As our home networks continue to merge with the enterprise, and as enterprises across all industries become more dispersed, cybersecurity threats increase. Along with ongoing digital transformation and the proliferation of cloud, that dispersal introduces new challenges for the cybersecurity community. The past 12 months have proven that adapting hasn’t been easy.
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Password complexity is one of the most cost effective and simple ways for organizations to improve security. It’s widely embraced across industries and often supplemented with multifactor authentication (MFA) to confirm identity and further boost security. But what impact do these added verifications have on the end user?
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After the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shifted healthcare from in-person visits to virtual appointments, patients embraced new communication tools that quickly connected them with providers, schedules and their health records.
It's no secret that hybrid work environments have become the norm over the last two years. With many benefits to remote work such as a more diverse talent pool and an increased efficiency of capital, it's easy to understand how the trend has gained popularity. However, the less glamorous side has fallen on the lap of IT departments, which are now facing dramatic changes and gaps in their cyber infrastructure. That said, it comes as no surprise that Gartner, Inc.
It’s an increasingly familiar scenario. A well-regarded company offering a popular online service discloses that it has fallen victim to a data breach. Cyberattackers have stolen customer names, phone numbers and credit card data, and little can be done to rectify the situation.
Background Surging volumes of patients with COVID-19 and the high infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 challenged hospital infection control/safety, staffing, care delivery and operations as few crises have. Imperatives to ensure security of patient information, defend against cybersecurity threats and accurately identify/authenticate patients and staff were undiminished, which fostered creative use cases where hospitals leveraged identity access and management (IAM) technologies to improve infection control and minimise disruption of clinical and administrative workflows.
During the final weeks of 2022, THE Journal asked scores of ed tech leaders about their wishes and worries for 2023. Cybersecurity and teacher resources were the most common topics addressed in the responses — many of which include specific ideas for new policies and practices for K–12 education in the United States. Following are the two questions we posed and the responses.
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