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According to Neil Costa, Founder and CEO of HireClix, the most important challenge facing recruitment may no longer be efficiency. It may be trust. I sat down recently with Neil and we discussed the future of IT hiring. Artificial intelligence is transforming recruitment at a remarkable pace. Candidates are using AI tools to find jobs,…

Organizations are increasingly moving beyond AI-powered chat tools to automate more complex business processes. However, as AI adoption scales, managing growing numbers of AI agents, maintaining oversight, and controlling costs are becoming significant challenges. Microsoft has announced a new Copilot experience, which positions its platform as a way to help businesses build, delegate, and automate…

Organizations adopting cloud PCs often face delays when employees need temporary or replacement devices. Traditional provisioning workflows typically require IT administrators to manually assign and configure resources, which creates additional workload and slows user access to computing environments. These administrative dependencies can become more noticeable when businesses need to quickly restore productivity for users experiencing…

I’ve been helping organizations harden Microsoft Entra ID for the last 5 years and given multiple talks on finding holes in Conditional Access. This month, I did some research into Device Platforms, testing a misconfiguration I find in almost every tenant. In my testing, a sign-in with an unclassified platform fell outside every Conditional Access…

Organizations relying on on-premises SharePoint still face the risk that seemingly minor platform weaknesses can combine into far more dangerous attack chains. New research into CVE-2026-65660 details how a flaw in SharePoint’s security validation process could allow attackers to bypass built-in protections and, under certain conditions, achieve remote code execution. This issue affects multiple versions…

Microsoft has launched new 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop devices powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus processor. The company is also launching a redesigned Surface Mouse that adds haptic feedback and deeper Copilot integration. These new Surface devices come as Microsoft continues to push AI-powered Copilot+ PCs. The company has highlighted significant gains…

Security operations teams are facing growing pressure as attackers use AI to automate cyberattacks at greater speed and scale. While threat actors are increasingly benefiting from automation, many organizations still rely on disconnected security tools that force analysts to move between separate platforms for detection, investigation, and response. This fragmentation can slow security teams at…

Microsoft is preparing a major shift in its authentication strategy by retiring its native SMS and voice-based multifactor authentication (MFA) services in Microsoft Entra ID. The company argues that traditional phone-based verification methods are increasingly vulnerable to phishing, SIM-swapping, and other social engineering attacks, which makes phishing-resistant authentication methods a better fit for modern security…

A new ISACA study found that cybersecurity teams are struggling to keep up with a growing volume of attacks while facing limited resources. More than a third of European IT and security professionals reported an increase in cyberattacks over the past year, yet many organizations continue to operate with insufficient staffing and funding. According to…

Microsoft has been developing two separate experiences within Windows Admin Center, including Administration Mode (aMode) for general server management and Virtualization Mode (vMode) for managing Hyper-V and virtualization infrastructure. Having separate installation experiences created additional complexity for IT teams evaluating or deploying the platform, particularly those interested in trying the newer virtualization-focused capabilities. This separate…

Organizations using Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) face an urgent security risk after a critical vulnerability was disclosed that could let attackers access management functions without valid credentials. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-76460, stems from insufficient authentication checks on a vulnerable API endpoint. According to Cisco, a remote attacker could send specially crafted requests to…

PowerShell Restart-Computer allows you to restart local and remote computers by using the Restart-Computer command. This cmdlet can be entered directly at the command prompt, or it can be included in a PowerShell script. It initiates an immediate restart. It is worth noting however, that in order to use this command to remotely shut down…