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| The Verge | In upcoming versions of iOS and macOS, Apple plans to introduce a new Privacy icon that will appear whenever the company’s own first-party apps ask to use your personal information. Apple already has numerous privacy safeguards and transparency measures in place across both operating systems that alert users when apps are requesting their location, calendar, photo library, contacts, and so on. But this new icon seems to have a specific purpose: it’s likely designed to thwart phishing attempts. |
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| Dark Reading | Security vendors are integrating automation into their point solutions to automate tasks such as security policy orchestration, change and configuration management, incident response playbooks, and other labor-intensive tasks. This is a good start toward solving some of the challenges of managing the modern security stack. But we need to think more strategically about automation if we're truly going to solve cybersecurity workforce challenges and gain any kind of edge over hackers. |
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| BetterCloud | Flying blind? You might be. After speaking to thousands of modern IT professionals the past few years, we’ve summarized the eight most prevalent blind spots in SaaS environments and the BetterCloud policies that can fix them in this 52-page whitepaper (it's a direct PDF download—no need to fill out a pesky form). |
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| The Keyword | The faster new employees are onboarded, the faster they feel they’re part of the team and can contribute to your company’s mission. Here are a few tips to help you onboard new employees without a hitch. |
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| MakeUseOf | A lot of productivity is about discarding unnecessary things that you think are necessary. Strip the useless bits of note-taking apps and you’re left with lean and mean productivity tools, ready to get things done. |
| |  | | | | G Suite Updates | Previously, when you specified a custom file type to search for in Gmail attachments, Google only scanned the message’s MIME header for the attachment’s filename extension. Now, if you check the “Also match files based on file format (supported types)” box, Google also scans the contents of the attachment to determine its file type (provide it’s one of several supported types). | | | | G Suite Updates | Google is excited to announce that the Jamboard service will become a core G Suite service. | | | | Freshservice Blog | Freshservice has enhanced the Notification Center by expanding in-app notifications beyond Service and Change approval requests and by giving complete control to the user. | | | | |
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