customizable Document — Use it as-is or edit as you see fit. Enhance Your Business — The 12-page document outlines circuit information, network equipment, cloud services, and ... .. read more..

Get a Lifetime of 1TB Cloud Storage for Only $60 with FolderFort
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Fast, affordable cloud storage isn’t always easy to find for businesses, but now you can have a massive amount with maximum security. .. read more..

TechRepublic Premium Editorial Calendar: Policies, Hiring Kits, and Glossarie...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

TechRepublic Premium content helps you solve your toughest IT issues and jump-start your career or next project. .. read more..

Power Checklist: Local Email Server-to-Cloud Migration
Monday, March 31, 2025

Employ this checklist in your server-to-cloud migration and ensure such projects are well organized and proceed in proper order. Dynamic Download — This asset consists of a four-page PDF explainer and a one-page spreadsheet checklist. Customizable Spreadsheet — Use it as-is or edit as required. B... .. read more..

IT Leader’s Guide to Software as a Service
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Learn about SaaS, a popular model of cloud computing, with this comprehensive tech guide. Constantly Updated — The download contains the latest and most accurate details. Boost Your Knowledge — This 10-page PDF explains how it works, key characteristics, forms of applications, benefits, challenge... .. read more..

After Detecting 30B Phishing Attempts, Microsoft Adds Even More AI to Its Sec...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Microsoft is partnering with top firms to launch new AI security tools, boosting breach analysis, threat detection, and AI model protection across cloud platforms. .. read more..

Serverless Computing: Benefits and Use Cases
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Explore the key benefits and use cases of serverless computing to understand how this technology can transform your development process. Constantly Updated — The download contains the latest and most accurate details. Boost Your Knowledge — This 10-page PDF explains the advantages, provides real ... .. read more..

Next-Gen AI: Latest Microsoft and NVIDIA Collaboration is a ‘Significant Leap...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

With NVIDIA’s GTC 2025 event in full swing, the company’s partnership with Microsoft is in the spotlight for some AI-focused announcements, including integrating Blackwell with Azure. .. read more..

Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to Make ‘Cybersecurity More Accessible A...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Google’s agreement to buy cloud security startup Wiz will face antitrust scrutiny amid Alphabet’s ongoing legal battles. .. read more..

Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Shoul...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to expand its generative AI capabilities. .. read more..

Achieving Cost Efficiency in Cloud Storage: The Role of Western Digital’s Har...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

As data demands skyrocket, cloud providers face a financial crunch—discover how Western Digital's cutting-edge hard drive technologies dramatically reduce TCO while delivering the capacity and performance needed for tomorrow's storage challenges. .. read more..

Hiring Kit: Cloud Engineer
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Recruiting a cloud engineer with the right combination of technical expertise and experience will require a comprehensive screening process. Customizable Kit — Download includes salary details, a job description, interview questions, and a job advert. In-Depth — This 11-page document covers a lot... .. read more..

Russian cyberspies target cloud services providers and resellers to abuse del...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

The group of hackers responsible for the SolarWinds software supply chain attack have continued to seek out ways of indirectly gaining access to enterprise networks by targeting IT and cloud services providers that have admin rights on their customers' systems through virtue of their business rel... .. read more..

NIST's new devsecops guidance to aid transition to cloud-native apps
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

The United States federal government, much like in industry, is moving toward cloud adoption, Devsecops and microservices-based architectures for cloud-native applications. The National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) is tasked with promoting innovation and providing standards and gui... .. read more..

5 steps to security incident response planning
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Breach disclosure has recently been in the news, and not necessarily in a good way. Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s press conference on a newspaper’s reporting of a security vulnerability on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s website created a social media backlash. He blamed ... .. read more..

BrandPost: Secure SD-WAN Improves Network Protection in Fuel Distribution System
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Customer Perspectives A petroleum distribution business developed innovative ideas for increasing customer loyalty, but it needed to upgrade its technology infrastructure to bring those concepts to life. The company, which operates several hundred full-service gas stations, wanted to provide dire... .. read more..

