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10 security changes post-COVID-19

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Why frameworks are more necessary than ever for secure enterprise transformations

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Why COVID-19 will change identity management forever

Large job losses, more people working from home, and an increased use of freelancers and consultants are forcing companies to rethink their access control models.

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10 things you should know about XDR

An initiative more than a technology, XDR seeks to simplify and unify security technologies to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

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Securing IoT requires a shift to a security fabric

The IoT era and the expectation that everything will be connected, accelerates the need to move away from point products and toward the concept of a security fabric.

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Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT

With most workers scattered at home and trying to come up with their own ad-hoc IT workarounds, there’s an easy way for IT shops to build trust: communicate.

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4 tips for a successful cyber threat intelligence program

COVID-19 has opened the cyberattack floodgates; defenders need strong cyber threat intelligence (CTI) analysis, operationalization and sharing. Here's how to get more from your CTI program.

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COVID-19 pandemic accelerates transformation in enterprise security

Organizations must retool their policies and invest in security programs to acclimate to a post-COVID-19 business landscape.

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Episode 8: Healthcare security in a time of crisis

Podcast Episode 8: Listen now as Gary Gooden, CISO at Seattle Children’s, joins host Bob Bragdon to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on security at the healthcare organization.

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Telecommuting in a post-COVID U.S. will be radically different. And that's a very good thing.

IT execs need to start talking with other C-levels now and figure out what they want their post-COVID company to look like.

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4 ways automated penetration testing tools can help mitigate COVID-19 related risks

New tools map attack surface, test security controls, and behave like cyber-adversaries.

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Work from home, phase 2: What comes next for security?

Phase 1 was all about employee access, network communications confidentiality/integrity, and basic endpoint security. The next phases will move quickly from risk assessment to mitigation.

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Episode 7: Security in a time of crisis

Podcast Episode 7: Listen now as Christopher Burgess, a writer and speaker on security issues and former senior security adviser to Cisco, discusses the risk from the scramble to move to remote work at scale.

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5 reasons security staff leave (and what to do about it)

Retaining skilled security staff is difficult in the best of times, but there are steps you can take that will make a difference.

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3 ways COVID-19 is changing CISO priorities

The scramble to enable remote workers changes security strategies, priorities, and workflows for 2020.

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5G without governance is risky business

5G implementations that fail to include baking in the needed governance safeguards will be subject to cost overages, inefficiencies and erosion of customer trust. Can your business afford that risk?

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Dear future victim, please panic

I am the opportunistic infection, THE DORMANT CYBER PATHOGEN now awakes! While you're worried about COVID-19 infection, I'm already inside your networks!

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Episode 6: Building security in

Podcast Episode 6: Listen now as Mike Towers, CSO at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, discusses getting to a place where it is easy for the business to do the secure thing.

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4 key problems with digital identity and why we need a new approach

To more accurately and more safely authenticate people online, digital identity needs to better cope with changes in people's lives. It's time to build identity technology for a digital life.

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Toward a common UI for security operations

New dashboards and visualization tools could improve personnel training, and SOC productivity while streamlining security operations.

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