Author: Connected World

The Global Shift to Clean Energy

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The path forward requires tech, policy, mindset shift, and common language for measuring progress. Society is turning a corner in how it consumes energy and how it evaluates the need for global decarbonization. For the first time, trends like a readiness to cut energy consumption, combined with technology advances that allow average consumers and businesses to track energy consumption, plus a sharp decrease in the cost of renewables and energy storage have all converged. What’s left is a huge opportunity—an opportunity to do nothing short of changing the course of the planet. There’s momentum behind this global shift to clean…

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Managing Risks Proactively and Automatically

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As we approach the halfway point of 2022, the cybersecurity outlook for the year could be better. In April, there were at least 11 cyberattacks in the U.S. targeting several different sectors—public administration, healthcare, universities/education, telecommunication, and food. For instance, Austin Peay State University was the victim of a ransomware attack at the end of last month, as was the ADA (American Dental Assn.). Thanks in part to the spike in cybersecurity incidents in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more organizations are investing in proactive measures to keep themselves as safe as possible. One example of a proactive measure…

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