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Cyber Resilience

China’s DeepSeek Suspects Cyberattack as Chatbot Prompts Security Concerns China’s DeepSeek Suspects Cyberattack as Chatbot Prompts Security Concerns

The Chinese AI startup says it was hit with “large-scale malicious attacks” that disrupted its services after its successful launch catapulted the company’s chatbot to the No. 1 spot on Apple’s app store.

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Jan 28, 2025

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4 Min Read

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Machine Learning & AI

China’s DeepSeek Dethrones ChatGPT as US Tech Stocks Plunge China’s DeepSeek Dethrones ChatGPT as US Tech Stocks Plunge

Jan 27, 2025

3 Min Read

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Tech Company Layoffs: The COVID Tech Bubble Bursts Tech Layoffs: The COVID Tech Bubble Bursts

byBrandon Taylor, Jessica Davis

Jan 24, 2025

5h 2m Read

Cyber Resilience

Capital One Outage Highlights Third-Party Risk Capital One Outage Highlights Third-Party Risk

byCarrie Pallardy

Jan 23, 2025

5 Min Read

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Cyber Resilience

Trump Fires Cyber Safety Board Investigating Salt Typhoon Hackers Trump Fires Cyber Safety Board Investigating Salt Typhoon Hackers

Jan 23, 2025

1 Min Read

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IT Infrastructure

LA Wildfires Raise Burning Questions About AI’s Data Center Water Drain LA Wildfires and AI’s Data Center Water Drain

Jan 17, 2025

4 Min Read

President Joe Biden meets with White House staff in the Oval Office, 2022, to review remarks he will give at an executive order signing.

Cyber Resilience

What Does Biden's New Executive Order Mean for Cybersecurity?

What Does Biden's New Executive Order Mean for Cybersecurity?

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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How Tech Supports the Emergency Response to the LA County Wildfires

How Tech Supports the Emergency Response to the LA County Wildfires

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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Cyber Resilience

Microsoft Rings in 2025 With Record Security Update

Microsoft Rings in 2025 With Record Security Update

byDark Reading, Staff & Contributors

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Machine Learning & AI

How Do Companies Know if They Overspend on AI and Then Recover?

How Do Companies Know if They Overspend on AI and Then Recover?

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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Machine Learning & AI

What Could Less Regulation Mean for AI?

What Could Less Regulation Mean for AI?

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Cyber Resilience

Nation-State Threats Persist with Information Breach of US Treasury

Nation-State Threats Persist with Information Breach of US Treasury

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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UK Launches Antitrust Investigations Targeting Big Tech

UK Launches Antitrust Investigations Targeting Big Tech

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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IT Infrastructure

Y2K and Infrastructure Resilience 25 Years Later

Y2K and Infrastructure Resilience 25 Years Later

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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Cyber Resilience

The Biggest Cybersecurity Issues Heading into 2025

The Biggest Cybersecurity Issues Heading into 2025

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Cyber Resilience

New Cybersecurity Rules Coming for Health Care

New Cybersecurity Rules Coming for Health Care

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Court Pulls Plug on Biden’s Net Neutrality Revival, Limits FCC Power

Court Pulls Plug on Biden’s Net Neutrality Revival, Limits FCC Power

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Cyber Resilience

Facing the Specter of Cyber Threats During the Holidays

Facing the Specter of Cyber Threats During the Holidays

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

panelists included Heidi Shey, Jason Snyder, Steven Hernandez, Anne Klieve, and Gouri Das.

Cyber Resilience

Forrester Panel: Government Cybersecurity Leaders Discuss Next Steps for Zero Trust

Forrester Panel: Government Cybersecurity Leaders Discuss Next Steps for Zero Trust

byBrian T. Horowitz, Contributing Reporter

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Cyber Resilience

Ransomware Attack on Rhode Island Highlights Risk to Government

Ransomware Attack on Rhode Island Highlights Risk to Government

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

Data Management

EU Watchdog Fines Meta $263 Million for Data Breach

EU Watchdog Fines Meta $263 Million for Data Breach

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Cyber Resilience

Forrester Award Keynote: Schneider Electric Deputy CISO on Managing Trust, Supplier Risk

Forrester Award Keynote: Schneider Electric Deputy CISO on Managing Trust, Supplier Risk

byBrian T. Horowitz, Contributing Reporter

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Cyber Resilience

What Do We Know About the New Ransomware Gang Termite?

What Do We Know About the New Ransomware Gang Termite?

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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What Enterprise IT Predictions Actually Mattered in 2024?

What Enterprise IT Predictions Actually Mattered in 2024?

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

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Data Management

CFPB Presses Forward with Rule to Wrangle Data Brokers

CFPB Presses Forward with Rule to Wrangle Data Brokers

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Cyber Resilience

How Conflict With China Might Play Out in the Cyber Realm

How Conflict With China Might Play Out in the Cyber Realm

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Data Management

FTC to Ban Firms From Selling Sensitive Location Data

FTC to Ban Firms From Selling Sensitive Location Data

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

bySara Peters, Editor-in-Chief, InformationWeek

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Gelsinger Out as Intel CEO as Chip Giant Struggles to Regain Footing

Gelsinger Out as Intel CEO as Chip Giant Struggles to Regain Footing

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Cyber Resilience

Threat Actors Put $1 Trillion Shopping Season in Their Sights

Threat Actors Put $1 Trillion Shopping Season in Their Sights

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Data Management

Beyond Washington, DC: The State of State-Based Data Privacy Laws

Beyond Washington, DC: The State of State-Based Data Privacy Laws

byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor

Cyber Resilience

Does the US Government Have a Cybersecurity Monoculture Problem?

Does the US Government Have a Cybersecurity Monoculture Problem?

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter

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Machine Learning & AI

The New Cold War: US Urged to Form ‘Manhattan Project’ for AGI

The New Cold War: US Urged to Form ‘Manhattan Project’ for AGI

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

Data Management

DOJ Urges Google Breakup, Targets Chrome, Android and Data Sharing

DOJ Urges Google Breakup, Targets Chrome, Android and Data Sharing

byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek

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Cyber Resilience

The SEC Fines Four SolarWinds Breach Victims

The SEC Fines Four SolarWinds Breach Victims

byLisa Morgan, Freelance Writer

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