The results of the COVID-19 IT Preparedness survey are in! Insights show that most respondents believe remote work has a negative impact on productivity, strongly desire a clear communication strategy, and have concerns about securing app usage outside the network.
| | | IT Leaders Say Productivity Went Up During Lockdown Despite Delaying Projects and Security Work | | TechRepublic | A new survey found that despite shifting priorities, IT executives and managers saw an increase in productivity during the shift to working from home. In the "2020 Work-from-Home IT Impact Study" from Sectigo, 49% of respondents reported that employee productivity at their companies has increased as a result of widespread WFH measures. | | It's Episode 4 of the SaaSOps Show! | | YouTube | In Episode 4, Justine & Brian chat with digital transformation expert Rose Layton about the continuing WFH saga, and trade hot takes on IT certifications and conferences. You may or may not hear "All By Myself" queued subtly as they imagine an employee's lonely return to the office. | | Microsoft Teams and Skype Users Can Now Chat Together | | TechRepublic | Microsoft has completed rolling out Teams/Skype interoperability, allowing users of one app to collaborate with users on the other. | | Microsoft 365 Phishing Campaign Exploits Samsung, Adobe, and Oxford University | | TechRepublic | Check Point Research described how attackers exploited one of Oxford University's mail servers to send the initial email, abused an Adobe Campaign redirection tool, and then used a Samsung domain to take users to a Microsoft Office 365-themed phishing website. By using Oxford's SMTP servers, the attackers were able to sneak past the reputation check for the sender's domain. |
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| | | Enabling Secure Remote Work by Embracing Zero Trust | | CyberScoop | Enterprises can move faster than many think in building on-ramps to zero trust says Steve Faehl, U.S. security CTO for Microsoft. You need to verify and assure the trustworthiness of access across these six foundational elements. | | Two-factor Authentication: A Cheat Sheet | | TechRepublic | A password alone will not protect sensitive information from hackers—two-factor authentication is also necessary. Here's what security pros and users need to know about two-factor authentication. |
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