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Matt Newman helps drive better business decisions in a fast-growing
This story is part of Analytics Heroes, a series of profiles on leaders transforming business analytics. Perched on a stool and going over his notes, Matt Newman prepares for an on-camera interview at Data and AI Forum in Miami, Florida. Matt is the Senior Financial Systems Manager at Sunbelt Rentals, the second-largest heavy equipment rental company in North America. Sunbelt considers FP&A (financial planning and analysis) to be critical to their success.
Ben Eubanks shares why AI in HR isn't just about automation
This story is part of Talent Pioneers, a series of profiles on leaders transforming the future of HR. You can safely say that Ben Eubanks is a new generation of HR expert – someone who infuses social media with real life, who balances personal and professional with ease. Why? Because it’s been his life, his whole life. Consider that he was drawn to human resources as a child. That’s right.
An All-new Workflow to Vet Apps for Enterprise Security
Mobile applications have become a part of our everyday lives. We use them to get where we’re going, stay in constant communication with others and get the information we need to be productive. Apps are no longer a novelty for today’s workforce; they’re a necessity. And with that necessity comes risk. Just like any enterprise technology, it’s crucial to take security measures to prevent data loss, threats and breaches.
IDC Releases 2018 Vendor Assessment for Ruggedized and IoT Device Deployments
Tasked with ensuring a secure and successful business transformation, IT and security leaders are actively working to get ahead of the ever-changing endpoint and mobile landscapes. This involves keeping up with constant evolution across disparate device types, which is best addressed with a unified endpoint management (UEM) solution. With UEM, IT teams can take a device-agnostic approach to supporting and enabling endpoints, end users and everything in between.
12 New iOS 12 Features That Promise to Enhance Enterprise Device Management
On Sept. 12, Apple announced several upgraded devices that will come preloaded with its latest mobile operating system (OS): iOS 12. With each new iteration of Apple’s mobile OS, new and exciting enhancements provide improved experiences for personal and professional use.
Android 9 in the Enterprise: Easy as Pie
It’s that time of year again, when Google releases its latest version of the Android OS. In keeping with the tradition of dessert-themed names, the newest edition is dubbed Android 9 Pie. Focusing on more efficient workflows, Pie brings an array of new features to get tasks done quickly. But the new release offers more than just productivity enhancements; it’s built around the user’s everyday life. Aside from ease of use, Android is focusing on how users actually interact with their devices.
Gartner Releases First Ever Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
Over the past decade, mobile security platforms have existed under a variety of classifications. First came mobile device management (MDM), followed by enterprise mobility management (EMM), and today we’ve arrived at an entirely new term: unified endpoint management (UEM).
Four Steps to Close the Window on Critical Vulnerabilities
Critical vulnerabilities (i.e., those that must be addressed by installing specific software updates) are the bane of existence for most IT and security shops. In an ideal world, major vulnerabilities — such as those that have plagued Microsoft’s Server Message Block (SMB) over the years — could be fixed more quickly and effectively. Unfortunately, that’s not how things typically play out.
BYOD: Are Thousands of Rogue Devices Lurking on Your Network?
Once upon a time, workplaces struggled over the now-quaint idea that an employee might occasionally use his or her own laptop or personal smartphone to perform work-related tasks. When this trend first began, IT workers often knew all the BYOD users by name — those were the days. Of all the disconnects that exist today between IT teams and other departments, perhaps the widest chasm is over bring-your-own-device (BYOD) practices.
Six Android Marshmallow Features to Embrace in Your Enterprise
1.4 billion people: That’s the latest number of Android users across the globe. Nearly 20 percent of the Earth’s population is utilizing Google’s Android mobile operating system (OS) on a day-to-day basis. Let that sink in for a moment. Android is the dominant mobile platform worldwide. If you ask any company that’s currently leveraging bring-your-own-device (BYOD), I’m sure they can confirm this based on the device representation in their mobile work environments.
