Cloud giants Microsoft and Google, along with many other major industry players, are backing a new identity security standard proposed by Okta and the OpenID Foundation.
A bevy of recent cybersecurity reports point to the continuing problem of nation-state-sponsored threat actors, though Microsoft seems more alarmed about the issue, leading the calls for action on the part of industry and government.
Research firm Gartner predicts an enterprise trend "to replace their VMware-based deployments and embrace hybrid cloud infrastructure delivery," with Nutanix often chosen as the alternative.
Our practicing cybersecurity expert in Australia looks at the different types of MFA and how you can use them in a Microsoft context, dives deep into "in the middle" schemes and relates a successful client breach, though "we dodged a bullet."
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 10/11/2024
Prominent chipmakers AMD and Intel are duking it out as they chase NVIDIA for AI hardware supremacy, this week trading announcements about their latest/greatest offerings while holding dueling AI events.
Partnership will provide critical user context to accelerate threat detection and response.
This movement, similar to "edge computing" in which data is processed closer to its source, sees AI models being deployed and executed on edge devices, allowing for real-time analysis and decision-making without relying on a central server.
SD-WAN was one of the hottest parts of IT networking not too long ago, and while it has lost lustre among other industry technologies since its heyday, the market is being reinvigorated by advanced Generative AI and machine learning (ML) developments.
AWS expert Brien Posey demonstrates how to automate EC2 instance customization by using PowerShell to simplify post-deployment tasks.
Advanced AI can defeat CAPTCHAs designed to prove web actions are being performed by humans instead of machines, so a better security mechanism is needed for the internet, new research indicates.
Tom Fenton: "Due to the issues I had when running the command, I only did limited testing with it before giving up."
Is there a widespread backlash to cloud computing that sees organizations moving their IT operations back to on-premises datacenters? That longstanding debate was fueled by recent comments from AWS about cloud repatriation among its customer base.
Cloud misconfigurations, specifically the blind acceptance of default resource settings, continue to cause cybersecurity issues in the cloud, with AI systems being a new factor.
Connectivity cloud specialist Cloudflare announced a new AI Audit tool that monitors and controls how AI bots interact with site content, part of the back-and-forth between content owners and AI scrapers, with the former wanting to get paid by the latter.
"Ransomware is that ultimate punch in the mouth," says cybersecurity expert Allan Liska in recounting the familiar quote from champion boxer Mike Tyson, who once opined that when coming into the ring every opponent has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. To prepare for that punch, the "Ransomware Sommelier" has a checklist.
Corporate strategies, worker productivity, the value of in-person collaborations, the value of happy employees and other factors were debated after the announcement, but one social media post brings home how such decisions can affect individual workers.
While Linux is the OS of choice for many AI researchers and practitioners, Windows has been getting a lot more Gen AI functionality thanks to Microsoft's huge investment into OpenAI, but there are signs of an AI surge in the open-source OS space.
A twisty, years-long brouhaha centered around open-source licensing has taken another turn, with an Amazon Web Services (AWS) project based on Elasticsearch being turned over to a new group under the direction of the Linux Foundation.
"Our latest collaboration with CrowdStrike allows customers to bring their own (BYO) cyber threat intelligence."
This proposed rule from the department's Bureau of Industry and Security aims to enhance national security by establishing reporting requirements for the development of advanced AI models and computing clusters.