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Why IT services are recouping pandemic losses

Demand for cybersecurity and cloud work drove up demand for some IT services firms, a trend aided by the restart of industries formerly on indefinite hiatus.

How last week's outages, DDoS attacks impacted internet infrastructure

The outages highlight two areas of concern: cyberattacks in the age of COVID-19 and the internet's longstanding fragility.

UPDATED: Sept. 9, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.

Digital mindset: How tech strategies can spread across an organization

Modernization hinges on updating processes beyond the tech side of the house.

Cloud shared responsibility models are misunderstood, report says

Any disconnect between where a CSP's security services end and the customer's security responsibilities pick up is a recipe for disaster.

Deep Dive

COVID-19 upended technology priorities. Where do businesses go from here?

The pandemic overhauled technology priorities for 2020, accelerating migration, freezing innovation and flattening previously forecast growth. It leaves businesses with little recourse, yet certain technologies are imperative.

Top network services companies leave exposed to the internet

Gaps in security programs, including a lack of personnel, expertise or resources, amplify the risk of an unsafe service going undetected.

Leading companies more likely to train staff on work from home tech, survey finds

Early tech spend and training centered on work from home strategies paid off for businesses, but more spending is likely ahead. 

Rising demand for data-focused programming languages puts CIOs in talent bind

CIOs are challenged to fill talent gaps in a constrained labor market while cost-cutting pressures mount.

Dark data threatens to drown companies as emerging tech adoption increases

Two-thirds of IT and business managers say half their organization's data is "unquantified and untapped," according to a Splunk survey. 

Opinion

How to build a citizen developer program

Using citizen developers and low- and no-code tools, companies can more quickly develop applications that address specific business needs without significantly expanding their IT budget.

Undoing pandemic cloud mistakes

Transitions haven't all been perfect, especially if an enterprise prioritized being able to function over cost.

Ransomware attacks 'raising the bar' as cities struggle to respond

A former FBI special agent in New York walked through a typical ransomware attack with a series of redacted screenshots, as well as the report.

Distributed model for dev work to outlast pandemic, survey says

Company processes that could be translated to the digital realm quickly pivoted with help from IT teams. Now, business leaders are making remote work sustainable.

First half of 2020 led to nearly 800 disclosed vulnerabilities: report

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday increased to an average of 102.7 fixes a month since January, according to a report from Trend Micro.

Financial services CIOs focus spend on APIs, cloud, microservices, survey finds

Gartner found more than half of business leaders identify technology infrastructure as a "weakness," compared to 20% of IT leaders.

Understanding Carnival's ransomware attack, hitting two different data types

Last week the cruise line disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted employee and customer data. The security divisions can get murky.

The trust issues with efficiency-tracking software

Tracking software can create mistrust among employees when focused on granular tasks. But measuring outcomes is essential to optimize how businesses are run.

Risk leaders prepare for technology challenges of reentry

As new conditions unravel, integrating risk management will make sure the processes developed in lockdown are as sustainable as the country emerges from COVID-19.

Transformational leaders bet on communication to engage stakeholders

Divorcing process and people is a clear recipe for disaster; software rollouts will fail without guidance and commitment from leadership. 

What to do in the event of key vendor outages

Redundancy can help sustain operations during a key tool's outage, with a backup option acting as insurance. But costs can determine how much coverage is needed.

Sink or swim: Companies adopt tech in effort to stay afloat during pandemic, recession

While new technologies alleviate the burden of rapid adaptation to customer demand, risk is a constant factor.

Zoom adapts to pandemic challenges, remote work with internal processes revamp, CIO says

The growth the platform experienced in the spring amplified the platform's "responsibility" to global enterprises, said Harry Moseley, during a virtual event.

Deloitte: Companies turn to cybersecurity, cloud in pandemic response

Executives care about agility and sustaining operations through disruption. Cloud acts as a backbone, while cybersecurity is a fence.

Home at the office: How will remote work measure up long term?

Here is a collection of stories that showcase how companies are replicating office efficiencies and innovations at home.

Coronavirus tests Ohio State, Stanford CISOs as fall semester begins

CISOs lost visibility when students and staff went home. Since then, they've gained capacity to react faster to security challenges.