The average knowledge worker spends about 19% of their time just searching for information. Forbes found that more time is being spent looking for information than is spent analyzing it.
Every year reports come out by major technology companies that look at the latest threats that companies need to be aware of. Mobile technology has been gaining importance in the workplace, and now makes up about 60% of a company’s endpoints.
Now that everyone has a high-resolution camera with professional filters in their pocket, a lot more photos and videos are being taken. And the higher the quality, the more space is needed to store those files.
It’s hard to turn on the news these days without seeing a mention of ransomware and the Colonial Pipeline attack. It’s not as if ransomware is a new phenomenon, but this attack had one of the farthest-reaching impacts of any similar attack that we’ve seen.
The browser wars are ongoing. Everyone wants to have that vital real estate on your computer as the most used application. We do just about everything in our browsers from web surfing to watching videos to accessing cloud applications.
A few years ago, Microsoft brought the concept of data types into Excel. This feature showed a lot of promise, but for the longest time, there were only two preset types that people could use. These were geography and stocks.
The word “encryption” is heard often when discussing or reading about cybersecurity topics. You might see it mentioned when you’re considering a new cloud application. It might also be used in suggestions for IT security best practices.