Network monitoring is the art of analyzing an IT network’s status and performance for optimal reliability. The tools and techniques I use have evolved over time to best support today’s vast ecosystems of modern hardware and virtualization technologies. Since the Internet’s inception, when the first Unix-based systems came together to form a network, there’s been […]
If you ask someone what they want to be when they grow up, it’s more an exercise of imagination than prediction when you consider that 65% of children going into elementary school today will work in jobs that do not yet exist. Why? The workforce is quickly transforming as technology evolves and societal needs change. […]
The Threat Hunter Team with software company Symantec reported that Noberus, which also goes by the names BlackCat/ALPHV, is leveraging new tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs). The ransomware-as-a-service BlackCat/ALPHV has compromised at least 60 different entities across the world using the programing language RUST, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division report from […]
The battle over who controls work tools and enterprise technology is as old as computing itself. From the introduction of VisiCalc and Microsoft Access to today’s smartphones and apps, conflicts between workers and IT overseers have continually simmered. “It’s an ongoing point of tension for organizations, observes Scott Buchholz, chief technology officer in the Government […]
Those wondering about the role of the CIO in the digital age need only look at the keyword in the middle of the title: Chief “Information” Officer. The corporate world actually isn’t just about being “digital” or “data driven”. That digital data represents what the organization actually knows: Information about itself, its customers, and its […]
There have always been two fundamental pillars of cloud security. One is the visibility to detect issues. The other is the ability to remediate threats effectively — ideally, in a proactive manner, which means mitigating risks before they are actively exploited. Neither of these pillars has changed since companies began moving workloads into the cloud […]
The financial protection and security that insurance provides is essential to all businesses and the modern economy, particularly in disruptive times. Any number of risks can threaten the financial viability and survival of a business, and insurance helps to mitigate those risks and make financial impacts more predictable and therefore survivable. Without insurance, a common […]