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Cloud Ops is the Future: Why You Should Move Your IT Operations to the Cloud

Much has already been written on the capacity of the cloud to make a business more flexible and agile. You’ve read on more than one occasion about how cloud computing can reduce costs and free up your IT department to focus on other things. But how? And more importantly, how can you move your own IT operations into the cloud?

Why Biometrics is the Next Evolution of Password Security

The password as an authentication feature needs to die. It’s just that no one has really wanted to admit it. The good news is that a potential replacement is around the corner - biometrics.

How to Strike a Balance Between Privacy and The Data-Driven Economy

The idea that digital privacy is dead is widespread. That belief hasn’t stopped privacy advocates from pushing for better, more widespread user protections. Nor has it prevented a pushback from marketing agencies and other data-driven organizations. Will there ever be a happy medium between the two?

The Real Danger of AI Is Incompetence, Not The Singularity

The idea of killer robots - of artificial intelligence that one day deems humanity obsolete - is one of the most common tropes in science fiction. And maybe someday, machine overlords will be a real threat. For the time being, however, it’s not artificial intelligence we should fear. It’s human intelligence - or the lack of it.

What Does Taylor Swift Have To Do With Cybersecurity, Exactly?

You wouldn’t exactly expect a celebrity musician to be tuned-in to cybersecurity issues. Many superstars, after all, are notorious for either taking a hands-off approach with stuff outside their sphere or else being woefully misinformed. Taylor Swift is neither - and she might be our best bet for making people outside of IT care about data privacy.

Three Ways You Can Protect Your Business From Phishing Attacks

Phishing emails remain one of the most common methods by which cybercriminals target both enterprises and individuals. And why shouldn’t they be? Even though it’s a simple tactic, it works extremely well - all it takes is one weak link, and your network’s compromised. What can you even do to defend against something like that? Quite a bit, actually.

AI-Driven Cybersecurity Isn't The Holy Grail You Think It is

Machine learning and artificial intelligence both carry a lot of promise where security is concerned. Much has already been written about how they’ll completely change the way we protect our systems and data against attack. This hype, however, should be taken with a grain of salt. AI isn’t the be-all and end-all of cybersecurity - not yet, at least.

Having Trouble Finding Development Talent? Take A Look At Your Job Listings

You already know there’s a talent shortage in IT. Maybe you have a plan for addressing it. Maybe you don’t. Either way, if you’re having trouble filling a position at your company, it might be time to rethink your recruitment process. The first step is to take a look at your job postings - how bad are they?

Three Major Habits of Highly-Productive People

Especially if you work in software, you’re no stranger to feeling strapped for time, and you’ve probably met at least one person in your field who isn’t. Here’s the thing - those people who always seem to be ahead of the curve aren’t any different from you or I. They’ve just cultivated a few habits that go a long way towards helping them be more productive. You can too.

Still Using An Old Version Of WordPress? Here’s Why You Need To Update. Now.

There are plenty of reasons to stay behind when a major WordPress update comes along. Maybe updating will break some of your core plugins. Maybe you can’t afford the downtime required to perform the update. Thing is, those reasons don’t matter - if you’re not using the latest version of WordPress, you’re a security risk. And the WordPress team is addressing that.

Three Things You Can Do To Promote Better IT/End User Relations

There’s an old, unpleasant stereotype floating around enterprise - the idea that, when it comes to the IT department and the rest of an organization, it’s an ‘us vs. them’ mentality. That’s not only outdated, it’s toxic. If your organization is to thrive, you need to do away with it. Here’s how you can.

How To Protect Your Website From The New WordPress Core Vulnerability

As you may have already heard, a new vulnerability has been discovered with Wordpress - and this time it’s not associated with a plugin. It impacts WordPress Core. Left unaddressed, it could give attackers the ability to delete files, including those that are security-critical. Here’s how to prevent that from happening.