Many companies far too slow to respond to cyberattacks
When it comes to responding to vulnerabilities and cyberattacks, some businesses are way too slow to prevent serious damage. This is according to a new report from pentest firm Cobalt.io, which claims that a quarter of firms takes up to 60 days, if not longer, to address low- to medium-risk vulnerabilities. To make matters even worse, there’s a small “but …
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Microsoft offers temporary fixes for nasty ‘PrintNightmare’ zero-day
As it works on a permanent fix, Microsoft has published two mitigation methods to help tackle a serious vulnerability currently being exploited in the wild. As reported by Bleeping Computer, the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-34527, is a Windows Print Spooler zero-day bug known as PrintNightmare. The flaw can be abused to seize control of affected servers via remote code execution, …
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Getting beyond the marketing of digital building platforms
For an industry used to keeping to itself, the built environment is gaining a lot of interest. Everyone from investors to casual LinkedIn observers has more reasons than ever to look at buildings and wonder what’s going on inside. The industry itself is known for moving slowly when it comes to adopting new technologies, but novel concepts and products are …
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Remote working has forced businesses to rethink office strategies
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown employees across the globe the benefits of remote working, forcing organizations to rethink their office strategies. This is according to a new report from HR and payroll specialist SD Worx, based on a poll of 5,000 employees from five different European countries. According to the report, health in the workplace will be a major concern; …
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Fraud campaigns are creating a trust issue for businesses
For a consumer to lose trust in a business, all it takes is for a scammer to attempt to impersonate the brand. The scam doesn’t have to be affiliated with the business in any way, and the attacker doesn’t even have to be successful in their attack, but the company will still suffer. This is according to a new report …
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Kubernetes costs are spiraling out of control
The cost of running Kubernetes is spiraling out of control, a new report from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNFC) suggests. The paper claims that 68 percent of businesses have experienced a rise in Kubernetes costs over the past year. Among those businesses, half have had to pay up to 20 percent more. The increase in costs “isn’t in itself …
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Many businesses are locked into restrictive IT contracts
New technologies may be key to post-Covid recovery, but only if they are flexible enough to allow businesses to innovate and change direction at pace. According to a new report from Virgin Media O2 Business, many IT service providers are anything but flexible, making it difficult for organizations to bounce back following lockdown. The report, based on a poll of …
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Automation has become a top priority for many IT teams
Automation has become a top priority for IT teams across the globe, according to a new report from IT and security management solutions provider Kaseya. Polling nearly 1,000 IT professionals for the report, Kaseya found that automation is one of the three major projects organizations are focused on, along with bolstering security and improving operational agility. Half of respondents rated …
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Asynchronous working expected to become the norm post-pandemic
Hybrid and asynchronous working will play a major role after the pandemic and could end up killing the traditional nine-to-five, research from Okta suggests. The identity management company recently polled more than 2,000 UK-based office workers and found that the majority would choose a hybrid and asynchronous working arrangement, whereby they choose the time and place of their work. However, …
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Businesses fail to address root issues affecting customer experience
Most businesses have a range of powerful tools at their disposal, but are failing to make use of their full potential to address customer experience challenges, according to software specialists at IFS. Polling more than 1,700 executives and north of 12,000 consumers for its latest paper, IFS found that, while most businesses understand the value of software in improving customer …
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