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Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Tech

Zest Security Aims to Resolve Cloud Risks

July 25, 2024

Via: Dark Reading

Organizations have plenty of tools to identify cloud risks, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations, but not so much for remediating cloud risks. For most organizations, significant back-and-forth is needed between DevOps and security teams to validate the risk, understand the root cause, […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

Battery sales keep Tesla profitable in Q2 as EV sales still slumped

July 24, 2024

Via: ArsTechnica

Tesla posted its second-quarter financial results ahead of an investor call this afternoon. Earlier this month, it released its Q2 2024 production and delivery numbers, which showed a 14.4 percent year-over-year reduction in the number of cars it built and […]


Cybersecurity

Chinese APT group Daggerfly revamps malware toolkit with new backdoors

July 23, 2024

Via: CSO Online

Researchers have linked a previously unattributed Mac backdoor and a new Windows Trojan to a Chinese APT group known as Daggerfly that has been around for over a decade and targets organizations and individuals around the world. The group appears […]


Federal, Policy

Unpacking Kamala Harris’ record on federal workforce issues

July 23, 2024

Via: Nextgov

If elected, Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden on Sunday ended his reelection bid — would bring to the Oval Office significant experience in federal workforce issues and a history of advocating for employees and […]


IT Policy, Tech

5 critical IT policies every organization should have in place

July 22, 2024

Via: CSO Online

From acceptable use policies to remote work guidelines, identifying the rules and procedures for all individuals accessing your organization’s IT resources is an IT security fundamental. For many enterprises, IT infrastructures have broadened to the extent that they seemingly have […]


Federal, Policy

2024 Election Latest: Trump to speak at RNC as convention enters fourth day, Biden has COVID-19

July 18, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

The Republican National Convention culminates Thursday with former President Donald Trump expected to accept the party’s presidential nomination, achieving a comeback four years in the making and anticipated even more in the past week in light of Saturday’s assassination attempt. […]


Emerging Tech & Modernization, Tech

Generative AI is speeding procurement, but not without risks

July 17, 2024

Via: StateScoop

Procurement, the process of purchasing products and services from commercial bidders, is a heavily regulated and lengthy affair that sometimes takes months or years to complete. But as cities and states explore uses of generative artificial intelligence, a few, like […]


Cybersecurity

Disney suffers massive internal communications data leak after cyberattack

July 16, 2024

Via: CSO Online

Walt Disney’s internal communications on Slack have been leaked online, exposing sensitive details about ad campaigns, studio technology, and interview candidates, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The hacker group NullBulge claimed responsibility, stating in a blog post that they […]


Cybersecurity

AT&T’s massive breach of metadata is a criminal treasure trove — as spy agencies know

July 15, 2024

Via: CSO Online

There is plenty of intelligence that can be gathered from call data records if you know where to look. Spy agencies have been doing it effectively for years. Last week we learned via an SEC 8K filing that data has […]


Federal, Policy

Trump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive, security in assassination attempt

July 15, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

Former President Donald Trump called for unity and resilience Sunday after an attempt on his life injected fresh uncertainty into an already tumultuous presidential campaign, while President Joe Biden implored Americans to “cool it down” in the final stretch and […]


Cybersecurity

Evolve data breach impacted upward of 7.64 million consumers

July 10, 2024

Via: CSO Online

Ransomware attack saw LockBit group access and download critical customer information. The number of persons affected by a recent data breach at Evolve Bank & Trust exceeds 7.64 million, a document submitted to the Office of the Maine Attorney General this week […]


Education, Industry

Is Your School Ready for the New Recess Rules?

July 10, 2024

Via: JD Supra

Starting in the upcoming 2024-25 school year, new requirements are going into effect for elementary school recess in California, including at charter schools. These changes will impact public schools that offer recess in kindergarten through grade 6, unless the school […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

North Dakota completes traffic study on roundabouts

July 9, 2024

Via: Transportation Today

Roundabouts reduce severe injury and fatal crashes by 59 percent in North Dakota, according to a recent North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) traffic study. The study examined the safety performance of 12 roundabouts on the state transportation system and […]


Health Care, Industry

Electronic Health Record Errors Are a Serious Problem

July 9, 2024

Via: InformationWeek

Many were shocked by the 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine, which claimed that some 98,000 American patients died due to medical error each year and a further million suffered injuries. The report, entitled “To Err is Human,” suggested […]


Cybersecurity

Legacy systems are the Achilles’ heel of critical infrastructure cybersecurity

July 8, 2024

Via: CSO Online

China and other nation-state bad actors are probing the defenses of critical infrastructure worldwide and legacy or outdated systems are prime targets. The time to mitigate that risk is now. Rare is the element of critical infrastructure ecosystem that doesn’t […]


Federal, Policy

Democrats in Congress are torn between backing Biden for president and sounding the alarm

July 3, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance has reverberated across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election and change the course of American history. The Democratic president has signaled he has no intention of […]


Emerging Tech & Modernization, Tech

10 ways AI can make IT more productive

July 2, 2024

Via: CIO

Every IT leader wants to build a productive organization. AI is ready to help. When it comes to maximizing productivity, IT leaders can turn to an array of motivators, including regular breaks, free snacks and beverages, workspace upgrades, mini contests, […]


Federal, Policy

Will recent Supreme Court rulings ‘devastate the functioning of the federal government?’

July 1, 2024

Via: Government Executive

The Supreme Court in recent days has issued a series of rulings that collectively have the potential to neuter a broad array of federal agencies, or tie them up in endless litigation that prevents them from carrying out their missions. […]


Energy & Environment, Industry

A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions

June 26, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready. Executives, officials and major investors in First Solar, […]


Hardware & Software, Tech

NPU vs. GPU: What’s the Difference?

June 25, 2024

Via: TechSpot

Today, hardware and software applications of AI have advanced to become purpose-built for optimizing artificial intelligence and neural network operations. These include neural processing units (NPUs), which are often compared to graphics processing units (GPUs) in terms of their ability […]