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Supporting the Next Generation of Women in Cybersecurity
In honor of International Women’s Day, we're spotlighting a program with The Society of Women Engineers and Tanium that educates women on technology careers

7 Best Practices for Configuration Management
With many organizations shifted to a work-from-home (WFH) policy for employees, configuration management has never been more important.

It’s Time to Stop Settling for Bad Data
While IT teams enable the data collection and automation that drive the rest of the business, their own data practices have lagged. Let’s change that.

7 Best Practices for Endpoint Performance Monitoring
With so much at risk, endpoint performance monitoring is critical for any organization interested in making the most of its people and technology.

How IT Decision-Makers Will Lead in 2021
The pandemic challenged and then empowered IT organizations. Here's where IT operations and security are headed in 2021.

Q&A with Tanium’s Todd Palmer, One of CRN’s Most Influential Channel Chiefs of 2021
Tanium's head of partner sales explains how the company is investing in its channel partners to help more organizations manage and secure endpoints.

Supply Chain Security: Achieving Best Practices
In light of the SolarWinds attack, there needs to be better assurance on cyber risk. Here are some considerations for addressing supply chain security.

What Is Data Privacy Management?
Learn more about data privacy management and how having the right tools enables organizations to secure sensitive data and remediate privacy breaches.

Strengthening Federal Technology Risk Management
The transition to remote working has expanded agency threat surfaces — and it’s not just cybersecurity risk that agency IT teams have to deal with; it’s increased risks to data, the mission and staff. People now use devices they weren’t before, in places and networks they weren’t working from previously — making it harder to protect all endpoints from phishing or malware attempts.

Is It Time to Revisit Your Software Management Practices?
Distributing and patching software are two of the most important tasks assigned to an organization’s IT team. Many tools are designed to handle those tasks, which fall under the general heading of software management.

How to Strengthen Federal Endpoints and Networks With Preventative Security
Agencies have long relied on reactive security (compensating security controls) vs. preventive security (baseline security controls) to protect their information systems. As a result, many end up with tool sprawl — adopting too many one-off specialized solutions that complicate risk decision making, fail to scale and fall apart in a borderless environment.

How Agencies Can Improve FITARA Cyber Scores With Real-Time Data
The scores from the latest Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) are out. Good news: it showed overall improvements for all agencies. Surprising news: not one agency’s cyber score changed from the previous scorecard.