At least for the time being, business travelers will still be able to take their laptops and tablets along as carry-on luggage when they board a flight. That is the decision by the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), which lifted its ban on air passengers carrying aboard personal electronic devices larger than a smartphone earlier this summer. The

Co-authored by Chris Craig. To match the ongoing shift to cloud as a means of increasing agility when delivering services, the architectures supporting these services are also evolving. The cloud IT space is full of terminology such as infrastructure-as-code, highly scalable architectures and microservices architecture — a methodology that is gathering sig

For the past few years, the security industry has seen a gradual move away from traditional, resource-heavy endpoint protection agents to next-generation solutions in response to the increasing sophistication of malware, cybercriminal tactics and the threat landscape at large. Traditional host intrusion detection systems (HIDS) built on signature-based det

Machine learning is changing the way industries address critical challenges by using the combined power of automation, cloud-based scalability and specialized programming to surface unexpected relationships and insights. With thousands of new malicious programs emerging every day, security solutions that integrate responsive machine learning can identify an

Organizations contemplating Internet of Things (IoT) deployment projects must look at both past and future challenges through the lens of security. Enterprise data security is not a new topic, but for many companies, IoT deployments present new challenges because they extend the perimeter by introducing thousands of additional endpoints, each of which repres

More so than in any other industry, the recent WannaCry attack caused health care organizations to rethink processes for keeping systems current and secure. Although Microsoft patched the very vulnerabilities WannaCry exploited over three months ago, many organizations are still struggling to find and patch relevant computers and systems. The Hidden Complexi

Traveling for work is a regular occurrence for many of us. Most of the time, traveling for client meetings, conferences, team meetings and other work-related activities also means taking a laptop or other portable devices traveling too. These devices could easily include your company’s IP, strategic plans, financials or other sensitive enterprise asset

There’s a famous quote that goes something like this: “Unapplied knowledge never benefited anyone.” I remember learning that back in college when working on a group project for a professor I’d had the previous semester. I earned a strong A in his class the first term, but the project we turned in the second time around didn’t g

It is becoming increasingly critical to manage both unknown and known vulnerabilities. In fact, since even novice cybercriminals can exploit publicly disclosed issues, it may be even more important to manage known vulnerabilities. Furthermore, fraudsters can examine information associated with known threats to develop new attacks and scout potential targets

This is the second installment in a three-part series. Be sure to read part 1 for the more information on unified endpoint management. In the first installment of this series, we traversed each component of the unified endpoint management (UEM) hierarchy of needs, which consists of devices and things at its foundation, apps and content at the next level, fo

We live in interesting times. With everyone being so well-connected, it’s hard to believe they’re not actually attached at the hip to their smartphones to stay up to date in their personal and work lives. With so many different possible mechanisms to keep in touch, modern workers expect immediate, intuitive access to all applications, content and

For organizations of all types and sizes, boundless mobile connectivity and resource access have become more than just an efficiency game changer — they have become the norm. Banks and credit unions are putting shared devices at the center of transactions, maximizing branch employee utilization while cutting procurement costs. Similarly, energy and utilitie

If you function like most IT organizations, you’ve spent the past few years relying on mobile device management (MDM), enterprise mobility management (EMM) and client management tools to get the most out of your enterprise endpoints while limiting the onset of threats you may encounter. In peeling back the onion, you’ll find little difference bet

Endpoints are at the center of the universe of advanced attacks. They’re the most vulnerable, and act as a favored attack vector for cybercriminals because they provide the easiest entry points into your network. If you work in IT, you know how vulnerable endpoints can be and understand the need for a continuous approach to securing them, both proactiv

It may be time to buy cyber insurance for your business. There are a lot of choices and ways to go about doing this, and all firms start out at the same place — offering reimbursement in case you suffer a data or financial loss. But they end up in different places: Some vendors have insurance policy add-ons to your traditional business liability insurance, w