BetterCloud | The results of the COVID-19 IT Preparedness Survey are in. Tapping our community of over 70,000 IT professionals, we launched this survey over the past 24 hours as concerns of COVID-19 continue to heighten and many companies mandate work from home policies. Respondents of the online survey indicated remote work has a negative impact on productivity; employees strongly desire a clear communication strategy; and IT teams share concerns about securing application usage outside the network. To learn more, we’ll be broadcasting these results and other insights this Wednesday, March 18th, 2-3pm ET, in an online discussion moderated by BetterCloud CEO, David Politis, and IT panelists from Squarespace, Strada Education Network, and BuzzFeed. Viewers can participate in the discussion via a live chat in the #remote-it channel on BetterIT Slack.

Infosecurity | Microsoft has issued one of the biggest security updates of recent years with a Patch Tuesday that fixes 115 unique CVEs, including 26 critical flaws.

CNET | The US is at risk for cyberattacks both small and catastrophic, according to a report out Wednesday by a US congressional panel. After months of study, the bipartisan Cyberspace Solarium Commission is calling for wide-ranging cybersecurity changes, including government reforms and better collaboration with the private sector.

Ars Technica | Word leaked out on Tuesday of a new vulnerability in recent versions of Windows that has the potential to unleash the kind of self-replicating attacks that allowed the WannaCry and NotPetya worms to cripple business networks around the world.

MakeUseOf | Secure cloud storage is undeniably convenient and useful. However, traditional mainstream cloud storage providers trade convenience for your privacy. Many of these services are either entirely free or offer free tiers. As we’ve come to learn, though, nothing is really free; we pay with our data. If you want the convenience and benefits of cloud storage, but without the privacy-invasion, check out these encrypted, secure cloud storage providers instead.

TechHive | You can set your Echo and Google Home or Nest devices to give you audio cues when they start—and, more importantly, stop—listening for commands.

G Suite Updates | Google is improving the way data is suggested and how data is selected when creating a chart in Google Sheets. It’s now easier to locate and select the data you need when creating a dashboard over a dataset with slicers, pivot tables, charts, and more.

G Suite Updates | Google is making some updates to how you manage less secure app (LSA) settings and account recovery (AR) settings in the Admin console.

G Suite Updates | Google has added two additional parameters to filter and sort cells by in Google Sheets: text color and fill (background) color. Along with sorting by values and conditions, these filters make it easier and faster to find and surface relevant data in Sheets. This feature will be available on mobile and web.