Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Being a sysadmin is definitely not for the average human being. You have to always be ready to help people, fight hackers, use tech gadgets … actually, a sysadmin’s typical day sounds a lot like the life of a superhero! But even superheroes have a dark side. We asked our sysadmin community to share some naughty things they’ve ever done — or keep doing. Naturally, their responses will remain anonymous due to the delicacy of the topic!

Microsoft released a valuable new Azure feature in December of 2021: custom security attributes. This feature is still in preview. Custom security attributes enable organizations to define new attributes to meet their needs. These attributes can be used to store information or, more notably, implement access controls with Azure attribute-based access control (ABAC). Azure ABAC, which is also in preview, enables an organization to define access rules based on the value of an object’s attribute.

The healthcare industry faces a plethora of serious cybersecurity risks. Indeed, 2021 saw a record number of major health data breaches in the U.S. — the breach notification portal of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists at least 713 incidents affecting 45.7 million individuals. The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is designed to help healthcare organizations reduce risks to the security and privacy of electronic personal health information (ePHI).