#How the cloud has helped businesses survive COVID-19

#How the cloud has helped businesses survive COVID-19

“#How the cloud has helped businesses survive COVID-19” In late March 2020, the 2,000 employees of Barnsley Council, a local authority in the Dearne Valley of Yorkshire, England had to switch to home working, virtually overnight. The local authority used the cloud to switch to a paperless and virtual expense management system, streamlining back-office finance…

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#Facebook and Twitter tried to stop voter intimidation… and they failed miserably

#Facebook and Twitter tried to stop voter intimidation… and they failed miserably

“#Facebook and Twitter tried to stop voter intimidation… and they failed miserably” Neither disinformation nor voter intimidation is anything new. But tools developed by leading tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, and Google now allow these tactics to scale up dramatically. As a scholar of cybersecurity and election security, I have argued that these firms must…

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#Get 15TB of cloud storage (for life) for just 0

#Get 15TB of cloud storage (for life) for just $150

“#Get 15TB of cloud storage (for life) for just $150” Products featured here are selected by our partners at StackCommerce.If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. TL;DR: Back up your data with Degoo Premium’s Mega Backup Plan, on sale for $149.99 as of Nov. 3.  You can’t…

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#Ransomware could interfere with 2020 elections — these basic cybersecurity precautions can minimize the damage

#Ransomware could interfere with 2020 elections — these basic cybersecurity precautions can minimize the damage

“#Ransomware could interfere with 2020 elections — these basic cybersecurity precautions can minimize the damage” Government computer systems in Hall County, Georgia, including a voter signature database, were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this fall in the first known ransomware attack on election infrastructure during the 2020 presidential election. Thankfully, county officials reported that…

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