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In a speech to the Republican National Convention in 1988, then presidential candidate George H.W. Bush likened America’s volunteer organizations to …
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These days it seems like everyone is trying to, as they say, “Work smarter, not harder.” Now if only there were a certification for that, right? Oh, but there is a certification for it …
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ITIL, The Information Technology Infrastructure Library, is part of a suite of best-practice publications that explain the IT Service Management Framework …
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IT industry observers frequently — almost relentlessly, really — point to cybersecurity as a (your adjective here: hot, booming, explosive, etc.) sector for both …
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Consider these two scenarios: First, burglars desire to break into a bank and steal the money held within. Expending a great deal …
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Last month, we looked at the first of the seven domains that are on the CompTIA Cloud+ certification entry-level exam (number CV0-001). This month, the focus turns to the second domain …
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Is there such a thing, in 2016, as a 9-to-5 job? You know, other than for college students who deliver pizzas or tear movie tickets in half …
Read ArticleGroup effort: Effective cybersecurity requires participation from all
Ask a random person on the street what cybersecurity means to him or her, and you might get a response that refers to the most recent …
Read ArticleReal cybersecurity is not as easy as Hollywood makes it look
“I’ll just synchronize these firewall settings and bypass the encryption and we’ll be inside the system in a few seconds.” Words like these cause cybersecurity professionals …
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