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The Verizon 2016 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), published earlier this week, includes key insights on real-world data breaches and the evolving threat landscape. The DBIR continues to be one of the most important reports for organizations each year because it includes data from security vendors and organizations worldwide, revealing information on the past year’s breaches and security incidents.

The Internet of Things has the potential to revolutionize the world, including healthcare. But doctors, hospitals and medical experts might want to pause before adopting this technology and evaluate the cybersecurity challenges.

Public cloud, private cloud or hybrid cloud—regardless of which cloud-computing model you choose, there is a good chance a part of it is already powered by an open source solution. And when it comes to open source solutions for the cloud, there isn’t a better, more stable and comprehensive solution than OpenStack.

“It worked in Dev, it works in Dev. Don’t know why it’s not working in production. It’s an Ops problem now.”

Many of us have lived through a failed production deployment of an application at least once. And unfortunately for some, the memories from such failed deployments can haunt for the rest of our lives. But thanks to a relatively old technology (but gaining traction recently), such things could quickly become a thing of the past. Welcome containerization—or as most people know it—Docker containers.

I recently had the privilege to attend the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Workshop 2016, held at the NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland on April 6-7, 2016. One thing caught my attention right away: there were two digital clocks prominently displayed on either side of the auditorium. Both clocks were synchronized, and according to my phone, they were accurate to the second.