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Shadow IT is increasing and so are the associated security risks

Despite years of modernization initiatives, CISOs are still contending with an old-school problem: shadow IT, technology that operates within an enterprise but is not officially sanctioned — or on the radar of — the IT department. Unvetted software, services, and equipment can be nightmare fuel for a security team, potentially introducing a lurking host of vulnerabilities, entry points for bad actors, and malware. In fact, it is as big a problem as ever and may even worsen. Consider the figures from research firm Gartner, which found that 41% of employees acquired, modified, or created technology outside of IT’s visibility in 2022 and expects that number to climb to 75% by 2027. Meanwhile, the 2023 shadow IT and project management survey from technology review platform Capterra, found that 57% of small and midsize businesses have had high-impact shadow IT efforts occurring outside the purview of their IT departments. To read this article in full, please click here
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Customs and Border Protection ponders how worldwide trade affects the climate

There’s the business climate. And there’s the environmental climate. Officials at Customs and Border Protection want to talk with industry about the impact of international trade on the climate … and they’re organizing an event to share ideas.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SqBsL3

How Farmers.gov really launched USDA’s next generation of cloud services

Casey Cook, the cloud architecture branch chief for the Agriculture Department, said seven mission areas are taking advantage of more than 300 APIs to make data sharing among new and legacy systems easier.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/Sq9xKh

How Farmers.gov really launched USDA’s next generation of cloud services

Casey Cook, the cloud architecture branch chief for the Agriculture Department, said seven mission areas are taking advantage of more than 300 APIs to make data sharing among new and legacy systems easier.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/Sq9wZ5

Federal cyber incidents reveal challenges of implementing US National Cybersecurity Strategy

Microsoft revealed on May 24 that the Chinese threat group Volt Typhoon attempted to gain access to communications systems in the United States, including Navy infrastructure on Guam. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro later confirmed the Navy “has been impacted” by the cyberattacks, although he provided no further details. To read this article in full, please click here
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Newborn baby inspires sensor design that simulates human touch

As we move into a world where human-machine interactions are becoming more prominent, pressure sensors that are able to analyze and simulate human touch are likely to grow in demand.
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Understanding the tantalizing benefits of tantalum for improved quantum processors

Researchers working to improve the performance of superconducting qubits, the foundation of quantum computers, have been experimenting using different base materials in an effort to increase the coherent lifetimes of qubits. The coherence time is a measure of how long a qubit retains quantum information, and thus a primary measure of performance. Recently, scientists discovered that using tantalum in superconducting qubits makes them perform better, but no one has been able to determine why — until now.
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