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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. Its rather mundane function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon, later. Log4j, for instance, is a ubiquitous logging library.

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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. The software giant’s intent was to make it more convenient and efficient for system administrators to perform Windows upkeep.

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