BrandPost: Helping Healthcare Win Its Other Big Battle: Cyberattacks
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Anyone running a business is likely familiar with the phrase “building the plane as you’re flying it.” And through the craziness of the past 19 months, many of us lived the phrase, becoming pilots and engineers of our new realities overnight. But few lived it like the healthcare industry did. The... .. read more..

BrandPost: Scary Cyber Threats and Sweet Solutions
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Do the words  Zombiebots, Gh0st, Beast,  and  Creeper  send shivers up your spine? They should. These are the names of top malware that could be haunting your programs and email right now! Building a cyber defense plan may seem scary. What is even scarier: Not having systems in place to protect a... .. read more..

10 essential skills and traits of ethical hackers
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

What if you could spend your days trying to gain access to other people's networks and computer systems—and not get in trouble for it? Of course, that's every spy and cybercriminal's dream, but only ethical hackers, also known as white hat hackers or penetration testers, can feel sure that they'l... .. read more..

Cheap and free cybersecurity training: 8 ways to build skills without breakin...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Every organization wants to keep its employees’ cybersecurity skills up to date, but for many, the cost of advanced formal trainings can break the budget. At the SANS Institute, for instance, considered by many to be the gold standard for professional trainings, courses can cost more than $5,000 ... .. read more..

BrandPost: Overcoming Today’s Top Distributed Workforce Security Challenges
Monday, October 25, 2021

The future of work arrived much more abruptly than anticipated, bringing with it many pressing security challenges. The global pandemic forced organizations of all types and sizes to support remote work overnight, and it’s clear that we’re not going back. In fact, according to a recent Upwork rep... .. read more..

Reddit’s Allison Miller builds trust through transparency
Monday, October 25, 2021

Allison Miller’s official title— CISO and vice president of trust —says a lot about her role and responsibilities at Reddit. Like all CISOs, Miller oversees the cybersecurity strategy and operations at the 16-year-old company. She’s also in charge of privacy, ensuring that Reddit safeguards data ... .. read more..

How deepfakes enhance social engineering and authentication threats, and what...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Deepfake technology is an escalating cybersecurity threat to organizations. Cybercriminals are investing in AI and machine learning to create synthetic or manipulated digital content (including images, video, audio and text) for use in cyberattacks and fraud. This content can realistically replic... .. read more..

BrandPost: CIS CSAT Pro v1.7: CIS Controls v8 Assessment and More
Friday, October 22, 2021

The CIS Controls Self Assessment Tool (CIS CSAT) allows organizations to perform assessments on their implementation of the CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). You can track progress over time and identify areas for improvement. CIS CSAT Pro is the on-premises version of CSAT, and is a... .. read more..

Security Recruiter Directory
Friday, October 22, 2021

Looking for a qualified candidate or new job? CSO's security recruiter directory is your one-stop shop. The recruiters listed below can help you find your next chief information security officer (CISO) or VP of security and fill hard-to-hire positions in risk management, security operations, secu... .. read more..

Decline in ransomware claims could spark change for cyber insurance
Thursday, October 21, 2021

New data highlighting fluctuations relating to ransomware attack and payment claims indicates significant shifts in the cyberthreat landscape. Could such variations trigger changes in the cyber insurance market and, if so, how will they impact insurance carriers and organizations? [ Learn the 7 k... .. read more..

Detecting anomalies with TLS fingerprints could pinpoint supply chain comprom...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Intrusions where hackers compromise the infrastructure of software developers and Trojanize their legitimate updates are hard to detect by users of the impacted software products, as highlighted by multiple incidents over the past several years. Researchers agree there is no silver bullet solutio... .. read more..

Kraft Heinz dishes up security transformation
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Ricardo Lafosse walked into the CISO post at Kraft Heinz Co. in February 2020 with a mission to modernize. And he had a plan. Lafosse envisioned transforming the company’s security program through a four-pillared initiative focused on visibility, team structure, innovation, and lifecycle. When ta... .. read more..

What is Magecart? How this hacker group steals payment card data
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Magecart definition Magecart is a consortium of malicious hacker groups who target online shopping cart systems, usually the Magento system, to steal customer payment card information. This is known as a supply chain attack . The idea behind these attacks is to compromise a third-party piece of s... .. read more..

