TunnelBear VPN review | ITProPortal

50% off annual plan The champion for ease of use TunnelBear is a Canadian VPN vendor owned by cybersecurity giant McAfee that doesn’t have a multitudinous network of servers or a long list of advanced features and instead likes to keep things simple, focusing on its core service. It has servers in only 23 countries, but it supports with its …

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Outdated tech is slowing down finance decisions

Businesses in the financial sector have identified outdated technology as among the main reasons for slow decision making. This is according to a new report from Riverbed Technology, which claims almost half (44 per cent) of business decision makers in the industry point the finger at defunct technology. The majority of business executives and IT decision makers also agree on …

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The benefits of IT outsourcing are still there despite protectionism

Where does IT outsourcing stand today? Sources show that the growth is there: the global data analytics outsourcing market was valued at $2.49 billion in 2018 and has an expected CAGR of 25.8 percent from 2019-2027, leading to $19.36 billion by 2027. But it’s even more interesting to examine how this growth will likely be affected by recent protectionist movements, …

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GoldenSpy: An ongoing game of cat and mouse between cyber adversaries and the security community

In June, Trustwave reported the discovery of a dangerous new malware family dubbed GoldenSpy, hidden within tax payment software mandated by China Tax Bureau (CTB) for all businesses operating in the country.  This took an unexpected turn soon after Trustwave posted its findings and advice on how to defeat the unusually persistent malware. It quickly became apparent that the threat …

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Using public health frameworks to explain cybersecurity

For years, governments have reported pandemics and cyber attacks as the top priority risks facing their nations. The first has already come to pass. COVID-19’s rapid viral transmission has shown all too well how infectious disease can create turmoil on a global level and major socioeconomic damage. But what about this second enormous risk? Even as we continue to combat …

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Businesses knowingly deploy vulnerable applications due to time pressures

Many businesses are being forced to deploy vulnerable applications due to time pressures and economic considerations, creating a wealth of opportunity for cybercriminals, new research has warned. According to a report from silicon design firm Synopsys based on a survey of cybersecurity and development professionals, nearly half (48 percent) of businesses knowingly push vulnerable code to production in order to …

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Intel investigating leak of 20GB worth of internal documents

Chip manufacturer Intel is investigating a serious data leak after 20GB of internal documents were made public online, some of which are marked as confidential. The leaked dataset is said to contain intellectual property relating to various Intel chipsets and could also reveal backdoors that could be used in future attacks. The data was uploaded to file-sharing service MEGA by …

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Succeeding with microservices | ITProPortal

The foundational layers of getting to the most of Kubernetes / Container-native benefits. Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to speak at the DevOps Institue’s SkiLUp day on Enterprise Kubernetes. In that session titled Navigating your Kubernetes Journey through Continuous Delivery, I discussed the state of Enterprise Kubernetes and the impacts of continuous delivery for those organizations working with …

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