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6 Critical Things to Know About Your Default Gateway
There are many things about network connectivity that the average person doesn’t think twice about — one of them is the system’s default gateway. It ensures devices can communicate. It’s especially important when endpoints are outside of your network — in or out, transmissions need to reach their destinations for communications to work. It sounds basic, but there’s a lot…
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Data centers will now be classed as critical national infrastructure in the UK
The UK’s Department of Science, Information, and Technology (DSIT) has announced that data centers are to be designated as critical national infrastructure (CNI) as part of the government’s drive for economic growth. With this new classification, data centers responsible for “powering the economy” will receive government support in the event of “critical incidents”, according to a statement issued by DSIT.…
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Reinvent IT EVP to Attract & Retain Critical Talent, CIOs Advised
The employment value proposition is no longer a novelty for companies; COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst, forcing companies to confront significant shifts in working preferences and employee expectations. The rise of remote and hybrid work, along with increased pressures for work-life balance, has prompted a deeper understanding of the EVP. While many organizations are still in the early stages…
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Australia and Google turn to AI to protect critical infrastructure
Australia’s national science agency is teaming up with Google to protect critical national infrastructure including public utilities, hospitals and more by automating the hunt for flaws in software throughout their supply chain. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), which is Australia’s national science agency, will work with Google on a research partnership to help critical infrastructure operators spot…
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Hackers are exploiting critical bug in LiteSpeed Cache plugin
Hackers have already started to exploit the critical severity vulnerability that affects LiteSpeed Cache, a WordPress plugin used for accelerating response times, a day after technical details become public. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2024-28000 and allows escalating privileges without authentication in all versions of the WordPress plugin up to 6.3.0.1. The vulnerability stems from a weak hash check in…
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SOCI Act 2024: Insights on Critical Infrastructure
A rise in ransomware incidents and the embrace of artificial intelligence are considered potential data risks facing Australia’s critical infrastructure organisations, according to a new report. This news comes as new cyber security rules under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 come into force in August 2024. The Critical Infrastructure Edition of the 2024 Data Threat Report, by technology…
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SolarWinds urges customers to patch critical Web Help Desk flaw
SolarWinds has issued a warning to customers after the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the firm’s Web Help Desk solution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28986, is a Java deserialization vulnerability that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution, the company confirmed in an advisory last week. “SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a Java…
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CISA warns critical SolarWinds RCE bug is exploited in attacks
Image: MidjourneyCISA warned on Thursday that attackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in SolarWinds’ Web Help Desk solution for customer support. Web Help Desk (WHD) is IT help desk software widely used by large corporations, government agencies, and healthcare and education organizations worldwide to centralize, automate, and streamline help desk management tasks. Tracked as CVE-2024-28986, this Java deserialization…
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7 Best Critical Path Software of 2024
Best overall: Wrike Best for a range of project scales: Asana Best for collaboration: Teamwork Best for custom visualization and reporting: ClickUp Best for complex projects: Smartsheet Best for diagramming: Creately Best for collaborative whiteboarding: Miro One of the key purposes of project management software is organization. The ability to simultaneously manage people, priorities, deadlines, tasks, and timelines from one…
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Critical Path Method (CPM) Guide for Project Management
Timely project completion ensures that projects stay within budget and fulfill the expectations of stakeholders. The critical path method is a project management technique that is integral to achieving these objectives. CPM was developed in the late 1950s by James E. Kelley of Remington Rand and Morgan R. Walker of DuPont to address the challenges of complex project scheduling. It…
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