Report: Majority of security pros admit to using “shadow SaaS” apps
A recent survey from Next DLP revealed that over the last year, 73% of security professionals have used used “shadow Saas,” or SaaS applications not provided or approved by their IT teams. Further, even though they are using shadow SaaS, they admitted to being aware of the risks of doing so, with the most commonly … continue reading
Siren – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
In an effort to help maintainers of open source projects combat security threats, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has created a mailing list called Siren to enable sharing of information about vulnerabilities. “While consumers and enterprises may have intelligence sharing structures in place, this does not always extend to the upstream open source community. … continue reading
ScienceLogic announces integration with Cisco Intersight
ScienceLogic has announced that its AIOps platform now integrates with Cisco’s data center management solution, Cisco Intersight, which enables customers to easily monitor their Cisco servers. This is one of many updates the company has announced to its platform. It also announced support for OAuth 2.0 for several ServiceNow SyncPacks, which are files that contain … continue reading
New Relic DEM provides insights that help companies improve user experience
New Relic is releasing a Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) solution to enable companies to improve performance and user experience across mobile, web, and AI apps. New Relic DEM offers real user monitoring (RUM), which provides visibility into all user interactions across web and mobile platforms. Companies can use this information to identify bottlenecks and optimize … continue reading
Microsoft Entra gets several improvements in July update
Microsoft has announced a number of updates to its identity and access management (IAM) solution, Microsoft Entra. The company is starting to roll out user experience updates to the Microsoft Authenticator app. The app will soon categorize key actions, such as credentials configured in the app, additional sign-in methods, and account management options. Microsoft is … continue reading
Cloudflare users can now block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers by changing one setting
Cloudflare has added a new option in its settings to help its customers easily block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers with a single click. Companies building generative AI models use web scrapers to get content to train their models with. “Google reportedly paid $60 million a year to license Reddit’s user generated content, Scarlett Johansson … continue reading
IBM and Microsoft partner to help companies modernize security operations
IBM and Microsoft have announced a new partnership designed to help companies modernize their security operations and protect themselves from cloud identity threats. To help companies be better protected against cloud identity threats, the two companies created a new offering based on IBM Consulting’s automation, accelerators, and industry domain knowledge and the Microsoft Entra suite … continue reading
AWS adds ability to group Amazon WorkSpaces virtual desktops into pools of similar users
AWS has just announced that customers can now create pools, or groups, of non-persistent virtual desktops through Amazon WorkSpaces. These pools can then be shared across a group of users, and each user in a pool gets the same applications and experience. According to AWS, users can access the virtual desktops via a browser, desktop … continue reading
Chrome will no longer trust certificates from Entrust starting in November
In a move to strengthen user privacy and security in Chrome, Google has announced that new certificates from the certificate authority (CA) company, Entrust, will no longer be trusted, starting in November. Google cited a “pattern of compliance failures, unmet improvement commitments, and the absence of tangible, measurable progress in response to publicly disclosed incident … continue reading
Snipe-IT – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
Snipe-IT is an open-source IT asset and license management tool that can help IT teams get more visibility into what they own, who has an asset, and where it is. The platform has an admin dashboard that shows recent asset activity, such as items that have been checked in/out or were recently updated or deleted. … continue reading
Report: Open source will pave the way for intelligent networking
Telecommunications vendors are moving towards an innovative future, with many adopting technologies like open source software, cloud-native architectures, and network APIs. A recent report from the Linux Foundation explored how these companies are using these technologies today and how open source will be critical to adopting AI-based networking, or intelligent networking. “The future of intelligent … continue reading
Amazon SQS receives optimizations that reduce latency, increase capacity, and improve scalability
Amazon has announced that it made several improvements to Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) to reduce latency, increase fleet capacity, improve scalability, and reduce power consumption. Amazon SQS is a messaging queue for microservices, distributed systems, and serverless apps, and it’s been around since 2006. The company is announcing that it improved the connection … continue reading
