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JIRA Service Desk vs ServiceNow: Ticketing System Comparison

Ticketing systems are essential to today's enterprise IT help desk operations—without them, service requests and issues would end up lost inside a flurry of emails and handwritten notes. Both JIRA's Service Desk and ServiceNow are leading solutions in this category; the latter has a 25% share of the IT service management (ITSM) market, while Atlassian—though more software developer-focused—is a household name when it comes to project management and collaboration tools.

Is CapitalOne's DevOps Dashboard Hygieia the Best?

Many enterprise software hopefuls tackle the final stretch to becoming a mature offering through the development of an easy-to-use management GUI. This is especially true of DevOps and automation tools, as quite a few solutions have recently rounded out their platforms with web-based UI consoles for easier, visual management of resources and services.

What Is the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019?

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 (PDP Bill 2019) was introduced to the Lok Sabha by Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, on December 11, 2019. This comes after more than two years of debate about the bill's provisions. As of March 2020, the bill is being analyzed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) in consultation with industry experts and stakeholders.

Why is Cybersecurity Important?

Cybersecurity is important because cybersecurity risk is increasing. Driven by global connectivity and usage of cloud services, like Amazon Web Services, to store sensitive data and personal information. Widespread poor configuration of cloud services paired with increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals means the risk that your organization suffers from a successful cyber attack or data breach is on the rise.

Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Tools You Can Rely on Year-round

Traditional cybersecurity risk management remediation efforts start with cybersecurity risk assessments and penetration testing. This commonly involved outsourcing to a consultant who would offer the assessment as a standalone service or as part of a larger risk management program. The issue is cyber risk assessments offered by third-parties only provide a point-in-time assessment of your (or your vendor's) security controls, an inaccurate measure of the true level of risk.

9 Ways to Prevent Third-Party Data Breaches

The increasing number of third-party data breaches and the sensitive information they expose have negatively impacted consumer trust. Third-party breaches occur when sensitive data is stolen from a third-party vendor or when their systems are used to access and steal sensitive information stored on your systems. In today's interconnected economy, companies rely on third-parties.

The Top Cybersecurity Websites and Blogs of 2020

The information security landscape is constantly evolving, which is why it's so important to stay up to date with the latest trends, threats, and advancements. Given that a Google search for cybersecurity websites produces millions of results, we thought we thought we'd compile a list of the best. Adam Shostack & friends is a group blog on security, liberty, privacy, and economics.

What Is Third-Party Risk Management?

Third-party risk management (TPRM) is the process of analyzing and minimizing risks associated with outsourcing to third-party vendors or service providers. This is commonly known as third-party risk or vendor risk and can include financial, environmental, reputational, and security risks due to a vendor's access to intellectual property, sensitive data, personally identifiable information (PII), and protected health information (PHI).

What Is an Insider Threat? Definition, Examples, and Mitigations

An insider threat is a threat to an organization that comes from negligent or malicious insiders, such as employees, former employees, contractors, third-party vendors, or business partners, who have inside information about cybersecurity practices, sensitive data, and computer systems.