All posts by Jeff Hyatt

The Rise of Active Defense in Cybersecurity Strategies (IM)

The greatest military strategists in history have lived by the philosophy of an “active defense” or the notion that “the best defense is a good offense.” This sentiment rin... More

Smart Speakers, Video Entertainment Drive Smart Home Shipments (Dealerscope)

The worldwide smart home devices market is forecasted to ship roughly 549.5 million devices by the end of the year, according to the latest data from IDC. If achieved, that would r... More

Avid to Standardize Raycom Sports’ Workflow, Drive Viewership of its ACC Network (MESA)

Avid announced that Raycom Sports has chosen to standardize its workflow on Avid’s MediaCentral platform. Raycom Sports will upgrade its existing Avid workflows, enabling it to l... More

Google Cloud Steps Up Storage Game to Court Hollywood, Launches Filestore (ZDNet)

Google Cloud launched a new region in Los Angeles, outlined a network attached storage service and made its Transfer Appliance designed to move petabytes of data generally availabl... More

The Future of Entertainment is Now (Digitally Cognizant Blog)

At shift points like this, the old rule books no longer apply. If your organization feels it is doing “well enough” now, sustaining or redoubling those efforts may still not be... More

5 Ways to Fight Back Against Cybersecurity Attacks: The Power of Active Defense (Forbes)

Active defense is not about attacking adversaries. It is about detecting and derailing attacks early, gathering the intelligence needed to understand the attack, and stopping and p... More

Improving Security Means Killing the Password (DT)

Passwords are often cited as the biggest problem with modern digital security. They’re supposed to be complicated, unique, and ever changing, and yet few follow through with thos... More

Rebranding Cybersecurity (Forbes)

Cybersecurity has a bad reputation, and now is the time to rebrand it, showcasing it for what it really is: an industry full of opportunities, challenges and rewards. Once you get ... More

Live Digital Ad Viewing Grows, Sports is Key Driver (MediaPost)

Live viewing of advertising views on all digital media platforms continues to rapidly climb -- with sports content a main reason. In the first quarter, live viewing comprised 35% o... More

Cybercriminals Getting Their Kicks with Malicious World Cup Phishing Campaign (TechGenix)

Major sporting events, especially the FIFA World Cup, bring with them an astronomical amount of attention worldwide. It only makes sense with soccer being the top sport globally th... More

Defending the World Cup Against Cyberattacks (IT Pro Portal)

When you consider the scope and scale of technology infrastructure required to host and broadcast one of the largest sporting events in the world, there is plenty of opportunity fo... More

Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, June 24, 2018 (Citadel Information Group)

Important Security Updates Avast: Avast has released version 18.5.3931 for Free Antivirus, Premier Antivirus and Internet Security. Updates are available on Avast’s website. ... More

Featured Jobs: Walt Disney Studios; Box; Amazon

Manager, Studio Content Protection — Burbank, CA — Walt Disney Studios Sr. Software Engineer — Redwood City, CA — Box Security Engineer — Austin — Amazon Click here ... More

Featured Jobs: Deluxe; SAS; PwC

Data I/O Technician Lead — Burbank, CA — Deluxe Cloud Operations Engineer — Cary, NC — SAS Cybersecurity Cloud Manager — LA — PwC Click here to view all available jo... More

How Remote, Branch Offices Can Feel More Local with Software-Defined Networks (Digitally Cognizant Blog)

From banking to healthcare to retail, many organizations establish remote and branch offices (ROBO) to enter new markets or offer local and convenient services. For many of these e... More

IBM Watson’s Seifer on How Agencies Can Embrace Blockchain (Beet.TV)

After transparency, back-handers and disintermediation by platforms, next on the list of challenges facing media agencies is blockchain. Or, is it? A blockchain is a public, distri... More

Pay-TV Growth Slows in Europe After Falls in Cable, DTH Subs (Rapid TV News)

Of these subscribers, 35% receive direct cable services, 31% satellite and 28% IPTV. Over-the-top (OTT) and digital terrestrial TV (DTT) both represent only 3% of the total custome... More

4 Early Predictions for Black Friday 2018 (Dealerscope)

It’s never too early to start thinking about the holiday shopping season. Typically by now, the retail community is well into the holiday shopping mood, prepping their warehouses... More

TiVo’s Horstman Distills Roles of Advanced TV Players (Beet.TV)

There’s so much enthusiasm expressed for the convergence of digital media and traditional television, it’s easy to wonder why targeting and measurement aren’t light years ahe... More