IT must rise to the challenge of mandatory work from home policies.
| | | | | Downloads of Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams Skyrocket as Enterprises Move to Remote Work | | TechRepublic | With news breaking that dozens of colleges and universities across the United States have told students on Spring Break not to come back until the end of the summer and major companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook closing down offices throughout the west coast, it is clear enterprises in all industries are preparing people for a new reality dependent on work or meeting apps like Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. | | IT Community Discussion | | BetterCloud | Join us tomorrow for our IT community discussion. IT professionals will discuss mandatory work from home and the challenges that IT is facing as a result of today's new normal. We'll cover security, communication, and productivity during this unprecedented time. | | Slack Fixes Vulnerability Exploitable for Session Hijacking, Account Takeovers | | ZDNet | A researcher fresh to the HackerOne bug bounty platform made their debut with a critical vulnerability in Slack that could be exploited for account takeovers. Slack’s team jumped on the critical bug and patched the flaw within a matter of hours. | | New Threat Scoring Module Helps Security Teams Cope With Alert Volumes | | BetaNews | Businesses increasingly struggle with the sheer volume of cyber threats that they face. One way of tackling that is a risk-based system that allows analysts to focus on the most pressing issues. SIRP a Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform is launching a new security scoring module to provide vital context for security teams and allow them to prioritize risks. |
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| | | How to Lead in the Age of Newly Remote Teams | | The Enterprisers Project | What can leaders do to support teams working remotely at a time of much uncertainty? NetHealth CIO Jason James shares concrete steps CIOs and IT leaders can take right now. | | Riot Automatically Educates Your Team About Phishing | | TechCrunch | Meet Riot, a company participating in Y Combinator’s current batch that wants to help you fight phishing attempts. Riot runs fake phishing campaigns on your employees. For instance, your team members could receive an email saying that their Google account has been deactivated to see if they can spot real email notifications from fake ones. |
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| | | O365 Enhancements in BetterCloud | | BetterCloud | We are excited to announce new enhancements to our solution that make managing and securing your O365 environment even easier. As part of this release, we are introducing four new actions, enhancements to five existing actions, and new content scanning functionality. |
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