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Avoid These Common Ransomware Prevention Oversights

Most breaches and data losses are caused by simple "honest" mistakes that inadvertently create security weaknesses for attackers to target. In fact 68% of data breaches originate from some type of non-malicious human element*. When it comes to ransomware prevention, if you focus too intently on your defensive cybersecurity tactics, you may be overlooking some fundamental security measures, like...
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Guide to Creating a Proactive Cybersecurity Strategy

Cyber attacks are common, with 89% of companies experiencing an attack in the last 12 months*. It’s time to stop asking if attacks will occur and start asking if you can stop attacks from being successful. One of the best ways to answer this question is by employing a proactive security program. Using assessment and testing to harden your cybersecurity measures, proactive security: Uncovers...
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Enterprise Automation: The Holistic Guide

Enterprise IT automation that leverages a strategic approach helps manage diverse automation tools and solutions holistically. Learn more about the key principles to embrace for holistic enterprise IT automation.
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Fortra's Complete Guide to Layered Offensive Security

Most organizations have a decent understanding of the types of defensive security tactics they need to employ to thwart cyberattacks. But offensive security techniques are just as important for detecting existing vulnerabilities that a threat actor has yet to discover and exploit. Learn how to approach offensive security from the ground up, including the value of using a layered security...
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2023 Pen Testing Report

Over the years, penetration testing has become an integral component in proactive approaches to security, evaluating and prioritizing risk before breaches occur. Through the exploitation of identified security vulnerabilities, penetration testing can effectively measure the feasibility of systems or end-user compromise and evaluate any related consequences such incidents may have on the involved...
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The Citizen Developers Guide to Automation 

Citizen Developers: A New Frontier in Efficiency With IT teams stretched thin, and the availability of low-to-no-code tools, organizations around the globe have seen an increase in employees outside the IT department automating routine tasks and applications. Called citizen developers, these non-technical resources can add significant business value as they seek to automate routine tasks and...
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The RPA Buyer's Guide

The RPA Buyer's Guide Everyone has repetitive, manual tasks that take up their precious time. They’re tedious to get through and eat up the time you could be spending on more important work. With a robotic process automation (RPA) solution, you can reclaim your time by streamlining your processes. Simply put, RPA is transforming the way businesses operate. RPA solutions are designed to boost...
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Attended RPA and Forms

There’s more than one way to automate a process—but results may vary. That’s why it’s critical to understand the different types of process automation so you can determine how to build a workflow that will best meet your goals. Let’s start by discussing unattended vs attended RPA. In unattended automation scenarios, the bot executes without any human participation. An attended bot, on the other...
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RPA & API Integration

The Evolution of RPA Robotic process automation (RPA) has taken the world by storm in recent years by automating mundane tasks that humans perform manually, providing vast productivity gains. After years of automation being relegated to IT departments, RPA has progressed to what it is today—decentralized automation accessible to all employees throughout an organization, from citizen developers to...
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Four Ways to RPA: An Exploration of the Different Types of Process Automation

The Evolution of RPA Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has taken the world by storm in recent years because of its ability to automate mundane tasks that humans are still performing manually. However, automation as a software solution has been around long before the term RPA was widely used. Progressing from script-based automation tools to business process automation to specialized tools for...
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RPA Vendor Comparison | 2021 SoftwareReviews Data Quadrant Report

What do real users say about their robotic process automation (RPA) software? To provide a holistic review of the robotic process automation landscape, SoftwareReviews, a division of IT research and consulting firm Info-Tech Research Group, compared top RPA providers and evaluated the most popular RPA software available in the market today.
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Penetration Testing Toolkit

Safeguard your infrastructure and data With today’s ever-increasing and constantly-shifting threat landscape, organizations must do everything they can to ensure the security of its cyber assets, including penetration testing. Based on our years of experience helping organizations manage security risks across the enterprise, we’ve compiled a collection of penetration testing tools and resources...
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5th Annual IBM AIX Community Survey Findings

The AIX Community Survey, now in its fifth consecutive year, goes in-depth with IT teams to gain a unique perspective into how this platform is being used today and how teams envision using it in the future. Over the years, the respondents of the survey have expanded to include a variety of industries, geographies, and titles within IT. More than 100 IT professionals in North America, EMEA, and APAC participated in this year’s survey, and this input enables all of us to understand the role of AIX with new clarity.