Operating in a decentralized work environment requires real-time collaboration that is effective, efficient, and secure. But how do you ensure the last part when your team relies on remote logins to access cloud-based business data, share sensitive information, join virtual meetings, and handle financial transactions? The answer lies in two key factors: strong passwords and effective password management.

With the increasing adoption of employee monitoring tools in workplaces, organizations in the European Union (EU) must navigate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to ensure compliance. Employee monitoring can provide valuable insights into productivity and security, but it also raises significant privacy concerns. GDPR establishes clear rules to balance organizational needs with employee privacy rights.

Did you know that unmanaged digital assets pose a serious security threat? Breaches involving these unmonitored assets take an average of 291 days to identify and contain—24.7% longer than breaches involving managed data. This delay highlights the critical importance of effective asset management in cybersecurity to mitigate potential threats (phoenixnap.com). In this article, we’ll cover the basics of asset management in IT Service Management (ITSM) and cybersecurity.

Communication between team members is more important now than it has ever been, with one in five employees working remotely and a prediction that by 2025, some 3.6 million Americans will be telecommuting. Since 2002, there has also been a vertiginous rise in the popularity of team communication apps like Zoom, Google Hangouts, and Troop Messenger, which allow for numerous means to chat or message in one-on-one and group settings.

As 2024 draws to a close, we’re looking back at ground breaking year for Wire and the ever-evolving world of secure communication and collaboration. From innovations like Message Layer Security (MLS) to our strategic investments, it’s been a year of growth, milestones, and setting the stage for an ambitious future. Here’s a recap of what Wire achieved this year to make your work life easier and still as secure as it gets.

Organizations know that the ability to innovate is the key to success. But as your team hashes out everything from product plans to company strategies, the security of that information deserves just as much emphasis. According to a recent Forrester trends report, 22% of enterprise security decision-makers identified improving data security as a priority for the coming year. However, executing those security measures is a different challenge.

‍ As remote work becomes more predominant, are you sure your organization’s collaboration tools are not opening the door for hackers? This apprehension is not baseless, in fact, 57% of organizations see collaboration tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom as the biggest security risk in their tech stack. Therefore, strict security measures are necessary since these platforms are becoming increasingly crucial for project management and team communication in the workplace.

What happens when you have an unrelenting push for openness, collaboration, digital experience, and employee empowerment but also want to keep your sensitive data safe from unrelenting predation? Welcome to the tense stand-off called out by speaker after speaker at Gartner Symposium/Xpo 2024 in Barcelona. We had the pleasure of spending a few days attending sessions, meeting with analysts, and networking with others in Barcelona. Here are some of our take-aways.

What if you could know the impact of every big decision before you even make it—it’d take the guesswork out of running a business, right? But the truth is, business is rarely that straightforward. And with security vulnerabilities cropping up constantly, organizations need more than just luck. Risk management software today does the heavy lifting by streamlining risk tracking, ensuring business continuity, and keeping a detailed record of digital vulnerabilities.

‍ Did you know the ITRC reported 2,365 cyberattacks in 2023? Therefore, senior leaders must build strong cyber resilience to fortify data security. That’ll be your ability to swiftly recover, respond, and identify security incidents. PwC notes that only 2% of organizations implement firm-wide cyber resilience. This can be attributed to challenges like lack of awareness, complex IT environments, and resource constraints.

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Another day, another depressing tale of wide-open-by-design collaboration software from tech giants, that leads to easy exploitation by hackers. This time, it’s Microsoft Teams opening the door for phishing attackers to send federated Teams server messages to organizations who didn’t have sufficient paranoia to close the biggest open door ever into their internal communications.