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We are less than 90 Days into Joe Biden’s Presidency and it seems clear that the United States is no longer prioritizing national security, and this is seen in ways including the administration’s handling of the country’s southern border. As far as the current migrant crisis we face, this unmitigated disaster is a self-inflicted wound that began with Biden publicly disclosing his intent to legalize as many as 11 million illegal aliens in the weeks following his victory in this past Novemb...

Key lawmakers on Monday expressed support for President Biden Biden announced plans to nominate former National Security Agency Deputy Director Chris Inglis to fill the newly created role of national cyber director at the White House. He also named Jen Easterly as his pick to serve as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Both nominees will need to be approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee before heading to the full Senate ...

Satya Nadella: SolarWinds Hack Underscores Need For ‘Moving To The Cloud’ The Microsoft CEO sees the cyberattack as a ‘wake-up call for all companies to take security as a first-class priority.’ By Donna Goodison April 12, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT The massive SolarWinds hack that ensnared Microsoft and thousands of SolarWinds customers underscores the importance of implementing zero trust architecture and migrating to the cloud, according to Microsoft CEO Sat...

What is Outlook Web App? A guide to Microsofts web email service. insider@insider.com (Dave Johnson) © PeopleImages/Getty Images In addition to the desktop and mobile apps, Microsoft Outlook can be accessed in a browser with Outlook on the web. PeopleImages/Getty Images Outlook Web App, also known as Outlook on the web, allows you to access your Outlook email account from a web browser. While Outlook on the web doesnt include all the features found in the desktop Outlook app,...

Help Net Security Week in review: SAP apps under attack, Zero Trust creator talks, Patch Tuesday forecast Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and reviews: In this era of increasing technological complexity, watering hole attacks build on a model of simplicity. Just like predatory animals that hover near sources of water favored by their prey, attackers systematically infect websites likely to be visited by their targets. A little over a decade ago, Joh...

April 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Security best practices April 9, 2021 April 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Security best practices March kept us all very busy with the ongoing out-of-band Microsoft updates for Exchange Server and the printing BSODs, which plagued us since last Patch Tuesday. It looks like a standard release of updates from Microsoft next week, but before we get to patching vulnerabilities, I would like to focus on the need to discover and report on them. I entered the software...

© Getty Images President Biden called for over $1.3 billion in cybersecurity funds as part of his proposed budget request sent to Congress on Friday, along with major investments in emerging technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence.  The budget proposal was submitted in the wake of two of the largest cyber espionage attacks in U.S. history, including what has become known as the SolarWinds hack, which likely involved Russian hackers and compromised at least nine fed...

Garry Brown, the managing director of Darlington based Bondgate IT Picture CHRIS BOOTH AN IT firm is urging people to update their cyber security after a breach by hackers. Bondgate IT is urging businesses and organisations using Microsoft’s Exchange email system to urgently update their security following a breach by nation-state hackers. Last month Microsoft issued multiple security updates after reporting that several of its Exchange servers were at risk of large-scale exploitation o...

ADVERTISEMENT PUSHING FOR ANTITRUST POLICY: A coalition of independent businesses launched Tuesday with the goal of urging federal policy reform to rein in the market power of top tech companies.  The coalition, Small Business Rising, specifically takes aim at Amazon — accusing the e-commerce giant of anti-competitive tactics and harming small firms nationwide.  The coalition is urging lawmakers to help break up and regulate the tech companies it called monopolies.  Its also urging lawmake...

Fortune 500 Security Shows Progress and Pitfalls Fortune 500 companies have improved on email security and vulnerability disclosure programs but struggle in asset management and high-risk services. A deep dive into the security of Fortune 500 organizations reveals they have improved, albeit "slowly and unevenly," with gains made in email security and vulnerability disclosure programs (VDPs) and progress lagging in asset management and high-risk services, researchers report. Rapid7s "Internet Cy...