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Teams and individuals depend on Microsoft Planner to get organized quickly, work together effortlessly, and stay on the same page—no matter how large or small the project. Four new features for Planner will give you greater visibility into project schedules, let you...

One way to make sure that you are following your change procedures is to use an automation solution for any firewall configuration updates. Automation can also help prevent mistakes in the firewall setup process. As 99 percent of firewall breaches are caused by errors...

Before you begin changing any of your existing firewall rules, you should establish a formal process that you will use for any modifications, if you don't already have such a process. A typical change procedure might involve the following steps: A change request...

Document your firewall rules Anyone who works on your IT security team should be able to tell very quickly what each of your firewall rules was intended to do by looking at your documentation. At a minimum, you need to keep track of the following data: - The purpose...

Cloud risks have filled the news cycle of late, but the real cloud security landscape is nothing like the headlines would have you believe. For example, serverside ransomware attacks, despite their high public profile, account for only about 2 percent of recorded...

Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Scarab ransomware, which threatens to delete 24 documents every 24 hours from victims' PCs unless - or until - they pay the ransom. In June 2017, security researchers identified the cryptocurrency ransomware,...

WhatsApp has now released its desktop app on the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 PCs. Nearly 9 months ago, a mysterious listing of the WhatsApp desktop app showed up on the Windows Store. The listing was updated a couple of times over the last few months, but it was...

To create a filter that blocks a sender from your Gmail inbox and sends a reply to the (blocked) sender letting them know their message was automatically removed: 1 - Make sure the CANNED RESPONSES lab is enabled. (See note at the end of this blog) 2 - Click COMPOSE...

Windows 10 installations have finally overtaken Windows 7 installations - two-and-a-half years after it was released. That's according to StatCounter, which regularly provides figures and research covering the desktop operating system sector. Its latest figures show...

Almost all organisations are being peppered with phishing emails - also known as business email compromise (BEC) scams - intended to hook unwary executives. That's according to a survey by security firm Agari, which claims that the losses in the US alone run to $5.3...