VentureBeat | With enterprises rapidly reconfiguring their workforces and IT systems, new complexity is being introduced that risks expanding security vulnerabilities. Throw into the mix the growing resources being devoted to cyberattacks, and the global pandemic has created conditions that are ripe for hackers to exploit. To counter that, over the past year Google has been releasing BeyondCorp, a version of its internal security that it developed over more than a decade.

BetterCloud Monitor | A recent study found that 38% of organizations haven’t automated any critical business processes. There’s a lot of untapped potential in automation—and IT will lead the way in making the most of it. But how? In this guide, we’ll explore some of the less obvious, but extremely powerful ways that you can leverage automation across your SaaS-powered organization.

CIO | Work from home has reshaped the IT attack surface, so cyber thieves and nation states are retooling in hopes of finding and exploiting new vulnerabilities. Which means that CIOs need to shore up their defenses across the IT ecosystem. Including, of course, hackers’ favorite portal into the enterprise: client PCs.

ZDNet | Apple's long-awaited "app tracking transparency" tool, which lets users decide whether they agree to their data being tracked across various different apps and websites, will be rolling out in a matter of months. Coming in early spring as part of a new release of iOS 14, iPadOS14 and tvOS14, the feature will require apps to get users' permission before tracking their data across other companies' apps or websites for advertising purposes.

MakeUseOf | Microsoft has uncovered how emails can cripple our productivity, but all is not lost. By using email triage and sacrificing less-important emails to satisfy the vital ones, you can take control of your bulging inbox and reclaim the hours in your day. If your inbox needs more of a triple bypass than a triage, don't worry. There is a way to trim a 20,000-wide inbox to shape in just 30 seconds.

How-To Geek | Inserting a Section Break in a Word document gives you a number of ways to split up large walls of text. This feature is useful not just for breaking up text by pages but also for multi-column layouts.

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