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Cybersecurity trends in 2021: Learning from a harsh year

This year has been unlike any other in living memory, barely any aspects of our lives have been spared by the impact of the worst public health crisis in decades. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shifted the way we lead our day-to-day, laying bare to our collective fragility, while greatly heightening our sense of uncertainty. The […]

Cold chain: a vital system for vaccine distribution.

Vaccinating billions of people globally is no simple undertaking, but with a suite of industry 4.0 solutions at the forefront of global efforts, it can be done. Vaccines rely on an intricate logistics system called cold chain for safe storage and transportation. The only way to achieve equitable and timely vaccine distribution is for all […]

Latin America’s e-commerce industry booms during pandemic

The worldwide retail industry experienced soaring highs and profound lows during 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic forced people all over the world to remain homebound for the greater part of the year, forcing retailers and brick-and-mortar stores to close their shops, slashing companies’ bottom lines. However, the silver lining of this global phenomenon was the highs […]

AI in education: bringing schools into the digital age

For the last decade, the education industry has dabbled with emerging technologies in the hopes of slowly integrating them within their educational models. However, the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic took the sector from carefully dipping their toes into the technological stream and threw it headfirst into an unplanned experiment of online education to hold the fort. […]

How IT leaders sailed through the pandemic storm

From the onset of the pandemic, IT leaders had to buckle up and get cracking. Managing wildly unexpected waters, IT teams and leaders around the globe successfully mitigated entire workforces to a work from home-enabled environment and rolled out support for virtual teams. For several companies, it was evident that the unsung hero that ushered […]

US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached. In a rare emergency directive issued late Sunday, the Department of […]

IBM discovers global phishing campaign targeting vaccine Cold Chain

IBM x-Force has released a report detailing a global phishing campaign headed by malicious cyber actors targeting vaccine cold-chain. The campaign attempted spear-phishing attacks in six countries, aiming for organizations and higher executive individuals linked to Chain Equipment Optimization Platform program ‘Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’, IBM analysts say. “Our analysis indicates that this calculated operation started […]

The Latest: FDA head expects vaccine emergency use soon

The head of the Food and Drug Administration says his agency has told Pfizer that it “will rapidly work” to grant emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine following a positive recommendation by government advisers. The FDA decision will kickstart an unprecedented vaccination campaign needed to eventually defeat the virus. The FDA’s greenlight of the vaccine, […]

​​Indian businesses top charts for AI adoption

While the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a screeching halt, it has simultaneously accelerated the development and adoption of many technologies to mainstream use to lift the burden of our remote functionality. According to a new report by PwC, businesses around the world – particularly in India – have begun integrating various […]

DeFi 101 and pandemic effects

The pandemic’s hand has stretched far and beyond all financial markets, leaving no stone unturned. Covid-19 has had a direct impact on the status of financial markets worldwide, affecting everything from traditional banking systems all the way down to the crypto world – and our attention today will be oriented towards DeFi. For those not […]