UK prepares plans for ‘full spectrum’ approach to cybersecurity

Later this week, the UK government is expected to publish an Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. The report is expected to contain a “full spectrum” of proposals on how to protect the country from rising levels of cybercrime. According to a report from Computer Weekly, the paper will cover everything from internet security for home users, …

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Yahoo Mail review | ITProPortal

Yahoo Mail was once one of the leading email platforms, though it’s lost ground in recent years to Gmail and Apple Mail. However, if you’re looking at email clients that are available for your small business, it’s worth considering. While providers such as Google and Microsoft offer small business email solutions as part of a suite of productivity tools, Yahoo …

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Aligning software development goals with business strategy

Equipped with a complex range of skills, software developers who have been in the profession for a while usually keep their technical goals top of mind. They often know which programming languages and development methodologies they want to pursue, and that’s understandable. These professional goals are undoubtedly important, but they’re not the only thing you need to think about from …

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IT teams have become more important than ever

The last year has been a challenging one for UK businesses on multiple fronts and these difficulties have emphasized the importance of IT teams. This is according to a new report from low-code application development company Mendix, which claims that both Brexit and Covid-19 placed immense pressure on businesses, forcing them to radically change the way they operate. For two …

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Decade-old Linux kernel vulnerabilities are threatening device security

Researchers have identified three major vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that have existed for more than a decade. According to cybersecurity firm GRIMM, these bugs could allow attackers to elevate their privileges from basic to root, opening the door to data theft, malware and ransomware distribution, escalation of privilege and DDoS attacks, Bleeping Computer reported. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-27365, CVE-2021-27363 and …

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Why IT Asset Management should lead a post-Covid assessment of supplier and contract risk

The pandemic forced organizations to source and ‘stand up’ new technologies (products and services) at a record pace. This was especially true at the start, when organizations needed to quickly implement remote and online capabilities for employees, as well as customers, service providers and others – whether they wanted to or not. Understandably, the standard ‘due diligence’ process as to …

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Losing touch with reality – A GameStop lesson

Before long, the saga of the GameStop run of 2021 will be studied in economics and investment classes. If you were off grid for the last month, and are not up to date on this story, there are hundreds of articles out there that describe the circumstance of how small retail investors got together on a little-known internet forum called …

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How to get SD-WAN success in seven steps

The software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) has seen considerable market success in the last several years, but the secrets to making it work might not necessarily be common knowledge. Amid the pandemic, several trends have gained momentum: First, increased public and hybrid cloud adoption by enterprises to gain business agility by running more applications in the cloud. Second, improved business …

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