The results of the COVID-19 IT Preparedness survey are in! Insights show that most respondents believe remote work has a negative impact on productivity, strongly desire a clear communication strategy, and have concerns about securing app usage outside the network.
| | | | | Results of the COVID-19 IT Preparedness Survey Are In | | 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. | | Patch Tuesday Fixes Over 100 Bugs This Month | | 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. | | US Must Do More to Stop Cyberattacks, Bipartisan Commission Finds | | 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. | | Windows Has a New Wormable Vulnerability, and There’s No Patch in Sight | | 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. |
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| | | The 4 Most Secure Cloud Storage Services | | 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. | | How to Make Alexa and Google Assistant Let You Know When They Start—and Stop—Listening | | 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. |
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