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Data breaches up 54% YOY, 2019 set to be 'worst year on record'
Eight breaches exposed more than 3.2 billion records, accounting for nearly 80% of the compromised records so far this year, RiskBased Security research found.
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Women-focused STEM programs face Title IX challenges
One study says women-focused STEM programs violate provisions of Title IX. The National Women's Law Center strongly disagrees with the group's claim.
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Chief data officers of the future sharpen focus on revenue, products
Today, chief data officers play the offense, tying work to revenue and products as they arm companies with data-driven insights.
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Bias from AI lending models raises questions of culpability, regulation
The number of data points used in AI lending models — and a lack of diversity among people creating them — raise red flags.
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Onus for cloud security falls on customers, but AWS could do more, CISO says
Only customers have a true sense of "what they intended with resources under their control," AWS CISO Stephen Schmidt said, in response to the Senate inquiry of AWS' role in Capital One's data breach.
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Ransomware attack hits 23 Texas entities, likely a case of 'targeted marketing'
Smaller governments are more likely to have legacy systems and modest security, making for easy targets.
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DDoS attacks take 'slow-bleed' approach to curtail detection, research finds
A sudden service blackout is too noticeable, so hackers deploy smaller, more frequents attacks that are subtle enough to bypass DDoS detection tools.
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Deep DiveA great talent drought awaits tech as valued skills shift
Could a debilitating shortage of talent await the tech industry? There are signs a drought is already here.
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Cloudflare's IPO bets on specialization in market dominated by full-stack giants
The network delivery service provider sits in a saturated market, up against on-premise network vendors and cloud service providers.
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By 2022, employers expect AI to boost business efficiency
Around 24% are already using AI or advanced automation tools in areas like operations, staffing, budgeting or performance, Genesys found.
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For knowledge workers, communication hurdles add to morale decline
Disconnected from their company's vision, unaligned workers are more likely to report a hierarchical structure and rigid routine, Slack's State of Work report found.
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How Zoom became one of this year's biggest tech IPOs
CFO Kelly Steckelberg discusses how she organized operations to support sales and product development, leading to a successful public debut.
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Are you smarter than a CIO?
Total Reboot tests the strategic acumen of IT decision-makers. See if you're up to the challenge in this interactive game.
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Macy's draws on Google Cloud data management, analytics for warehouse optimization
Developed in-house, Macy's warehouse management software will initially roll out to distribution centers supporting its off-price Backstage stores.
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Capital One's hacker breached more than 30 organizations, prosecutors say
The servers found in Paige Thompson's bedroom held data from the bank and other entities, though the data is not personally identifiable information.
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WeWork IPO hints at underlying enterprise tech play
The company has "experience technology," which includes calendar integrations, room booking apps and guest registration kiosks.
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5 cloud dos and don'ts
Cloud strategy cannot come from the CIO alone. Rather, IT leaders have to partner with the C-suite to articulate the business benefits of IT transformation.
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Productivity, cost and quality guide IoT investment decisions
Enterprise adoption and consumer interest has led to a soaring number of connected devices. Gartner projects 14.2 billion "things" will connect to the internet in 2019.
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10% tariffs on certain tech goods from China delayed to Dec. 15
Chinese imports not included on USTR's forthcoming list will still face 10% duties on Sept. 1, as President Donald Trump announced earlier this month.
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Broadcom banks on software-defined future with Symantec buy
Broadcom will weave Symantec's enterprise business into its expansive portfolio, as it makes the transition from a hardware- to a software-focused provider.
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Amid SaaS thirst, vendors grapple with how to monetize software
Subscription models can lower the barriers of entry for tech adoption. For vendors, the rise of automation could make things more complex.
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One way hackers breach a network: Out-of-date office printers
Researchers caught a range of vulnerabilities in enterprise printing systems from six top manufacturers.
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Federal 'hack back' bill back on table, but critics wary of blind spots
The latest iteration of the bipartisan bill challenges private entities' response to cyberattacks. Critics argue it lacks guidelines of when or why a company should hack back.
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OpinionHybrid cloud provides fast lane to digital transformation
The old IT paradigm of heavy iron has given way to a flexible cloud that can support rapid development iterations and evolving products and services.
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Zoom's rise carving market share from Microsoft, Cisco
The newcomer is "actually displacing some of these other giant vendors," Gartner's Tom Eagle told CIO Dive.
