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Are Your Firewalls and VPNs the Weakest Link in Your Security Stack?

Network World

It’s the opposite of a firewall and VPN architecture, where once on the corporate network everyone and everything is trusted. The traditional reliance on firewalls and VPNs for cybersecurity is proving inadequate in the face of mounting cyberthreats and changes to network designs due to the cloud.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

China-linked actors also displayed a growing focus on cloud environments for data collection and an improved resilience to disruptive actions against their operations by researchers, law enforcement, and government agencies. In addition to telecom operators, the group has also targeted professional services firms.

Industry 330
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AI as a catalyst for ESG: Empowering CIOs to drive sustainable innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria have become fundamental to corporate responsibility and long-term success. Critical roles of the CIO in driving ESG As organizations prioritize sustainability and governance, the CIO’s role now includes driving ESG initiatives.

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Meta creates ‘Business AI’ group led by ex-Salesforce AI CEO Clara Shih

CIO Business Intelligence

model must agree to a 630-word acceptable use policy that, for example, excludes its use by governments in national security roles unless Meta grants permission, as it did recently to the US government. Keeping control However, anyone wanting to use the latest Llama 3.2

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

China-linked actors also displayed a growing focus on cloud environments for data collection and an improved resilience to disruptive actions against their operations by researchers, law enforcement, and government agencies. In addition to telecom operators, the group has also targeted professional services firms.

Industry 246
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8 major IT disasters of 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

While it took AT&T close to two hours to roll back the network change, restoration of full service took at least 12 hours because the mobile carriers device registration systems were overwhelmed with the high volume of requests for re-registration onto the network, the FCC said. It seems like there were a combination of mistakes.

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VPNs Give Russians an End Run Around Censorship

Information Week

As the invasion of Ukraine continues, Russian citizens have turned to virtual private networks — boosting demand for the software by 27x — to circumvent the government's blocks on social media and news sites critical of the war.