How IT-OT Security Has Changed in the Wake of COVID-19

After the global outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), organizations quickly transitioned to remote work in order to enforce social distancing and to keep their employees safe. But this work-from-home arrangement opened up organizations to more risk… Continue reading How IT-OT Security Has Changed in the Wake of COVID-19

Podcast Episode 8: Industrial Cybersecurity – From HVAC Systems to Conveyor Belts

Tripwire’s General Manager of Industrial Cybersecurity, Kristen Poulos, discusses the risks that come with the increasing number of connected devices operating on the plant floor and throughout facilities. In this episode, Kristen shares how IT c… Continue reading Podcast Episode 8: Industrial Cybersecurity – From HVAC Systems to Conveyor Belts

IBM Cloud suffers prolonged outage

The IBM Cloud is currently suffering a major outage, and with that, multiple services that are hosted on the platform are also down, including everybody’s favorite tech news aggregator, Techmeme. It looks like the problems started around 2:30pm PT and spread from there. Best we can tell, this is a worldwide problem and involves a […] Continue reading IBM Cloud suffers prolonged outage

In New Normal, Digital Transformation Accelerates in Industrial Networks

Security, connectivity are just two of the many benefits of digital transformation for IT/OT networks Digitalization initiatives have become a vital aspect of bridging the gap between operational technology (OT) and informational technology (IT) netwo… Continue reading In New Normal, Digital Transformation Accelerates in Industrial Networks

Puppet names former Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abbey Kearns as CTO

Puppet, the Portland-based infrastructure automation company, today announced that it has named former Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns as its new CTO. She’s replacing Deepak Giridharagopal, who became CTO in 2016. Kearns stepped down from her role at the Cloud Foundry Foundation earlier this month after holding that position since 2016. At the […] Continue reading Puppet names former Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abbey Kearns as CTO

Fishtown Analytics raises $12.9M Series A for its open-source analytics engineering tool

Philadelphia-based Fishtown Analytics, the company behind the popular open-source data engineering tool dbt, today announced that it has raised a $12.9 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with the firm’s general partner Martin Casada joining the company’s board. “I wrote this blog post in early 2016, essentially saying that analysts needed to work […] Continue reading Fishtown Analytics raises $12.9M Series A for its open-source analytics engineering tool

Databricks makes bringing data into its ‘lakehouse’ easier

Databricks today announced that launch of its new Data Ingestion Network of partners and the launch of its Databricks Ingest service. The idea here is to make it easier for businesses to combine the best of data warehouses and data lakes into a single platform — a concept Databricks likes to call ‘lakehouse.’ At the […] Continue reading Databricks makes bringing data into its ‘lakehouse’ easier

Microsoft acquires data privacy and governance service BlueTalon

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired BlueTalon, a data privacy and governance service that helps enterprises set policies for how their employees can access their data. The service then enforces those policies across most popular data environments and provides tools for auditing policies and access, too. Neither Microsoft nor BlueTalon disclosed the financial details […] Continue reading Microsoft acquires data privacy and governance service BlueTalon

IT Joins OT in the Control Center

Increasingly in industrial environments, IT and OT must work together to ensure end-to-end security If you glance at the minutes of a boardroom meeting for a large energy or manufacturing company, often the issues raised reflect the need for digital t… Continue reading IT Joins OT in the Control Center

Regulus Demos New Attack: GPS Vector, All The Things

Quite sure you’ve read about the Global Navigation Satellite System attack by now, but did you have the time to read the company’s blog for the details on the GPS whack? Strongly suggested to do so. Today’s Interesting Watch.
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