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William Toll

@utollwi.bsky.social
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B2B Marketing Executive - Love: Cloud | #DevOps | #Cybersecurity | #SaaS | MSPs | #B2B | #GTM | #PMM | #Channel | #Berlin | #Boston Curation & Posts by me, not my employer

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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
It’s simple. Republicans are criminals. The @GOP @Republicans a party of criminals, rapists, child molesters, with a Neanderthal level of intelligence & scientific belief should be banned from power & kept in zoo cages. Gullible #MAGA supporters are not fit for modern society.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
From Tickets to Pipelines: Rethinking DevOps Through a Product Lens devops.com/from-tickets...
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From Tickets to Pipelines: Rethinking DevOps Through a Product Lens - DevOps.com
Rather than viewing their work as a collection of isolated tasks, DevOps teams can begin to operate like product teams.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
CIOs defer projects, cut costs as tariff uncertainty sours IT spending plans www.ciodive.com/news/tariffs...
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CIOs defer projects, cut costs as tariff uncertainty sours IT spending plans
Economic concerns rapidly reshuffled tech priorities in April, according to Boston Consulting Group.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Majority of cyber insurance ransomware claims are due to BEC betanews.com/2025/05/08/m...
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Majority of cyber insurance ransomware claims are due to BEC
A new report from cyber insurance specialist Coalition finds the majority of 2024 claims (60 percent) originated from business email compromise (BEC) and funds transfer fraud (FTF) incidents, with 29 ...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Trump is accelerating the suffering of his foolish followers.
Trump is accelerating the suffering of his foolish supporters. #FAFO
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Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 07/05/2025
When the Nazis came to power in the 1930s, they wanted to locate every Jew in Europe. They didn’t start from scratch; they turned to IBM. Who’s going to be this century’s IBM?
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Google announces agreement to acquire Wiz blog.google/inside-googl...
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Google announces agreement to acquire Wiz
Google signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz. This deal will make it easier for companies to protect themselves across major clouds.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Sophos lays off 6% of workforce following Secureworks acquisition techcrunch.com/2025/02/13/s... @sophossecurity.bsky.social via @techcrunch.bsky.social
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Sophos lays off 6% of workforce following Secureworks acquisition | TechCrunch
The layoffs come soon after Sophos completed its $859 million acquisition of Secureworks.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
CrowdStrike Leads Agentic AI Innovation in Cybersecurity with Charlotte AI Detection Triage www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/a... via @crowdstrike.bsky.social
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CrowdStrike Unveils Charlotte AI Detection Triage for Faster SOC Triage
CrowdStrike's Charlotte AI Detection Triage automates endpoint detection triage, saving SOC teams 40+ hours per week on average and delivering expert-level threat analysis at machine speed.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Palo Alto Networks Introduces Cortex Cloud, the Future of Real-Time Cloud Security vmblog.com/archive/2025... via @vmblog.bsky.social @paloaltonetworks.bsky.social
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Ransomware up fourfold as threats get more complex betanews.com/2025/02/13/r...
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Ransomware up fourfold as threats get more complex
Analysis of data logged by the Barracuda Managed XDR Security Operations Center shows ransomware threats have increased by four times over the last year. In 2024, Barracuda Managed XDR logged 11 tr…
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
FBI, CISA warn hackers abusing buffer overflow CVEs to launch attacks www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fbi-cis...
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FBI, CISA warn hackers abusing buffer overflow CVEs to launch attacks
The agencies are urging manufacturers to shift development practices through the use of memory safe code.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Backblaze CEO On Using AI, Partners, Price To Compete In Cloud Storage www.crn.com/news/storage... @backblaze.bsky.social
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Backblaze CEO On Using AI, Partners, Price To Compete In Cloud Storage
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Trend Micro Purchase Reportedly Sought by Private Equity Firms www.channele2e.com/brief/trend-...
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Trend Micro Purchase Reportedly Sought by Private Equity Firms
Reuters reports that interest in acquiring U.S.-Japanese cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which counts Microsoft, McAfee, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks as its competitors, has escalated among pri...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
DOGE Is Hacking America The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history. www.schneier.com/essays/archi...
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DOGE Is Hacking America - Schneier on Security
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, b...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Check Point and Wiz join forces to challenge Palo Alto in cloud security www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/ar...
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Check Point and Wiz join forces to challenge Palo Alto in cloud security | CTech
The strategic partnership aims to create the industry's most comprehensive cloud protection solution.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Drata Acquires SafeBase to Strengthen GRC Portfolio www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/d... via @darkreading.bsky.social @dratahq.bsky.social #GRC
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Drata Acquires SafeBase to Strengthen Vendor Management, GRC
The combined companies will create a seamless ecosystem of trust, governance, risk, and compliance.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How to Steer AI Adoption: A CISO Guide thehackernews.com/2025/02/how-... via @thehackernews.bsky.social
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How to Steer AI Adoption: A CISO Guide
CISOs lead AI strategy without clear guidance. The CLEAR framework helps security teams track AI, enforce policies, and drive responsible adoption.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
74% of Security Directors in Regulated Industries Say Detection Security Technologies Fall Short : @VMblog vmblog.com/archive/2025...
