At the HIMSS19 healthcare IT conference this month, more than 40,000 attendees discussed the countless roles that technology can play in improving health and medicine. But in nearly every one of those discussions, security lurked as a critical consideration. Healthcare data is a resource of immense value, but it must remain secure. In a presentation…

Last fall, CDW helped one of its clients — the director of information security for a midsized energy firm in the Midwest — deal with a situation that had him frustrated and looking for some advice. He knew that his firm was behind the curve in adopting security technology, putting it at risk of compromise,…

In years past, many organizations took a passive approach to cybersecurity. They’d sit back and wait for something bad to happen, then react to it. That approach is no longer acceptable for just about any organization. If you think your organization isn’t a target or that it doesn’t have anything that cybercriminals want, you’re wrong….

A poultry processing plant is a noisy place full of people, machinery and, of course, chickens. It’s probably not the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of a modern digital enterprise, but the industry relies heavily on technology to facilitate supply chain operations, automate customer interactions and communicate between facilities. I recently…

In September 2018, a new high-visibility remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Apache Struts 2 framework was released. Apache Struts 2 is an open-source web application framework used by many developers and vendors when creating Java EE web applications. This is a critical flaw and should be patched by upgrading to at least v.2.3.35…

At a recent IT conference, Cyber Security Chicago, more than 4,000 cybersecurity professionals sat in on presentations covering everything from cyberattacks in the Internet of Things era to third-party vulnerability assessments and DevSecOps. My job provides me the opportunity to attend many events like this one, and I always make it a point to seek…