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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. Many connected devices ship with inherent vulnerabilities.

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Context Conversations preview: Election security

The Parallax

When it comes to election security, it’s hard not to think of the United States as a proverbial dumpster fire. And while some states are taking steps to secure their voting processes, many are not. And while some states are taking steps to secure their voting processes, many are not. Why current funding to secure U.S.

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Chernobyl’s lessons for critical-infrastructure cybersecurity

The Parallax

What’s clear is that cyberattacks against all critical-infrastructure operations are on the rise, and nuclear-power facilities are not exempt, according to a 2016 report by the nuclear-security nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative. There were at least two other cybersecurity incidents at U.S. But cyberattacks against U.S.

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Cybersecurity Q&A with Dave Elfering, VP information security at Werner Enterprises

Sailpoint

Dave Elfering, currently Vice President of information security has also witnessed a considerable amount of growth and change over his career when it comes to information security. In 1997, Elfering began working at Werner as a project manager to help the company build its online presence and secure its data.

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Patch Tuesday’s Impact on Cybersecurity Over the Years

Tenable

Patch Tuesday’s Impact on Cybersecurity Over the Years Dive into the history of Patch Tuesday and learn how it continues to influence the ways security teams manage patches. Yet, these rumors led to soul searching among many IT, security and DevOps teams. Background on MS Patch Tuesday. Source: Tenable Research, December 2022.

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Context Conversations preview: Election security

The Parallax

When it comes to election security, it’s hard not to think of the United States as a proverbial dumpster fire. And while some states are taking steps to secure their voting processes, many are not. And while some states are taking steps to secure their voting processes, many are not. Why current funding to secure U.S.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).