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When emotions run high: Protecting your network infrastructure from reputational attacks

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7 ways COVID-19 has changed IT forever

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Security job candidate background checks: What you can and can't do

Enterprise cybersecurity begins with a trustworthy staff. Here's how to ensure that current and prospective team members aren't hiding any skeletons.

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5 ways to combat audit fatigue

The growing number of audits for security and privacy regulatory compliance is stressing security personnel and draining resources from security operations. Here's how to better manage them.

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The big debate: control compliance vs. risk management

Industry-standard security frameworks are important, but they also need to align with the rest of your organization's risk management practices.

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The future of work: Coming sooner than you think

What will your worklife be like years from now? Today's work-from-home world has given us a glimpse of the future, as these five articles from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World illustrate.

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7 key questions facing the future of work

A global pandemic raised the bar for IT’s capabilities. IT leaders say 2021 will be even more challenging.

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Risk, the misunderstood discipline

Knowing the difference between risk appetite, tolerance, and threshold enables better decision making about technology investments to drive the business forward.

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The evolution of cloud security: Where it's headed and tips to plan

Liberty Mutual’s Cybersecurity and Cloud Specialist Don Richard, IDC’s Program VP for Cybersecurity Products Frank Dickson, and IDG’s Editor-in-Chief of Enterprise Eric Knorr are all experts on cloud security. They discuss the nexus...

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How DMaaS eliminates data silos and 4 tips for choosing a provider

For CIOs caught in an ever-growing web of complicated data silos, data management as a service can help drive a competitive business advantage.

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At CES, a new era of hardware addresses the work-from-home shift

At CES 2021, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, the three largest PC vendors, all unveiled a spate of new business laptops with security enhancements like hardened protection and built-in smarts to guard against ransomware, crypto-mining, and...

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2021

Facilitating the future of work and securing a hybrid working environment top the list of tough, pandemic-inflected issues IT leaders must navigate this year.

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From risk mitigation to business enabler: The role of CISOs in 2021

CISOs faced a number of challenges in 2020, not the least of which was COVID-19 and the mass migration from onsite to remote work. Corporate leadership saw just how vital the security team is to ensuring the company runs, and runs...

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9 IT resolutions for 2021

IT leaders share their visions on how they hope to transform their teams, their organizations, and themselves in the new year.

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Perfect strangers: How CIOs and CISOs can get along

The rise of security as a strategic imperative has altered the relationship between IT and infosec leaders. Here’s how CIOs and CISOs can become better partners.

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News Analysis

SolarWinds Trojan: Affected enterprises must use hot patches, isolate compromised gear

SolarWinds is recommending that customers hit by the Trojan embedded in a version of its Orion network-monitoring platform update to a new release of the software as Microsoft, Cisco, others weigh in.

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News Analysis

SolarWinds attack explained: And why it was so hard to detect

A group believed to be Russia's Cozy Bear gained access to government and other systems through a compromised update to SolarWinds' Orion software. Most organizations aren't prepared for this sort of software supply chain attack.

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Strike a balance: Ensuring secure remote work without hindering productivity

The expanded remote workforce requires a balanced, secure approach to accessing data, apps, and systems.

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10 future trends and how CIOs can keep ahead in 2021

After a year disrupted by a global pandemic, the next normal is starting to take shape. Here's a look at what's ahead for IT organizations.

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5 ways to take control of data in 2021

COVID-19 is transforming the way the economy works, guaranteeing that our data needs will also change and grow. Here's what that means for CIOs in the year ahead.

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