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| | | Marriott Says 500 Million Starwood Guest Records Stolen in Massive Data Breach | | TechCrunch | Starwood Hotels has confirmed its hotel guest database of about 500 million customers has been stolen in a data breach. The hotel and resorts giant said in a statement filed with U.S. regulators that the “unauthorized access” to its guest database was detected on or before September 10 — but may have dated back as far as 2014. | | New AWS Tool Helps Customers Understand Best Cloud Practices | | TechCrunch | In typical AWS fashion, Amazon decided to create a service to help customers measure how well they are doing in terms of operations, security, reliability, cost optimization, and performance efficiency. Customers can run this tool against the AWS services they are using and get a full report of how they measure up against these five factors. | | Microsoft's Next Surface Laptop May Be AMD-Based | | Tom's Hardware | Microsoft may release a new Surface Laptop running AMD’s not-yet-announced Picasso chips with integrated AMD Radeon graphics in late 2019, according to Beneath a Surface, a new book by Microsoft insider Brad Sams. | | We Need to Talk About NIST’s Dropped Password Management Recommendations | | Security Intelligence | NIST has changed its long-standing recommendations for password management, favoring minimal user friction over complexity requirements and regular password updates. So where do we go from here? |
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| | | The Role of the CIO Today Requires 2 Key Skills | | TechTarget | Is there a recipe for success in the role of the CIO today? According to veteran CIO Matt Minetola, success won't happen without two ingredients: fluent translation skills and the ability to see transformational change as a series of steps. |
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| | | 7 Non-threatening Email Strategies for Women | | The Cooper Review | "Has anyone ever told you that an email you wrote seemed rude, abrupt, or pushy? If so, you’re probably a woman. And as a woman in the working world, you must take the time to choose your words carefully, even if it means that hitting ‘send’ will take an extra few days, weeks, or years. Here are 7 strategies to achieve a non-threatening tone in your email," writes comedian Sarah Cooper. |
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| | | Host Hangouts Meet Meetings With Up to 100 Participants | | G Suite Updates | For those times when you need to meet with a larger group, Hangouts Meet now allows G Suite Enterprise users to organize meetings with up to 100 participants and G Suite Business users to host up to 50 participants. This participant count includes people from both inside and outside of your organization. | | Elevate Your Quizzing and Grading Experience With Two G Suite for Education Beta Programs | | G Suite Updates | Google is offering two new beta programs for G Suite for Education customers to improve their quizzing and grading experience. | | Ten Third-party Applications Added to the G Suite Pre-integrated SAML Apps Catalog | | G Suite Updates | Google is now adding SAML integration for ten additional applications: Automox, Boomi, GoodData, LinkedIn Learning, LiquidFiles, Proxyclick, Sigma Computing, TextExpander, VersionOne, and Zimbra. |
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