The principles of patching in a hybrid world

The majority of data breaches occur due to inadequate patching. Fact. Data from The Ponemon Institute found that 60 percent of breach victims said they were breached due to an unpatched known vulnerability where the patch was not applied.   This is even more the case in the hybrid workplace, which is here to stay according to Gartner, where teams …

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These are the areas IT leaders need to address to make hybrid working a success

If businesses want to make hybrid working a success, they need to make sure their employees are engaged, productive, and not burning out. This is according to a new report from collaborative work management platform Wrike, based on a poll of more than 300 IT leaders, including CIOs, IT VPs, directors, and managers. Wrike says the modern workspace is already …

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Hybrid working will not be an automatic success

Hybrid working has the potential to transform the lives of office workers. Whether this transformation will be for the better, or worse, depends on business owners and how they tackle the various challenges ahead. These are the conclusions of a new report report published by GitLab and Qatalog, based on a poll of 3,900 workers, which claims that remote and …

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The workplace is not dead – but the future is hybrid

The past year has significantly redefined the workplace as most offices across the UK closed and workers set up from home. With the successful transition to long-term remote working (despite initial road bumps), and the drastic COVID impact, the post-pandemic world of work will never be the same again. Though with its documented disadvantages, home working has brought so many …

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Most firms don’t have the right tech for hybrid working

Many businesses lack “useful integrations” in their tech stacks and, as a result, employees are working twice as hard as they should be. This is according to a new report from content enablement platform Templafy, which claims UK workers spend “large amounts of time” switching between applications. With more than a quarter using six to ten different applications each week, …

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Businesses ‘out of touch’ with staff on hybrid working issue

Hybrid working is expected to provide an important bridge between remote working and the office in the coming months. But it seems workers and their bosses aren’t seeing eye-to-eye when it comes to creating the best employee experience.  According to a new survey from tech company Unisys Corporation, most organizations (66 percent) are working on a new operating model as …

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A truly agnostic approach to key encryption removes the risks in hybrid cloud

As organizations migrate workloads to the cloud in search of greater agility, innovation and reduced costs, they face serious security challenges that conventional key encryption technology fails to meet.  The range of security threats covers everything from the hijacking of cloud services to the criminal use of AI and ML and the emergence of cyber-espionage-for-hire. Ransomware and phishing attacks have …

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The demand for hybrid working keeps on increasing

When it comes to remote and hybrid working, we’ve passed the point of no return. This is the conclusion of Fujitsu’s latest report, which claims it’s highly unlikely that we’ll ever go back to full-time office working. The report states that, while Covid-19 played a major role in the switch to remote and hybrid working, it wasn’t the only factor. …

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Hybrid cloud is getting more popular, but there are some big challenges

IT leaders everywhere are coming to the realization that hybrid cloud is a great way to optimize their IT infrastructure without disrupting business-critical applications.  However, there are major challenges ahead, mostly around cloud-based identity and access management (IAM). This is according to a new report from Google Cloud and identity management company ForgeRock.  Based on a poll of 300 IT …

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Securing IT systems in the hybrid workplace with identity governance

The current reality of massive remote work began as a pandemic-induced necessity, but what most thought would be a short-term stopgap has become the current norm. And that’s not entirely a bad thing. I’m sure most workers don’t miss commutes or traffic, and enjoy the extra sleep and being able to take a conference call in their pajamas. As organizations …

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