April 16, 2021
Security: NSA: 5 Security Bugs Under Active Nation-State Cyberattack
Threatpost
Widely deployed platforms from Citrix, Fortinet, Pulse Secure, Synacor and VMware are all in the crosshairs.

The Feds are warning that nation-state actors are once again after U.S. assets, this time in a spate of cyberattacks that exploit five vulnerabilities that affect VPN solutions, collaboration-suite software and virtualization technologies.

According to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), which issued an alert Thursday, the advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as APT29 (a.k.a. Cozy Bear or The Dukes) is conducting “widespread scanning and exploitation against vulnerable systems in an effort to obtain authentication credentials to allow further access.” Read More
Healthcare IT: The Smart Care of the Future
MobiHealthNews
Seniors want to age in place. How do homes need to adapt?

When one hears "smart devices," one may expect only tech-savvy millennials to be the pioneers in embracing the technology. But they may not be the only group.

As life span increases, seniors are often more affected by frailty and need assistance in managing their health conditions from home. Likewise, there is a growing concern amongst healthcare professionals around how to offer holistic and individualized care for those with serious or disabling conditions remotely. Read More
Homeland Security: Can the Aviation Community Stop a Cyber Attack from Taking Off?
Homeland Security Today
Recent years have heralded myriad technological advancements including developments in machine-learning techniques, telecommunications (5G), the internet of things and more. The benefits to industries like aviation are clear. Technological advancements support growth and development, including the integration of new airspace users, the development of advanced aircraft systems and applications, automation and integration in data applications and decision-making systems in airports and airlines, and the interconnection between previously isolated systems through data-sharing across the aviation value chain.

But with new technology comes new threats, which have grown in number and scale as malicious actors use the digital world to make financial gains, cause harm, and/or create instability and chaos. Read More
Transportation: Walmart Invests in Cruise, the GM-Backed Autonomous-Car Startup
Transport Topics
The world’s largest retailer is taking an undisclosed stake in Cruise, the autonomous-vehicle technology company that’s majority-owned by General Motors Co. The Walmart investment brings the size of Cruise’s latest funding round to $2.75 billion, the two companies said in a statement April 15, up from the $2 billion Cruise announced in January when Microsoft Corp. became an investor. Read More
Human Resources: 5 Reasons You Should Hire Those Rulebreakers
HRMorning
Historically, rulebreaking and rebelliousness were viewed as negatives – something HR professionals and CEOs avoided at all costs.

Instead, it felt safer to value diplomacy and ‘yes men’ in order to keep everyone aligned towards the same goal. Speaking up, speaking out, and going against the grain disrupted normal working order and wreaked havoc among senior executives unsure how to deal with these supposed traitors who could not just do their jobs.

And so the inevitable happened: these rulebreakers left corporate America and took their ideas elsewhere – often starting up new businesses propelled by the desire to do things differently. Read More
Business & Technology: APIs Aren’t Just for Tech Companies
Harvard Business Review
APIs are building blocks for digital transformation, but determining which APIs to develop and what products and solutions they’ll enable requires a digital mindset. You don’t have to be a tech company to reap the benefits of APIs, and they would particularly benefit small to midsize companies that now struggle to reach digital audiences through saturated and tightly controlled ad networks and ecommerce markets. APIs would position them to more easily offer products and services through emerging platforms, unbundle and re-bundle their core competencies, and offload non-core competencies to third-party providers. Read More