Security

Federal judge strikes down FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements

The judge ruled that the FTC lacked the authority to make such a ban. That authority must come from Congress, she ruled.

UK proposes giving digital workers the ‘right to switch off’

Organizations increasingly watch employees to monitor productivity. New rules in the UK could turn that idea on its head.

Thousands of NetSuite stores leak sensitive data due to access control misconfiguration

Customers of Oracle subsidiary NetSuite’s ERP offering may be unaware that their custom record types grant unauthenticated access to sensitive data readily consumable via NetSuite’s APIs.

How leading CISOs build business-critical cyber cultures

Three prominent CISOs discuss what defines great cybersecurity leadership today — and how to transform the cybersecurity function into a business-driven organizational asset.

SAP patches critical bugs allowing full system compromise

SAP patches critical bugs allowing full system compromise

Both the vulnerabilities score above 9 on CVSS and can allow access to sensitive data if not patched immediately.

Inside CIOs’ response to the CrowdStrike outage — and the lessons they learned

IT leaders from a range of industries discuss their teams’ in-the-trenches undertakings and the early takeaways they’ve gleaned to level up their response plans and capabilities.

CrowdStrike failure: the beginning of the end of software without guarantees?

CrowdStrike’s crash-inducing security software update raises concerns about suppliers’ responsibility to offer quality guarantees for their products.

CrowdStrike failure: What you need to know

A flawed update to CrowdStrike Falcon sent Windows servers and PCs across the globe into an endless reboot cycle that IT organizations are still working to remediate.

3 questions to ask before adopting 5G for IoT

While many CIOs are tempted by 5G networking for IoT applications, some due diligence is strongly advised before jumping on the bandwagon.

Counting the cost of CrowdStrike: the bug that bit billions

Cyber insurance coverage is set to cover only a fraction of the losses, leaving affected businesses to grapple with substantial uncovered expenses.