Industry News: March 29-April 2 – Getting the Most Out of Cloud Security Services, the IT Gender Pay Gap, Motivating Your Remote Team
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering how to get the most out of cloud security services, why IT needs to fix the gender pay gap, how to get your remote team back on track, the different methods cybercriminals use to gather information to attack enterprises and the risks of unrestricted data in the healthcare industry.
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As more companies find their workloads spread over multiple clouds and on-premises environments, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with ever-changing cyber threats. That’s why many are now turning to a cloud security services model. Learn how to get the most out of your cloud security services in IT Pro Today here and how Navisite can help secure your business in the cloud in our eBook: Shared Responsibility for Cloud Security.
Like many industries, technology and enterprise IT professionals suffer a gender pay gap. Today, there’s an urgency to address the issue, especially following findings that more than 2.3 million women have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic, compared to 1.8 million men. This CIO article explains why it’s important to remediate the gender pay gap and recruit more women in leadership positions.
Many employees have been working from home for more than a year now, and while they enjoy the flexibility, some remote workers report feeling disconnected. Motivating a remote team can be hard, but there are strategies for leaders to keep their teams on track. Take a look at some of these tips in ZDNet here.
Cybercriminals use different methods to gather publicly available information about companies. Among those is scouring social media platforms. Cybercriminals can use public information on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn to collect private data and then use that data to access a company’s financials, leadership names and employees in charge of finance and accounting. Find out more about the risks of public information in Dark Reading here.
A new report shows the issue of unrestricted data within the healthcare industry and underscores the continued importance of data security in remote work and cloud migrations. In fact, the report found that an average healthcare worker has access to 31,000 files on their first day of work. Explore more report findings in Healthcare IT News here.