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NoMachine Listed on InfoWorld’s 2021 Tech of The Year List

“Most hard-core Unix jocks shun GUIs, instead favoring command line interactions with remote servers…Desktop quality in NoMachine is superb. The difference in desktop quality between NoMachine and most other offerings is noticeable, and NoMachine makes what is typically a frustrating experience a usable one. Frequently updated, and available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, NoMachine may be the best all-around remoting solution available.”

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Multiple new SolarWinds vulnerabilities have been uncovered

“Following last year’s SolarWinds hack, a security researcher from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs decided to take a further look into the company’s software to see if he could find any additional vulnerabilities. In a new blog post, security research manager at Trustwave Martin Rakhmanov has revealed that he found three severe bugs in two products from SolarWinds.”

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Think of remote access as a business continuity issue

“A little more than a year ago I had the opportunity to interview 40 CISOs about their enterprise access challenges. They understood the limitations of virtual private networks (VPNs), yet not one IT leader had the appetite or intention of replacing their legacy access approach. They weighed the weaknesses of these approaches, from operational issues to end-user experience and poor security against other priorities related to digital transformation and cloud migrations.”

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Top 10 cybersecurity predictions for 2021

“In the past year, COVID-19 has had a larger impact on work habits and security environments than any other health emergency in memory. That combined with technological advances such as 5G has led to several trends we expect to see in this New Year.
Here then are our top ten:”

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