Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights
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In 10 minutes daily, The Business of Tech delivers the latest IT services and MSP-focused news and commentary. Curated to stories that matter with commentary answering 'Why Do We Care?', channel veteran Dave Sobel brings you up to speed and provides resources to go deeper. With insights and analysis, this focused podcast focuses on the knowledge you need to be effective, profitable, and relevant.
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Dec 17, 2020 • 5min
Thu Dec 17 2020: Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds hack, and a JEDI update
Two things to know today Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds Hack, and they might not be obvious https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-cisa-officially-confirm-us-govt-hacks-after-solarwinds-breach/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fireeye-microsoft-create-kill-switch-for-solarwinds-backdoor/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-federal-government-needs-vp-engineering-cto-danah-boyd/ https://fcw.com/articles/2020/12/16/comment-garland-software-security-law.aspx AND A JEDI Update https://in.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/amazon-urges-judge-to-set-aside-10-billion-cloud-contract-award-to-microsoft-idUSKBN28P31I https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-trump-interference-errors-enough-to-challenge-microsoft-s-10b-jedi-win
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Dec 16, 2020 • 5min
Wed Dec 16 2020: Moves on Big Tech, More SolarWinds updates, and another systems management exploit
Three things to know today EU and US moves on Big Tech https://www.protocol.com/companies-know-new-eu-rules#toggle-gdpr https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/ftc-orders-amazon-facebook-and-others-to-explain-how-they-use-personal-data.html More updates to SolarWinds Orion Hack https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-quarantine-solarwinds-apps-linked-to-recent-hack-starting-tomorrow/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-industry-partners-seize-key-domain-used-in-solarwinds-hack/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/12/what-we-know-about-solarwinds-breach/170792/ https://www.crn.com/news/security/microsoft-s-role-in-solarwinds-breach-comes-under-scrutiny?itc=refresh https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/15/solarwinds-russia-breach-stock-trades/ AND Another vector for systems management hacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-discloses-critical-zero-day-in-server-management-software/ https://www.geekwire.com/2020/new-wrinkle-package-theft-police-say-suspect-used-amazon-uniform-pass-delivery-driver/
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Dec 15, 2020 • 5min
Tue Dec 15 2020: Further updates on the SolarWinds Hack, what we can learn from gaming, and Windows on ARM takes a forward step
Three things to know today Continuing fallout from the SolarWinds hack https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1739942/000162828020017451/swi-20201214.htm https://www.itwire.com/security/backdoored-orion-binary-still-available-on-solarwinds-website.html https://www.itwire.com/security/solarwinds-quietly-pulls-customer-page-after-news-of-global-attack.html https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/solarwinds-hackers-have-a-clever-way-to-bypass-multi-factor-authentication/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-fireeye-breached-after-solarwinds-supply-chain-attack/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/14/russia-hack-us-government/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-is-third-federal-agency-hacked-in-major-russian-cyberespionage-campaign/2020/12/14/41f8fc98-3e3c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/unraveling-network-infrastructure-linked-to-the-solarwinds-hack https://www.wired.com/story/russia-solarwinds-supply-chain-hack-commerce-treasury/ What we can learn from gaming collaborations https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/14/22174206/sony-microsoft-nintendo-safety-principles-online-gaming-shared-commitment AND Windows on ARM gets one step closer https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-64-bit-application-support-to-windows-10-on-arm/
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Dec 14, 2020 • 5min
Mon Dec 14 2020: Major Russian hack via SolarWinds, US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students
Two things to know today The Russian government backs a major hack of Treasury, Commerce and more via Solarwinds Orion products https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-government-spies-are-behind-a-broad-hacking-campaign-that-has-breached-us-agencies-and-a-top-cyber-firm/2020/12/13/d5a53b88-3d7d-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1338389130951061504.html https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6744112813758803968/ https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/12/13/cisa-issues-emergency-directive-mitigate-compromise-solarwinds-orion-network AND US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students https://gizmodo.com/u-s-schools-are-buying-phone-hacking-tech-that-the-fbi-1845862393?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4
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Dec 13, 2020 • 9min
The Business of Tech: Q4 2020 Diversity Report
Back in September, I released data around the diversity of leadership teams in the IT industry, with a specific bent of those serving the IT Channel and SMB customers. I identified 100 companies that are known channel companies and looked at who they present to the world as their leaders on their webpages, and I began counting. Since then, I’ve expanded the database to 300 companies. Let's discuss the results.
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Dec 11, 2020 • 5min
Fri Dec 11 2020: MSPs are number one, in a very bad way, plus the end of Flash and the Modern Computing Alliance
Four things to know today MSPs now number one… and it’s not good news https://umbrella.cisco.com/info/technical-paper-modern-security-landscape-scaling-threats-motion Inclusion couples with diversity https://www.ciodive.com/news/diversity-inclusion-IT-advice-forbes/591917/ The modern computing alliance is formed https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/10/22167324/google-dell-intel-modern-computing-alliance-cloud-consortium?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4 AND Adobe Flash updates for the last time https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/9/22166160/adobe-last-flash-player-update-support-ending-december
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Dec 10, 2020 • 5min
Thu Dec 10 2020: Planning lessons from the Weather Service, jobs data from CompTIA, and guilty charges in botnet attack
Three things to know today Stormy clouds ahead with lessons in the mist https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/12/09/nws-data-limits-internet-bandwidth/ Jobs ups and downs in two CompTIA reports https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/128-000-it-jobs-lost-in-november-6-details.html https://www.comptia.org/blog/tech-towns-job-openings AND Botnet flashbacks show up in Court https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teen-who-shook-the-internet-in-2016-pleads-guilty-to-ddos-attacks/
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Dec 9, 2020 • 5min
Wed Dec 9 2020: Lessons from FireEye's breach on what to protect, Tech Regulation and why 94% matters, and a new step on privacy for DNS
Three things to know today Lessons from FireEye’s breach about what to protect https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fireeye-reveals-that-it-was-hacked-by-a-nation-state-apt-group/ https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fireeye-hack-statement-not-catastrophe/ Tech regulation – why 94% matters https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-governance-top-of-mind-for-tech-policy-chiefs AND Another step on the privacy journey https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/cloudflare-and-apple-design-a-new-privacy-friendly-internet-protocol/
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Dec 8, 2020 • 6min
Tue Dec 8 2020: Opportunity in Exposure Notifications, AWS Marketplace, and Azure's Top-Secret Cloud
Three things to know today Exposure notifications: A huge opportunity for providers https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/technology/coronavirus-exposure-alert-apps.html Overview video: https://youtu.be/tmsRQWPlQ20 Make you own video script: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bcsqso5ykrz5fvr/End%20User%20Exposure%20Script.docx?dl=0 Use this pre-done video: https://youtu.be/8WAHPM-RKF4 Find out if your geography has an app: US: https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/07/covid-19-exposure-notification-api-states/ Countries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-apple-covid-19-contact-tracing-exposure-notifications-api-app-list-countries/ AWS opens the marketplace for services https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/amazon-makes-joining-aws-ecosystem-easier-service-providers AND Microsoft’s top-secret cloud https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-announces-azure-cloud-for-top-secret-government-data/
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Dec 7, 2020 • 5min
Mon Dec 7 2020: Economic outlook, smartphone data, and what insecure by design means
Three things to know today Economic outlook revised upward https://www.ciodive.com/news/IT-spend-predictions-2021/589729/ Smartphone sales data https://channellife.co.nz/story/gartner-worldwide-smartphone-sales-decline-xiaomi-moves-ahead-of-apple AND What insecure by design means https://sneak.berlin/20201204/on-trusting-macintosh-hardware/
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