New Windows browser security options and guidance: What you need to know
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

As we move cloud computing, your browser is your operating system. While we tend to hold back in business patching to ensure there are no side effects, it can be dangerous to tak that approach with browser patching. Case in point: Google acknowledged the twelfth and thirteenth  Chrome zero-day at... .. read more..

(ISC)2 pilots new entry-level cybersecurity certification to tackle workforce...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Global cybersecurity membership association (ISC) 2 has announced plans to pilot a new entry-level cybersecurity certification to validate the fundamental skills and abilities necessary for entry-level positions. Aimed at addressing cybersecurity workforce shortages, the new certification will pr... .. read more..

SSRF attacks explained and how to defend against them
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

SSRF attack definition Server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks consist of an attacker tricking the server into making an unauthorized request. The name itself implies that a request that should have otherwise been made by the server has been forged by the attacker. SSRF attacks are far more da... .. read more..

8 top multifactor authentication products and how to choose an MFA solution
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Today’s credential-based attacks are much more sophisticated. Whether it’s advanced phishing techniques, credential stuffing, or even credentials compromised through social engineering or breaches of a third-party service, credentials are easily the most vulnerable point in defending corporate sy... .. read more..

White House international ransomware initiative outlines hopes and challenges
Monday, October 18, 2021

The White House’s Counter-Ransomware Initiative event, facilitated by the National Security Council (NSC), concluded two days of public-facing and closed-door sessions. Present were ministers and representatives from more than 30 countries and the European Union. [ Learn how recent ransomware att... .. read more..

Microsoft's very bad year for security: A timeline
Monday, October 18, 2021

So far, 2021 has proved to be somewhat of a security annus horribilis for tech giant Microsoft, with numerous vulnerabilities impacting several of its leading services, including Active Directory, Exchange, and Azure. Microsoft is no stranger to being targeted by attackers seeking to exploit know... .. read more..

6 zero trust myths and misconceptions
Monday, October 18, 2021

Interest in zero trust is surging, according to IDG’s 2020 Security Priorities Study, with 40% of survey respondents saying they are actively researching zero trust technologies, up from only 11% in 2019, and 18% of organizations indicating they already have zero trust solutions, more than double... .. read more..

BrandPost: Your Employees Aren’t the Problem—It’s Your Technology
Friday, October 15, 2021

Insider breaches are growing – because you can actually see them In their annual look at trends in cyber security , Forrester made a few startling revelations: 33% of your breaches in 2021 are going to be insider threat related Insider threat incidents are expected to grow 8% in 2021  In fact, th... .. read more..

Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2021
Friday, October 15, 2021

2021 is shaping up to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions in the cybersecurity industry. March alone saw more than 40 firms being acquired. The level of activity is driven by growth in sectors such as identity management , zero trust , managed security services, DevSecOps and cloud sec... .. read more..

How shape-shifting threat actors complicate attack attribution
Thursday, October 14, 2021

The already difficult task of attributing a cybersecurity attack to a particular threat actor is made harder by the shape-shifting nature of threat groups. Despite the best efforts of researchers, some attackers may never be identified. At last week's VB2021 conference, cybersecurity analysts and... .. read more..

REvil ransomware explained: A widespread extortion operation
Thursday, October 14, 2021

REvil is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that has extorted large amounts of money from organizations worldwide over the past year. Its name stands for Ransomware Evil and was inspired by the Resident Evil movie series. According to recent reports from security firms, it is the most wid... .. read more..

Chinese APT group IronHusky exploits zero-day Windows Server privilege escala...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

One of the vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft Tuesday has been exploited by a Chinese cyberespionage group since at least August. The attack campaigns targeted IT companies, defense contractors and diplomatic entities. [ Discover Windows 11's best security features . | Get the latest from CSO b... .. read more..

BrandPost: Fighting Video Piracy Is Strengthened by Collaboration
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Here’s what I know: My personal email has been “ pwned ” or stolen at least 18 times. Here’s what I don’t know: if any of the times I have been unable to log in to one of my OTT subscription services was due to my kids sharing our credentials or because of an account takeover — that kill chain th... .. read more..