If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s our recap of tech stories you may have missed the week of 07/18/22!

IT Operations

• 5 experts demystify post-cloud migration challenges

• Gartner worldwide IT spend forecast dips as economy quakes

• 6 hot IT leadership trends — and 6 going cold

• The new CIO playbook: 7 tips for success from day one

• Cloud computing: Oracle and Microsoft make your database look like it's part of Azure

• What is a virtual machine, and why are they so useful?

• Network automation, SASE, 5G rank among enterprise priorities

• The emergence of multi-cloud networking software

• CIOs contend with rising cloud costs

Microsoft

• Microsoft Inspire 2022: Introducing Excel Live

• How to increase productivity by using new Microsoft 365 dashboard in Microsoft Edge

• Microsoft has these Windows 11 simulations to show you what to expect

• Windows 11 is getting a new security setting to block ransomware attacks

• Microsoft Teams is getting all these new hybrid work features

• Microsoft adds 'Cloud for Sovereignty' to its line-up

• Microsoft fills in more details on its Digital Contact Center Platform featuring Nuance AI

HPE

• HPE’s Transformation Was On Full Display At Discover 2022

• ITbuyers respond to HPE GreenLake cloud pitch

• HPE Wants to Build and Manage Your Private Cloud

Cisco

• High Availability – Features in Cisco IOS XE Software Makes It Appear Seamless

• Cisco DNA Center is now FIPS 140-2 certified

• Get Comprehensive Insights into Your Network with Secure Analytics and MITRE Mappings
  
  

AWS

• AWS Lambda announces support for Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)

• AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) adds support for AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) customer managed policies (CMPs)

• AWS Backup adds support for Amazon RDS Multi-AZ clusters

• New – Amazon EC2 R6a Instances Powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC Processors for Memory-Intensive Workloads
  

Security

• Sophos unifies threat analysis and response units into X-Ops team

• Ransomware attacks slowing as 2022 wears on

• Cybersecurity is a constant fire drill—that’s not just bad, it’s dangerous

• MITRE Engage: a framework for deception

• The Five Pillars of Cloud Security

• Cyber Safety Review Board classifies Log4j as ‘endemic vulnerability’

• LinkedIn and Microsoft are the most impersonated brands in phishing attacks

• These moonlighting hackers are using ransomware against 'random' targets

• The next big security threat is staring us in the face. Tackling it is going to be tough

• Hackers turn to cloud storage services in attempt to hide their attacks

• The biggest cyber-crime threat is also the one that nobody wants to talk about

• Google Chrome security update fixes 'high risk' flaws

• Threat actors use Google Drive, Dropbox to launch cyberattacks

• Are you doing enough to secure your network infrastructure?

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