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Technologies Useful In the Pandemic Are Challenging Privacy Now
by Jennifer Gregory •
Your company likely made many quick decisions back in March 2020. As an IT leader, you provided the tools employees needed to stay productive while working remotely. It had to happen now or sooner. Your team made it possible for the business to continue moving forward during the pandemic. It was not easy. But you […]
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Ask Chloé: Response Time Etiquette
by Chloe Messdaghi •
Welcome to the Ask Chloé column on Security Boulevard! Each week, Chloé provides answers to readers’ questions to help guide them as they navigate the technology industry. This week, Chloé offers advice to an InfoSec pro struggling with response time …
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Supply Chains are an Easy Target for Cybercriminals
by Magni Sigurdsson •
The supply chain crisis is a reminder that the systems that power the global economy are frighteningly fragile. When COVID-19 hit, it interrupted logistics networks across the planet and caused shortages so severe that it prompted The New York Times t…
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Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year
by Neil Sutton •
By David Rising in Bangkok BANGKOK (AP) — The…
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Is the Great Resignation a cyber-threat?
by Neil Sutton •
COVID-19 has permanently changed the working landscape over the…
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Pandemic Surveillance in Canada, Malware-Filled USB Sticks are Back, Kill Switches in New Cars
by Tom Eston •
Canada’s federal government admitted to surveilling its population’s movements during the COVID-19 lock-down by tracking 33 million phones, the FBI warned that a hacker group has been sending malware-laden USB sticks to companies, and details on a new …
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OPINION: Until we address chronic underfunding, Canada will keep failing at emergency management
by Neil Sutton •
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an…
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How will the pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame
by Neil Sutton •
By Lauran Neergaard And Carla K. Johnson THE ASSOCIATED…
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Leveraging the XDR Advantage in the Midst of a Pandemic
by Anthony M. Freed •
The pandemic has changed organizations’ technology priorities profoundly over the last two years. In a study reported on by Business Wire, cybersecurity and hybrid working constituted the top enterprise technology priorities looking ahead to 2022…
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When good enough is no longer good enough
by Suzanne Robicheau •
Prior to the pandemic, people went to the office. They may have complained about the commute, and they may have wished they had more discretionary time, but that was the way things were done in a pre-COVID world. Things are done differently now, and there’s no going back for businesses that want to retain their […]
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How SMBs are using technology to turn crisis into opportunity
by IT World Canada •
When raw material costs skyrocketed, Kendra Cruson seized the moment to transform her steel manufacturing company in Saskatchewan. She felt it was time to adopt to the cloud and new digital business solutions to reduce manual processes at Vale Industries. That decision has given her company an edge in the marketplace. Small and medium-sized businesses […]
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Empower your IT group to build your post-pandemic workplace
by Glenn Weir •
With the global pandemic on the wane, the future of the new workplace is uncertain. Employers, faced with what is becoming a “war for talent,” can’t afford to get it wrong. While many employees are eager to return to the social contact and collaborative work environment of the office, many are equally adamant that work […]
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Learn how to turn digital transformation promise into results
by Glenn Weir •
In 2020 we heard a lot of talk about digital transformation. But too often it was just talk – a 2018 McKinsey survey found that while 85 per cent of respondents wanted their business to be digital, less than 20 per cent said they actually were. A second McKinsey study from 2019 found that companies […]
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Five worthy reads: Data center operations through the eyes of AI
by Monisha Ravi •
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. In this edition, we’ll learn about AI deployment in data center operations and how it enables better performance and efficie…
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Cybersecurity Lessons from the Pandemic: CDC Model and FS/ISAC
by C. Warren Axelrod •
It is very ironic to see that, on August 18, 2021, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) announced the formation of a Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analysis, see CDC Stands Up New Disease Forecasting Center | CDC Online Newsro…