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Wednesday’s Briefing · October 29

CIO, Friday, October 24th, 2025

The More Corporate It Leaders, The Greater The Need To Coexist

CTO, CISO, CDO, CAIO - the number of senior roles aligned with the CIO is growing. CIOs in SMEs still consolidate responsibilities, but in larger businesses, the separation of roles is more defined, putting greater responsibility on CIOs to orchestrate collaboration so objectives and quality of services combine to fulfil business value. more →

The More Corporate It Leaders, The Greater The Need To Coexist

How-To Geek, Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

I Always Back Up My Email With This Free And Open-Source Tool

Pretty much everyone relies on a cloud email provider like Gmail, iCloud, or Outlook.com, but few consider what happens if you lose access to it due to a stolen account or forgotten password. Here's how to make sure you have your own copy of all your important emails. more →

I Always Back Up My Email With This Free And Open-Source Tool

Security Boulevard, Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Heisenberg: How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The SBOM

Over the years, software supply chain security went from 'occasional incident' to a recurring headline. Recently, attackers phished well known maintainers and pushed malicious releases of debug and chalk packages, briefly poisoning projects with billions of weekly downloads. more →

Heisenberg: How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The SBOM

Security Boulevard, Monday, October 20th, 2025

How To Use Single Sign-On Effectively

Okay, so ai red teaming, right? It's not just a buzzword, it's kinda like when you're a kid and you had to test your fort to make sure it can stand up to a sibling attack. Except, you know, way more complex and with bigger consequences. more →

How To Use Single Sign-On Effectively

BigDataWire, Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

MariaDB Redefines What It Means To Be An AI-Ready Database

The model is fast, the hardware is ready, but the data still makes you wait. That's the hidden frustration for a lot of companies trying to add AI into their workflows. Every piece seems ready except the one that matters most: getting AI the data it needs. The most valuable data often sits scattered across tools, and pulling all that together slows everything down. more →

MariaDB Redefines What It Means To Be An AI-Ready Database

Tech Field Day, Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

Private Cloud Is Not Just Self-Service Virtualization

Private cloud is not just virtualization 4.0, self-service VM deployment doesn't fulfil the same need as the Public Cloud. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Mike Graff, Jon Hildebrand, and Alastair Cooke. more →

Private Cloud Is Not Just Self-Service Virtualization

CIO, Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

Can IT Finally Save Customer Service?

Enterprises can no longer let customer service be an afterthought. Better use of data and AI can improve after-sales experiences - but staffing remains a vital need. more →

Can IT Finally Save Customer Service?

Upcoming Event · Tue, Oct 13 · 1:00pm

Modernization That Ships with AI

Most companies are adding AI agents to legacy systems rather than modernizing how the work actually gets done. That may create isolated productivity gains, but it rarely removes the outdated applications, fragmented data, manual handoffs, and hidden dependencies that continue to slow the business. more →

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Modernization That Ships with AI (Oct. 13th)

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Upcoming IT Webinars

Upcoming Event · Wed, Oct 14 · 11:00am

Modernize for the AI Era

Join PwC and AWS for a discussion on how AI is redefining cloud modernization priorities. We'll share examples from leaders in their sectors, as well as practical recommendations for building modern cloud platforms that deliver measurable business value, while navigating evolving regulatory, risk, and operational considerations. more →

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Modernize for the AI Era (Oct. 14th)

Upcoming Event · Thu, Oct 1 · 1:00pm

Agentic Runtime Security on AWS: Identity, Least Privilege, and Audit for AI Agents with IBM Verify Identity Access and HashiCorp Vault

This hands-on workshop deploys a working reference implementation of five control objectives for agentic systems - verifiable agent identity, no standing privileges, actions tied to user intent, enforcement at the point of use, and audit evidence correlated across all three trust planes (user, workload, data) - using IBM Verify Identity Access and HashiCorp Vault on Amazon EKS. more →

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Agentic Runtime Security on AWS: Identity, Least Privilege, and Audit for AI Agents with IBM Verify Identity Access and HashiCorp Vault (Oct. 1st)

F5, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025

Lessons We Are Learning From Our Security Incident

Last week, we disclosed a major security incident involving a highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor. As a CISO, I know what it is like to hear this kind of news from a partner. I understand how difficult and disruptive this has been for customers, and we truly apologize for-and take full ownership of-the incident. more →

Lessons We Are Learning From Our Security Incident

KnowBe4, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025

Attackers Abuse Grok To Spread Phishing Links

Threat actors are abusing X's generative AI bot Grok to spread phishing links, according to researchers at ESET. The attackers achieve this by tricking Grok into thinking it's answering a question, and providing a link in its answer. more →

Attackers Abuse Grok To Spread Phishing Links