Cloud Computing
5 Key Insights From Absolute’s 2019 Endpoint Security Trends Report
Absolute’s 2019 Endpoint Security Trends Report Endpoint security tools are 24% of all IT security spending, and by 2020 global IT security spending will reach $128B according to Morgan Stanley Research. 70% of all breaches still originate at endpoints, despite the
The biggest threat of deepfakes isn’t the deepfakes themselves
The mere idea of AI-synthesized media is already making people stop believing that real things are real. It was late 2018, and the people of Gabon hadn’t seen their president, Ali Bongo, in public for months. Some began to suspect
Chasing a Dream: Security, Data Protection, Privacy, and the Law
As teenagers on the cusp of adulthood graduate and head into their college years, we tell them it’s okay to not fully know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Some, of course, do and will
App revenue climbs 23% year-over-year to $21.9B in Q3
Global app revenue continues to climb, thanks to the growth in mobile gaming and the subscription economy. In the third quarter of 2019, consumer revenue grew 22.9% year-over-year from $17.9 billion to reach an estimated $21.9 billion across both the
Preparing for AI Driven Future with Hybrid Cloud
Preparing for AI Driven Future Organizations across the globe are buzzing about the cloud as the savior of their data management needs that provides them with the assistance they require for their business solutions. In this digital era of insights
Deepfake videos are a far, far bigger problem for women
The number of deepfake videos found online has nearly doubled since 2018, and most of them are pornographic videos featuring women without their consent. The term “deepfake” refers to video altered using machine-learning technology to present a situation that didn’t
A Controversial Plan to Encrypt More of the Internet
The road to routing all Domain Name System lookups through HTTPS is pocked with disagreements over just how much it will help. The security community generally agrees on the importance of encrypting private data: Add a passcode to your smartphone. Use
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Momentum Accelerates with New Hires
Nearly 2,000 new employees will support customer growth, product innovation, and data center expansion Redwood Shores, Calif.—Oct 8, 2019 Oracle today announced plans to hire nearly 2,000 employees worldwide to work on its growing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure business. The new
New Training Courses Teach New APN Partners to Better Help Their Customers
AWS Training and Certification has updated one partner course and added another to its training portfolio. First, we made major updates to our AWS Solutions Training for Partners: Foundations (Business) course. Second, we are introducing a new course, AWS Solutions Training for Partners
Copycat coders create ‘vulnerable’ apps
Lazy developers who copy solutions to tricky programming problems are creating apps that are vulnerable to attack, research suggests. A team of computer scientists looked at more than 72,000 chunks of code found on the Stack Overflow website. The site is
How to Enhance Security of Digital Identity
Enhance Security of Digital Identity Introduction The subject of this article is a fragile digital identity built with a weak password, which makes a grave choke point of the cyber age. The word ‘password’ is poly-semantic and context-dependent. Sometimes it’s
Citrix’s Chief Security Architect on how to avoid misconfiguration
Sameer Sharma, Sr. Consultant for Cloud Architecture and Security at Citrix, recently highlighted five of the top cloud security risks. In his post, he provides high-level guidance for each cloud security risk, one of which is misconfiguration. In August 2019, the