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74% of Security Directors in Regulated Industries Say Detection Security Technologies Fall Short : @VMblog
Everfox released the CYBER360 Report revealing that 74% of IT Security Directors in regulated industries in the US and UK who were surveyed found detection-based security technologies outdated and ina...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Acronis H2 2024 Cyberthreats Report Unveils Rise in Ransomware, AI-Driven Attacks, and Malware Risks : @VMblog vmblog.com/archive/2025... via @vmblog.bsky.social
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Acronis H2 2024 Cyberthreats Report Unveils Rise in Ransomware, AI-Driven Attacks, and Malware Risks : @VMblog
Acronis released its biannual report titled, "Acronis Cyberthreats Report, H2 2024: The rise of AI-driven threats".
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
DeepSeek Curbs Signups for AI Chatbot Amid ‘Malicious’ Attacks www.itprotoday.com/ai-machine-l... <<I am glad I tested it on Saturday. Fascinating on all fronts.
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DeepSeek Curbs Signups for AI Chatbot Amid ‘Malicious’ Attacks
The surge in DeepSeek's popularity led to significant stock market losses for U.S. and European tech companies.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#Earthquake in #Boston #DidYouFeelIt - I did. 10:24am ET
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A Brief Guide for Dealing with ‘Humanless SOC’ Idiots A Brief Guide for Dealing with ‘Humanless SOC’ Idiots medium.com/anton-on-sec...
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A Brief Guide for Dealing with ‘Humanless SOC’ Idiots
My former “colleagues” have written several serious pieces of research about why a SOC without humans will never happen (“Predict 2025…
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Vertice bags $50M for its AI-powered SaaS spend platform techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/v... #FinOps #SaaSMGMT
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Vertice bags $50M for its AI-powered SaaS spend platform | TechCrunch
Vertice has made a name for itself over the years in the crowded world of expenditure management by focusing on applying AI to optimize an area where
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Predictions 2025: Data renaissance, systems of agency, LAMs, SAMs and security threats siliconangle.com/2025/01/21/p...
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Predictions 2025: Data renaissance, systems of agency, LAMs, SAMs and security threats - SiliconANGLE
Predictions 2025: Data renaissance, systems of agency, LAMs, SAMs and security threats - SiliconANGLE
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
MSP trends and predictions 2025 - executive summary www.canalys.com/insights/msp...
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Canalys Insights - MSP trends and predictions 2025 - executive summary
In 2025, the IT managed services industry is poised for significant growth globally, led by a surge in demand for cybersecurity-focused services amid evolving buyer preferences. The year ahead also br...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Security Needs to Start Saying 'No' Again www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/s... via @darkreading.bsky.social
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Security Need to Start Saying 'No' Again
The rush to say 'yes' allows cybersecurity teams to avoid hard conversations with business stakeholders, but also risks losing their ability to effectively protect organizations.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Navigating the Next Wave of Cybersecurity Legislation With a Supercharged Security Culture devops.com/navigating-t... via @techstronggroup.bsky.social
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Navigating the Next Wave of Cybersecurity Legislation With a Supercharged Security Culture - DevOps.com
CISOs at the forefront of implementing developer-driven security programs choose upskilling solutions that allow for precision measurement.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Pipeshift Nabs $2.5M to Help Orgs Train, Deploy and Scale Open LLMs www.startuphub.ai/synthesia-cl...
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Synthesia Closed $180M Series D to Revolutionize Enterprise Video with AI
Synthesia closed a $180 million Series D funding round, led by NEA with participation from new investors, including WiL, Atlassian Ventures, and PSP
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
SentinelOne report highlights shared tactics between HellCat and Morpheus ransomware groups siliconangle.com/2025/01/23/s... via
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SentinelOne report highlights shared tactics between HellCat and Morpheus ransomware groups - SiliconANGLE
SentinelOne report highlights shared tactics between HellCat and Morpheus ransomware groups - SiliconANGLE
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Bitbucket Cloud’s “Hard Down” Outage Highlights DevOps Dependencies devops.com/bitbucket-cl...
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Bitbucket Cloud's "Hard Down" Outage Highlights DevOps Dependencies - DevOps.com
How Atlassian's recent Bitbucket Cloud outage impacted global DevOps teams and what it reveals about cloud service dependencies.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Infosec was literally the last item in Trump's policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/t... via @theregister.com
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Infosec was Trump's lowest priority, but he'll change bigly
Everyone agrees defense matters. How to do it is up for debate
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Evolving Shift Left Security: A More Powerful Approach to Software Development Security devops.com/evolving-shi...
