Productivity software can affect cybersecurity through access permissions, data handling, software updates, and the risk of phishing or misuse.
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Productivity is the efficiency with which people and security teams complete legitimate work. In an information-security context, the tag commonly covers both workplace productivity tools—such as collaboration, document-sharing, and workflow platforms—and the design of security controls that protect them without creating unnecessary friction. It may also include automation that helps analysts perform tasks such as alert triage or access reviews consistently.
These platforms are material security surfaces because they store sensitive information, expose sharing and access permissions, and often connect to third-party services through integrations or OAuth tokens. Excessive privileges, misconfigured sharing, unmanaged applications, or weak authentication can enable unauthorized access or data disclosure. Conversely, controls that are difficult to use may encourage unapproved workarounds, although this outcome is not inevitable. Practical safeguards include single sign-on with multifactor authentication, least-privilege access, governed integrations, audit logging, and clear workflows for reporting and removing compromised accounts.
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Prioritize resilience over productivity, say CISA, NCSC and their friends from Oz, NZ, Canada
Prioritize resilience over productivity, say CISA, NCSC and their friends from Oz, NZ, Canada Information security agencies from the nations of the Five Eyes security alliance have co-authored guidance on the use of agentic AI that warns the technology will likely misbehave and amplifies organizations’ existing frailties, and therefore recommend slow and careful adoption of the tech.…
Interpol says fraud schemes using the tech are 4.5x more profitable AI is apparently good for the bottom line if your business is crime. Financial fraud schemes carried out with the help of artificial intelligence are 4.5 times more profitable than those that aren't enhanced, according to Interpol's latest estimates.…
Research shows productivity and judgment peak decades after graduation A growing body of research continues to show that older workers are generally more productive than younger employees.…
Office workers without AI experience warned to watch for prompt injection attacks - good luck with that Anthropic's tendency to wave off prompt-injection risks is rearing its head in the company's new Cowork productivity AI, which suffers from a Files API exfiltration attack chain first disclosed last October and acknowledged but not fixed by Anthropic.…
Tackle longstanding issues around productivity, cyber resilience and public sector culture, advises spending watchdog The UK's government spending watchdog has called on the current administration to make better use of technology to kickstart the misfiring economy and ensure better delivery public services amid tightened budgets.…
Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff More than three-quarters of UK employers admit to using some form of surveillance tech to spy on their remote workers' productivity.…
Loads of governance issues to worry about, and the chance it might spout utter garbage Microsoft has published a Transparency Note for Copilot for Microsoft 365, warning enterprises to ensure user access rights are correctly managed before rolling out the technology.…
Hear how AI runtime security secures applications in the complete journey from design to build to run Sponsored Post Ensuring access to mission critical, AI-enabled applications is important for modern businesses keen on boosting employee productivity and transforming customer operations. But not if it compromises data security.…
At least not until Redmond's government edition is ready to roll Staff working at the US House Of Representatives have been barred from using Microsoft's Copilot chatbot and AI productivity tools, pending the launch of a version tailored to the needs of government users.…
SANS unveils online hub with valuable tools and information for cybersecurity professionals defending ICS Sponsored Post Industrial Control Systems (ICS) which can automate processes, increase productivity and reduce labour costs, are rapidly gaining worldwide enterprise traction.…
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