A Brief History of iOS: The Evolution of MDM and Enterprise Mobility
As organizations have gradually embraced mobile technology over the years to boost productivity, the task of protecting enterprise networks has become increasingly difficult for IT and security professionals. Each device represents a potentially vulnerable endpoint, and cybercriminals have mastered the art of exploiting these weaknesses to infiltrate corporate networks.
Why UEM Is the New MDM: The Latest Stage in Enterprise Evolution
Since its inception, mobile device management (MDM) has been a simple way to ensure that devices used for corporate purposes stay within policy guidelines. It was cut and dried: If you could locate, lock and wipe devices, you were all set. Over the years, however, business needs have become more complex, and apps and content now require secure access. To accommodate this shift, MDM evolved into enterprise mobility management (EMM).
Narrowing the Gaps in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
What did information technology (IT) and security leaders do when they needed a simple, effective means to manage and secure their mobile devices — and provide secure access to enterprise data? They devised and implemented mobile device management (MDM) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions. But modern IT teams are responsible for accommodating a vast range of endpoints and enterprise use cases.
Narrowing the Gaps in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
What did information technology (IT) and security leaders do when they needed a simple, effective means to manage and secure their mobile devices — and provide secure access to enterprise data? They devised and implemented mobile device management (MDM) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions. But modern IT teams are responsible for accommodating a vast range of endpoints and enterprise use cases.
Mixed Reality Meets Its Full Potential
Virtual reality (VR) use cases have expanded — and innovation continues to drive adoption beyond just the video game industry. In fact, recent advancements have paved the way for the creation of a new, hybrid technology: mixed reality (MR). With MR, users wear a headset that displays interactive holograms within the environment around them in real time. This technology allows them to physically engage in unique experiences in many popular industries, such as entertainment, education and health.
Can a Cognitive-Powered Security Intelligence Platform Bring Your SOC Up to Speed?
A security intelligence platform goes beyond what a traditional security information and event management (SIEM) tool does. The systems and sensors in your environment report everything from application logs and endpoint alerts to full network packet inspections. It is also where your intelligence feeds and infrastructure configuration converge to be processed as additional context.
Why Collaborate Defense Is the Future of Endpoint Management
Criminals are collaborating on a global scale to target unpatched vulnerabilities and user negligence while resource-constrained IT teams struggle to keep up and manage increasingly complex environments. What are you doing to keep pace? How are you handling endpoint management?
Data Privacy Regulations: Ensuring Mobile Data Protection in Light of Increasing Regulations
Organizations in every industry, from banking to retail, healthcare and more, are required to apply mobile data protection rules set by governments that impose massive fines in cases of noncompliance. Until the early 2000s, it was simpler to control data flows because information was mostly accessed from computers.
Debate Club: Comparing the Merits of Enterprise Mobility Management and Client Management Tools
For IT and security leaders, the ability to manage devices, apps and content are critical to end-user productivity and the protection of corporate information. There are two popular methods for doing this across smartphones, tablets, laptops and servers. For mobile devices, the technology is most commonly referred to as enterprise mobility management (EMM). For laptops, companies typically leverage client management tools (CMT). But which method is more effective?
Why You Need New Mobile Security Best Practices for Business Travel
Every time an executive at your company enters an airport, mobile security is at a heightened level of risk. Of course, laptops, tablets and smartphones are vulnerable to loss, theft or attack all the time, everywhere. This is a constant challenge and source of worry for IT leaders. At an airport, however, the normal user controls and legal protections against data searches are temporarily suspended.
Is End-to-End IoT Security Financially Feasible - or Even Possible?
I’ll give you fair warning — what I am about to say is going to blow your mind: Connected devices are insecure. Take a moment if you need it. While I jest, these realities are not breaking news. But if the devices themselves are insecure, is end-to-end security of the Internet of Things (IoT) even possible? And if it is possible, is it so costly that only the big guys can afford it?