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Evolving Shift Left Security: A More Powerful Approach to Software Development Security - DevOps.com
For several years, teams have been empowered to shift security left, embedding it earlier in the development process.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
CloudWave 2025 Predictions: Healthcare in 2025 - Predictions for Cybersecurity and Cloud Adoption vmblog.com/archive/2025...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
CDW 2025 Predictions: Reevaluating AI in 2025 to Achieve Efficiency vmblog.com/archive/2025... via @vmblog.bsky.social
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Microsoft clarifies OpenAI relationship after Stargate megadeal, has cloud right of first refusal www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/micr...
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Microsoft clarifies OpenAI relationship after Stargate megadeal, has cloud right of first refusal
In an open AI relationship
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Postman launches an AI agent builder on top of its API platform techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/p...
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Postman launches an AI agent builder on top of its API platform | TechCrunch
Since it was founded in 2014, India-based Postman has made a name for itself as one of the most popular platforms for building and using APIs, with
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22/01/2025
This is so obviously horseshit. It’s a bundling previously-announced investments, vague promises of what they might do in the future (“…up to $500 billion”), a nice round number — always the hallmark of a bullshit budget, and a consortium of half a dozen companies who’ve never collaborated before.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Mitiga secures $30M to expand cloud and SaaS incident response capabilities siliconangle.com/2025/01/21/m...
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Mitiga secures $30M to expand cloud and SaaS incident response capabilities - SiliconANGLE
Mitiga secures $30M to expand cloud and SaaS incident response capabilities - SiliconANGLE
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Lenovo acquires data center storage provider Infinidat siliconangle.com/2025/01/16/l...
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Lenovo acquires data center storage provider Infinidat - SiliconANGLE
Lenovo acquires data center storage provider Infinidat - SiliconANGLE
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
AWS re:Invent 2024: Security, identity, and compliance recap aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi... #AWS
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AWS re:Invent 2024: Security, identity, and compliance recap | Amazon Web Services
AWS re:Invent 2024 was held in Las Vegas December 2–6, with over 54,000 attendees participating in more than 2,300 sessions and hands-on labs. The conference was a hub of innovation and learning hoste...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
The Future of CISA in Healthcare in the New Administration www.bankinfosecurity.com/interviews/h...
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The Future of CISA in Healthcare in the New Administration
Many important efforts by the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency to help the healthcare sector and other critical infrastructure sectors bolster their
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Google Cloud could overtake Microsoft’s No. 2 cloud position this year www.fierce-network.com/cloud/google...
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Google Cloud could overtake Microsoft’s No. 2 cloud position this year
Microsoft has long been the number two provider in the cloud market by revenueBut a new analysis from J. | Microsoft better be looking over its shoulder as Google Cloud creeps closer than ever.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Cloud, enterprise spend on data center gear spiked in 2024 www.ciodive.com/news/cloud-e...
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Cloud, enterprise spend on data center gear spiked in 2024
Hyperscaler investments dominated the market, but CIOs and their surrogates contributed to the spending surge, according to Synergy Research Group.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Threat Actors Exploit a Critical Ivanti RCE Bug, Again www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilit... via @darkreading.bsky.social
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Threat Actors Exploit a Critical Ivanti RCE Bug, Again
New year, same story. Despite Ivanti's commitment to secure-by-design principles, Chinese threat actors are exploiting its edge devices for the nth time.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
How Nvidia is creating a $1.4T data center market in a decade of AI siliconangle.com/2025/01/11/n...
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How Nvidia is creating a $1.4T data center market in a decade of AI - SiliconANGLE
How Nvidia is creating a $1.4T data center market in a decade of AI - SiliconANGLE
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Listen to your technology users — they have led to the most disruptive innovations in history https ://venturebeat.com/ai/listen-to-your-technology-users-they-have-led-to-the-most-disruptive-innovations-in-history/
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Listen to your technology users — they have led to the most disruptive innovations in history
Technology users can be a source of ingenious ideas rather than a barrier. Here's how to seek out innovative disruption.
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
How is your organization planning the #cybersecurity budget for 2025? Stats I found Software: 32% : 21% off-prem, 11% on-prem Services: 28% : MSSPs, consulting Hardware: 15% : cloud infrastructure, on-prem systems Personnel: 37% including salaries, benefits, training www.elisity.com/blog/cyberse...
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Cybersecurity Budget Benchmarks for 2025: Essential Planning Guide for Enterprise CISOs
Discover essential cybersecurity budget benchmarks for 2025. Learn key allocation strategies, emerging tech investments, and justification tactics for CISOs planning enterprise security budgets. Exper...
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William Toll @utollwi.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This is interesting. - Survey by cloud platform company. However top projects / security budget considerations for 2025 - -AI/Data Security -Modernize/Consolidate stack -Compliance Regulations -Block lateral movement/microsegmentation -Supply Chain/Vulns
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IT leaders raise concerns over IT security overspend | Computer Weekly
How many IT security products does it take to secure a business? Too many, according to some IT decision-makers.
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Tech Field Day @techfieldday.com · 07/11/2024
We’re live with Networking Field Day #NFD36 this week! Check out live video from Itential, Meter, Elisity, Path Solutions, Arista, and Aviz on our website!
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Networking Field Day 36 - Tech Field Day
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