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IT Leadership
What Tech Workers Should Know About Federal Job Cuts and Legal PushbackWhat Tech Workers Should Know About Federal Job Cuts and Legal Pushback

Job cuts are impacting swaths of government employees in IT and beyond. What is the outlook on this upheaval and the resulting lawsuits?

byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
Feb 20, 2025
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Machine Learning & AI
Possibilities with AI: Lessons From the Paris AI SummitPossibilities with AI: Lessons From the Paris AI Summit
byCarrie Pallardy
Feb 13, 2025
1 Min Read
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Machine Learning & AI
How Will International Politics Complicate US Access to AI?How Will International Politics Complicate US Access to AI?
byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth
Feb 10, 2025
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Cyber Resilience
Tidal Wave of Trump Policy Changes Comes for the Tech SpaceTidal Wave of Trump Policy Changes Comes for the Tech Space
byCarrie Pallardy
Jan 30, 2025
1 Min Read
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IT Leadership
Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Could Squeeze ITTrump's Federal Worker Buyout Could Squeeze IT
byShane Snider
Jan 29, 2025
1 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
Jan 16, 2025
1 Min Read
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IT Sectors
How Tech Supports the Emergency Response to the LA County Wildfires
How Tech Supports the Emergency Response to the LA County Wildfires
Jan 16, 2025
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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?
Jan 10, 2025
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1 Min Read
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
Jan 9, 2025
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byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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Cyber Resilience
Federal Cybersecurity Policy Still Lags Rapid Change
Federal Cybersecurity Policy Still Lags Rapid Change
Jan 2, 2025
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1 Min Read
byJeff Martin, Vice President, Mend.io
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Machine Learning & AI
How AI Is Changing Political Campaigns
How AI Is Changing Political Campaigns
Dec 24, 2024
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1 Min Read
byJohn Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author
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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
Dec 5, 2024
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1 Min Read
byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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Cyber Resilience
Why IT Leaders Should Hire Veterans for Cybersecurity Roles
Why IT Leaders Should Hire Veterans for Cybersecurity Roles
Nov 27, 2024
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1 Min Read
byDavid McGuire, CEO, SpecterOps
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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
Nov 25, 2024
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?
Nov 21, 2024
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1 Min Read
byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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IT Sectors
TSMC Secures $6.6B as Biden Administration Races to Dole Out CHIPS Act Funds
TSMC Secures $6.6B as Biden Administration Races to Dole Out CHIPS Act Funds
Nov 15, 2024
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1 Min Read
byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek
White House
Cyber Resilience
What Could the Trump Administration Mean for Cybersecurity?
What Could the Trump Administration Mean for Cybersecurity?
Nov 14, 2024
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1 Min Read
byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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IT Sectors
What Can Computing Win or Lose at the Ballot Box?
What Can Computing Win or Lose at the Ballot Box?
Nov 5, 2024
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1 Min Read
byNetwork Computing, Contributor
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IT Infrastructure
Broadband Is On the Ballot
Broadband Is On the Ballot
Nov 5, 2024
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bySalvatore Salamone, Managing Editor, Network Computing
Cyber Resilience
Iranian Threat Actors Ramp Up Ransomware, Cyber Activity
Iranian Threat Actors Ramp Up Ransomware, Cyber Activity
Nov 5, 2024
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byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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IT Infrastructure
The Impact of the Presidential Election on Networks
The Impact of the Presidential Election on Networks
Oct 31, 2024
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1 Min Read
byPam Baker, Contributing Writer
Cyber Resilience
Beyond the Election: The Long Cybersecurity Fight vs Bad Actors
Beyond the Election: The Long Cybersecurity Fight vs Bad Actors
Oct 28, 2024
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38 Min Listen
byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor
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Cyber Resilience
AI Manipulation Threatens the Bonds of Our Digital World
AI Manipulation Threatens the Bonds of Our Digital World
Oct 25, 2024
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1 Min Read
byChristophe Van de Weyer, CEO, Telesign
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IT Sectors
Beyond the Election (Part 1): Preparing for New Tech Directives
Beyond the Election (Part 1): Preparing for New Tech Directives
Oct 21, 2024
byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor
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Machine Learning & AI
As Regulators Escalate Oversight, Who Are the AI Heroes?
As Regulators Escalate Oversight, Who Are the AI Heroes?
Oct 14, 2024
byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor
IT Sectors
California’s New Deepfake Laws Await Test of Enforcement
California’s New Deepfake Laws Await Test of Enforcement
Sep 19, 2024
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byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor
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IT Sectors
CACI to Buy Tech Firm Azure Summit in $1.28B Deal to Boost Military Business
CACI to Buy Tech Firm Azure Summit in $1.28B Deal to Boost Military Business
Sep 16, 2024
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byShane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeek
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Cyber Resilience
US Puts Big Bounty Bullseye on Russian Hackers
US Puts Big Bounty Bullseye on Russian Hackers
Sep 12, 2024
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byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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Cyber Resilience
5 Steps for Implementing the New Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
5 Steps for Implementing the New Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
Sep 5, 2024
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1 Min Read
byJordan Kenyon, Taylor Brady
Quantum cryptography the latest secure data transfer method
Cyber Resilience
What NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards Bring to the Table
What NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards Bring to the Table
Aug 26, 2024
byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor
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Cyber Resilience
Examining the National Public Data Breach and Risks for Data Brokers
Examining the National Public Data Breach and Risks for Data Brokers
Aug 22, 2024
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1 Min Read
byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
Cyber Resilience
What Can We Expect from Election Hack Escalations?
What Can We Expect from Election Hack Escalations?
Aug 15, 2024
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1 Min Read
byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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Cyber Resilience
What Does the US-Russia Prisoner Swap Mean for Ongoing Cybercrime?
What Does the US-Russia Prisoner Swap Mean for Ongoing Cybercrime?
Aug 8, 2024
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1 Min Read
byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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Cyber Resilience
Scattered Spider Suspect Nabbed for MGM Ransomware Attack
Scattered Spider Suspect Nabbed for MGM Ransomware Attack
Jul 25, 2024
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1 Min Read
byCarrie Pallardy, Contributing Reporter
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Machine Learning & AI
Law Enforcement Eyes AI for Investigations and Analysis
Law Enforcement Eyes AI for Investigations and Analysis
Jul 18, 2024
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byJohn Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author

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IT Leadership
Why Liberal Arts Grads Could Be the Best Programmers of the AI Era
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IT Sectors
How Tech Supports the Emergency Response to the LA County Wildfires
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IT Infrastructure
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IT Leadership
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IT Leadership
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