Healthcare sector turns to database DevOps to better serve patients remotely: Study
There is rising demand and adoption of DevOps and database DevOps to address the numerous challenges that the healthcare sector is facing this year, partly stemming from the coronavirus, according to Redgate’s 2020 State of Database DevOps Report for the Healthcare sector. As IT teams across the country struggle with smaller budgets and staffing shortages, every industry has seen a rising demand... By CIO&Leader
Integration and automation with SD-WAN
Software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) is rapidly replacing the traditional WAN for remote office and branch deployments. SD-WAN was designed to provide a wide range of benefits to support digital innovation. However, far too many SD-WAN solutions lack critical networking and security features, requiring organizations to add complex and costly overlay solutions to manage and... By Rajesh Maurya
Serious vulnerabilities in critical Industry 4.0-IT interfaces present: Study
A new class of security vulnerabilities in protocol gateway devices has been revealed by a Trend Micro research that could expose Industry 4.0 environments to critical attacks. Also known as protocol translators, protocol gateways allow machinery, sensors, actuators and computers that operate in industrial facilities to talk to each other and to IT systems that are increasingly connected to such... By CIO&Leader
Rapid cloud adoption, widespread SaaS applications usage and Internet reliance create business continuity risks for enterprises: Study
Rapid adoption of cloud services, widespread use of SaaS applications, and reliance on the Internet has created business continuity risks for enterprises, according to ThousandEyes’ 2020 Internet Performance Report. Measuring performance over time, the report examines the impacts of changing Internet usage due to COVID-19 and how those impacts varied across different regions and providers. Based... By CIO&Leader
Cloud and digital adoption
In a rapidly changing digital banking environment, organizations have embarked on their journey towards digitalization by various transformation initiatives and execution. One such vital transformation is moving towards “cloud adoption” by means of developing digital platforms, private IaaS, public cloud adoption, and a hybrid cloud. Organizations want to achieve their vision of accelerating... By Guru Prasad AM
What led to the recent and massive Twitter hacking episode?
Over the last few years, social media has witnessed a steep rise in cryptocurrency scamming. The widespread hacking of prominent personalities in July 2020 is one such incident arising due to a Bitcoin giveaway scam on Twitter. What set this attack apart was that it managed to leverage a lot of big names to execute it. To execute this attack, a cryptocurrency give-away scam was setup, and to... By Kanishk Gaur
Cyberattackers more motivated by money than intelligence or IP: Study
The desire for attacker’s monetary gain and a continued reliance on COVID-19-related campaigns, especially within certain vertical industries are the two trends, which emerged from Mimecast’s report. One of the most significant observations was that threat actors are launching opportunistic and malware-based campaigns across multiple verticals at volumes at an alarming rate. The report also... By CIO&Leader
Businesses believe remote work increases cyberattack vulnerability: Survey
Almost three quarters of large businesses believe remote working policies introduced to help stop the spread of COVID-19 are making their companies more vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to AT&T’s survey. AT&T’s survey of 800 cybersecurity professionals across the UK, France and Germany shows that while 88% initially felt well prepared for the migration, more than half (55%) now... By CIO&Leader
Strategic adoption of cloud computing can alleviate oil and gas industry challenges: Study
Cloud computing allows oil and gas companies to scale their data management and storage, driving greater flexibility in infrastructure costs. The high computing power delivered via cloud platforms supports the adoption of other technologies such as the intelligent management of physical assets, which facilitates greater operational efficiency, according to GlobalData’s study, titled Cloud... By CIO&Leader
Increasing complexities, outages hampering organizations' data center operations: Survey
Data center outages are occurring with disturbing frequency, bigger outages are becoming more damaging and expensive, and what has been gained in improved processes and engineering has been partially offset by the challenges of maintaining ever more complex systems, according to Uptime Institute’s 10th annual Global Data Center Survey. Avoiding unplanned downtime remains a top technical and... By CIO&Leader
Security concerns pertaining to financial services and online shopping run high amongst Indians: Study
Indians have a high level of concern about the security of shopping online, with 82% of Indians concerned about this issue, according to Unisys Corporation’s 2020 Unisys Security Index. Security concerns pertaining to the financial services sector were equally high with 82% concerned about unauthorized access to credit card or debit card details and online. When it came to willingness to use a... By CIO&Leader