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Jan 25, 2021 With the expansion of telework, agencies face a broader threat landscape. Teams can no longer rely on network-centric security, and federal leaders cannot manage the cybersecurity posture of personal infrastructures off-site. What’s more, bad actors are having more success gaining access to user credentials than ever before, with their algorithms outperforming humans 1,000 to one. When bad actors leverage inappropriate or unnecessary access, the damage is done before teams can de...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Jan 25, 2021 The internet-of-things market is expected to reach $1.6 trillion by 2025, but a lack of security standardization will threaten the development of IoT services, a report states. “The fervent expansion of IoT connectivity and subsequent monetization strategies have revealed cavernous security concerns fueled by the lack of proper security standardization,” according to ABI Research’s “68 Technology Trends That Will Shape 2021.” Attacks on connected inf...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has introduced an awareness campaign to reduce the threat of ransomware to public- and private-sector organizations.

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PHOTO: Steve Snodgrass Microsoft’s relationship with open source software has been a complex one. While it has spent a lot of energy in the past knocking open source and its uses in the modern enterprise, there is some evidence to suggest that it is coming around to supporting it again, as what it describes as “remote first” cultures emerged in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Microsoft and Open Source The most recent manifestation of its changing relationship with open source...

She Code Africa meetup Nigeria had the highest percentage growth of open source contributors in 2020, according to GitHub. Successful Nigerian startups like Flutterwave and Paystack (acquired by Stripe) are encouraging young people to pursue careers in tech.  The demand for tech is growing, developer communities are emerging, and companies like Facebook are investing heavily in the region. When Nigerian developer Gift Egwuenu first started learning computer scienc...

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PHOTO: evannovostro Around the same time the web was first taking off, and long before SharePoint, there were dedicated tools for creating intranets. As early as 1996, Netscape was making a pitch for this space (hoping to oust Lotus Notes for those with long memories!). And even though SharePoint eventually came to dominate, some of the early pioneers live on, including Orchid Soft in the UK (now Oak) and Intranet Dashboard from Australia (now GreenOrbit). Unfortunately these independent opti...

Joining Pixar in 1997, Quaroni worked his way up to become supervising technical director on Toy Story 3 and Monsters, Inc. He oversaw the technological approach on Toy Story 3, establishing the production pipeline and managing the technical teams. His work on the film earned him nominations for a Bafta and Visual Effects Society award. Quaroni was named Pixar’s vp of software r&d in 2011. In this capacity, he oversaw the studio’s graphics and animation software, including the Universal ...