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Log4j flaw needs immediate remediation

Network World

After nearly two years of adopting major network and security changes wrought by COVID-19 and hybrid work, weary IT network and security teams didn’t need another big issue to take care of, but they have one: Stemming potential damage from the recently disclosed vulnerability in open source Java-logging Apache Log4j software.

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Log4j flaw needs immmediate remediation

Network World

After nearly two years of adopting major network and security changes wrought by COVID-19 and hybrid work, weary IT network and security teams didn’t need another big issue to take care of, but they have one: Stemming potential damage from the recently disclosed vulnerability in open source Java-logging Apache Log4j software.

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Goodbye, NAC. Hello, software-defined perimeter

Network World

Those of us who’ve been around security technology for a while will remember the prodigious rise of network access control (NAC) around 2006. The early 2000s produced a steady progression of internet worms, including Code Red (2001), Nimda (2001), SQL Slammer (2003), Blaster (2003), Bagel (2004), Sasser (2004), Zotob (2005), etc.

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Marc Benioff rails against Microsoft’s copilot

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2001, Microsoft deactivated Clippy by default, and a few years later the unloved Office assistant disappeared from the program altogether. The world’s largest software company recently announced that users could use Copilot Studio to develop AI agents themselves to complete or automate tasks more easily. That’s panic mode.

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Generative AI & data: Potential in cybersecurity if the risks can be curtailed

CIO Business Intelligence

Back in 2001, as I was just entering the venture industry, I remember the typical VC reaction to a start-up pitch was, “Can’t Microsoft replicate your product with 20 people and a few months of effort, given the resources they have?” Artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023 feels a bit like déjà vu to me.

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Absolute Software to buy Seattle-based NetMotion for $340M

GeekWire

The news: Absolute Software , a publicly-traded security software company, agreed to acquire Seattle-based security startup NetMotion for $340 million. Founded in 2001, NetMotion helps employees at more than 3,000 organizations access resources from devices both on premises or remotely in the cloud.

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Ready…Set…Start Your Containers

CIO Business Intelligence

Containerization originated in 2001 as a project that allowed several general-purpose Linux servers to run on a single box with autonomy and security. A great benefit of isolating applications into containers is the inherent security provided. How we got here. This technology has since been improved by Red Hat, IBM, and Docker.