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When is the right time to sell your government contracting firm? Here are 3 optimal scenarios

There will be plenty of other factors to consider when selling your firm — including the state of the market, the economic climate and the overall health of your business. But if you’re a few years away from retirement, clear on your firm’s financial future, and confident in your team, it could be a good time to look for buyers.
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Setting a New Standard for Public Cloud Storage

Dell APEX block storage for public cloud delivers higher performance, linear scalability and more resilience for critical workloads.
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Over 60,000 Android apps infected with adware-pushing malware

Bitdefender has uncovered a hidden malware campaign living undetected on mobile devices worldwide for more than six months. The campaign is designed to push adware to Android devices with the purpose of driving revenue.  “However, the threat actors involved can easily switch tactics to redirect users to other types of malware, such as banking trojans to steal credentials and financial information or ransomware,” Bitdefender said in a blog. To read this article in full, please click here
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Introducing Microsoft Fabric: Data analytics for the era of AI

Today we are unveiling Microsoft Fabric—an end-to-end, unified analytics platform that brings together all the data and analytics tools that organizations need. The post Introducing Microsoft Fabric: Data analytics for the era of AI appeared first on Azure Blog.
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Only one in 10 CISOs today are board-ready, study says

Even though there is a growing demand for cybersecurity expertise at the highest levels of business, a significant number of public companies lack even one qualified cybersecurity expert on their board of directors, according to a study by cybersecurity research and advisory firm IANS. In addition, the study found that just a little more than one in 10 CISOs have all the key traits thought to be crucial for success on a corporate board. In its CISO Board Readiness Analysis study, IANS evaluated the qualifications of CISOs in companies listed on the Russell 1000 index, the stock market index for the 1,000 largest public sector companies in the US. To read this article in full, please click here
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ICE acting director announces his retirement

In today’s Federal Newscast: The acting director at Immigration and Customs Enforcement calls it a day. Congressman James Comer urges the President to nominate more permanent Inspectors General. And Air Force pilots can extend their military commitments and land a cool $50,000 bonus.
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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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