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Employees are quietly funneling corporate secrets into consumer chatbots — and this isn't an isolated lapse of judgment so much as a structural blind spot in how modern enterprises use AI-enabled tools. A new security analysis from LayerX finds that nearly half of employees now use generative AI...

Microsoft has quietly formalized what many IT teams have feared and many employees have quietly hoped for: the ability to run a consumer Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription inside work applications, enabling personal Copilot access to corporate documents when a user signs into an app with both a...

EY’s Simon Brown frames the challenge clearly: agentic AI is no longer an abstract tech trend — it’s a workforce engine that will rewire HR, L&D and organizational culture, and the time to prepare is now. Background Simon Brown, EY’s Global Learning & Development leader, has spent the last two...

Two parallel announcements from Meta and Microsoft this week — a patched zero-click vulnerability in WhatsApp and a timetable for mandatory multi-factor authentication across Azure — crystallise a single lesson for enterprise security teams: convenience is no longer an acceptable substitute for...

This week’s HR headlines lay bare a widening disconnect between how work gets done and how employers think it should be done: nearly half of employees report using banned AI tools to speed their tasks, the U.S. Department of Labor is offering $30 million in grants to push employer-led training...

In a significant move to reshape Microsoft 365 security, Abnormal AI has unveiled a major update to its Security Posture Management solution, placing advanced AI-driven protection, automated prioritization, and actionable remediation front and center for enterprises navigating the labyrinth of...

What happens inside an enterprise when employees harness powerful artificial intelligence tools without organizational oversight? This question, once hypothetical, is now a burning reality for IT leaders as “shadow AI” moves from the periphery to center stage in corporate risk discussions...

Microsoft 365 now sits at the heart of productivity for many organizations, managing everything from email and collaboration to document storage and workflow automation. But as the attack surface of cloud environments expands and regulatory scrutiny mounts, the limitations of native Microsoft...

The rapid proliferation of cloud collaboration platforms has transformed the workplace, but it has also exposed organizations to new forms of risk and complexity—none more prominent than managing security and compliance in sprawling Microsoft 365 environments. Orchestry, a rising star in the...

The quiet revolution unfolding within the National Health Service is more radical than any past phase of digital transformation. For decades, NHS staff have crafted ingenious workarounds—tinkering with spreadsheets, building Access databases, and quietly deploying web apps—to meet the evolving...

The race to dominate the corporate AI assistant space has reached a fever pitch, with tech giants deploying powerful chatbots designed to supercharge productivity, streamline communication, and unlock new data-driven insights for millions of businesses around the globe. Despite Microsoft’s...

AI agents built on large language models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming productivity suites, operating systems, and customer service channels. Yet, the very features that make them so useful—their ability to accurately interpret natural language and act on user intent—have shown to create a new...

Few undertakings within the U.S. federal government are as indicative of shifting strategic priorities as the Department of Defense’s ongoing review of its gargantuan software investments. The latest development—an exclusive confirmed by DefenseScoop—sees the Pentagon’s Chief Information Officer...

A significant new layer of control is poised to make its debut in the Microsoft Teams Admin Center: rules-based app control for Teams, an update that shifts how organizations manage third-party applications within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. This feature, set to start rolling out in mid-July...

With Microsoft’s official end of support for Windows 10 approaching on October 14, a seismic shift is underway for enterprise IT managers, everyday users, and the millions of organizations still relying on its familiar interface. Yet, a notable twist in Redmond’s roadmap has surfaced: Microsoft...

Microsoft 365 has firmly established itself as the productivity suite of choice for thousands of organizations, from academic institutions to multinational corporations. Its ubiquity owes much to continual innovation, seamless integration across devices, robust collaboration features, and an...

Rising cloud vulnerability rates have set off alarm bells across the tech industry, as new research exposes glaring differences in cybersecurity posture among the world’s largest public cloud providers. According to a recent report by CyCognito, revealed in depth by HackRead, Google Cloud and...

Cloud security has rapidly ascended to the top of every IT agenda, propelled by accelerating digital transformation, complex multi-cloud strategies, and a wave of high-profile cyber incidents. Recent findings from CyCognito, a security firm recognized for its attack surface management platform...

The latest Okta Businesses at Work Report, marking a decade since its first edition, dives deep into the changing tides of technology adoption, security trends, and digital workplace strategies worldwide. Examining the business landscape’s transformation through data from thousands of companies...

Hackers are continuously upping their game, and the latest twist in the ransomware saga comes from a group known as Akira. In 2024, Akira ransomware has accounted for approximately 15% of cybersecurity incidents, leveraging an ingenious—and unsettling—tactic: using unsecured IoT devices like...