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Sep 26, 2018

"Everything is fine" vs. "we're doomed" isn't the way to frame election security

The extremes of despair and optimism are both dangerous to information security. What we need to do is to calm and assess the threats. Read More ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

•	What is a CASB? What you need to know before you buy

•	Apple's dropping Back To My Mac Remote Access. Here's an Alternative, Currently Discounted.

•	First known malicious cryptomining campaign targeting Kodi discovered

•	The potential costs of cybercrime that can't be calculated

•	Linus Torvalds, the UNIX Wars and history repeating itself

•	What hurricane preparedness teaches us about resilience

White Paper: Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.

Securing Privileged Access with Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager (PAM)

Privileged accounts, like their name suggests, are accounts designed to provide broad access to systems and data. They are an integral part of every IT infrastructure and play a key role in a large variety of day-to-day operations. Read More ▶

What is a CASB? What you need to know before you buy

Cloud access security brokers have come a long way in a few years and can be an effective way to manage authentication and encryption across cloud and on-premise systems. Read More ▶

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Apple's dropping Back To My Mac Remote Access. Here's an Alternative, Currently Discounted.

RemotePC by iDrive lets you connect to your work or office computer securely from anywhere, and from any iOS or Android device. Right now their 50 computer package is 90% off or just $6.95 for your 1st year. Read More ▶

First known malicious cryptomining campaign targeting Kodi discovered

Add-ons for Kodi, the media streaming app, have been infected with malware that mines Monero and may continue to do so unless you take action. Read More ▶

The potential costs of cybercrime that can't be calculated

Cybersecurity risk often is treated as a nebulous, abstract concept. However, the possibility of attacks that start as cyber incidents but turn out to be a precursor to physical attacks are increasingly commanding more of our attention and vigilance. Read More ▶

Linus Torvalds, the UNIX Wars and history repeating itself

Linus Torvalds, the creator and maintainer of the Linux Kernel, announced on a mailing list that he was taking time off to address behavioral issues that have caused negativity in the Linux community. This presented business risk and a potential to cause forking of the Linux kernel and history repeating itself with the Unix Wars yet again. Read More ▶

What hurricane preparedness teaches us about resilience

Applying five FEMA best practices to your incident response planning Read More ▶

White Paper: Bronze Drum Consulting

How Powerful New Technologies are Powering a Real-Time Revolution in Capital Markets

Discover how machine learning, informed by rich, streaming data, is helping business leaders transform financial services is this white paper from Bronze Drum Consulting. By leveraging cloud services, financial service firms now have the power to put real-time streaming data to work. Read More ▶

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