Adversarial AI: As New Attack Vector Opens, Researchers Aim to Defend Against It
In late February 2017, nearly two dozen leading researchers gathered in centuries-old Oxford, England, to warn of the most modern of hazards: malicious use of AI. Among the red flags they raised was an attack called adversarial machine learning. In this scenario, AI systems’ neural networks are tricked by intentionally modified external data. An attacker ever so slightly distorts these inputs for the sole purpose of causing AI to misclassify them.
Why Companies Have Not Implemented Best Practices for Mobile Security
When it comes to mobile services, it’s been well-established that users value speed and convenience. But organizations that give it to the whims of consumers may face a mountain of security risk. According to Verizon’s “Mobile Security Index 2018,” companies that knowingly choose expediency over security are more than twice as likely to suffer a data breach. Despite this, many organizations still forego security best practices in favor of business performance.
Are Enterprises Ready to Introduce Smart Assistants in the Workplace?
Smart assistants such as Google Home and Amazon Echo were among the most popular gifts this past holiday season, and they’re on their way to becoming as ubiquitous as the smartphone for consumers. But what happens when these devices, with their inherent security and privacy issues, are introduced in the workplace? Amazon already has plans for this with the imminent release of Alexa for Business, and it’s only a matter of time before Google joins the party.
Windows Device Management: From XP to 10 and Everything in Between
When it comes to Windows device management, PC administrators have traditionally relied on tools that use agent-based technology to deliver security. Beyond laptops and desktops, IT teams have long had access to mobile device management (MDM), which enables simple and robust administration of smartphones and tablets.
Managing Apple Devices Is as Easy as D-E-P
Manually deploying thousands of Apple smartphones, tablets and laptops is tedious, and any veteran IT administrator worth his or her salt doesn’t do it that way. However, this is how most companies get started managing Apple devices. In recent years, Apple has streamlined the deployment process by introducing its Device Enrollment Program (DEP), which is specifically designed to work directly through a unified endpoint management (UEM) solution.
A Fresh Look at Malware and Mobile Threat Prevention
It goes without saying that in IT security, there’s an ever-looming threat of malware. Threats come in all shapes and sizes, and they can cause serious damage if left unaddressed. That’s where mobile threat prevention (MTP) comes into play. There isn’t just one app that will take care of everything. In most cases, a complete solution is required to manage and secure devices, users, apps and networks. Malware threats come without warning and can wreak havoc on an environment.
Unified Endpoint Management: Why a UEM Solution Is a Compulsory Choice for a Modern Organization
Cloud computing, mobile devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) are dramatically enlarging the attack surface of modern organizations. This makes it more difficult than ever before for IT and security leaders to secure their corporate infrastructure. Often, IT policies can’t keep pace with the rapidly increasing number of devices within an organization. Employees use these devices regardless of policies, increasing the risk of exposure for corporate data and infrastructure.
Read My Lips: Researchers Find Ways to Fool Speech Recognition Systems
In the four years since Amazon introduced the Echo, the popularity of speech recognition systems has exploded. One reason is that the quality of voice recognition technology has now reached parity with humans. An estimated 27 million Echo and Google Home devices have been sold, according to Computer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), and the Consumer Technology Association expected another 4.4 million were sold during this past holiday season.
Android Device Management: Sweet Features, No Toothache
People love their Android devices. In fact, it has become one of the world’s most popular mobile operating systems (OS). Consumers expect to put this technology to work, not just use it outside the office. This has made Android device management a critical tool in any security team’s arsenal. In addition, Google’s commitment to making compatible devices enterprise-ready has made the Android OS so good, organizations won’t want to miss out on the full potential of the platform.
Taking a Cognitive Approach to Unified Endpoint Management
If you function like most IT organizations, you’ve spent the past few years relying on mobile device management (MDM), enterprise mobility management (EMM) and client management tools to get the most out of your enterprise endpoints while limiting the onset of threats you may encounter.
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