The White House announced the launch of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium to provide COVID-19 researchers worldwide with access to the world’s most powerful high performance computing resources that can significantly advance the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus.

How can the modern office environment improve their operational strategy to help bolster the security of data and help employees brush up on better cybersecurity strategies? One primary method that is simple and often overlooked is two-factor authentication. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released guidance to help state and local jurisdictions and the private sector identify and manage their essential workforce while responding to COVID-19.  

The CyberNews research team uncovered an unsecured database owned by an unidentified party, comprising 800 gigabytes of personal user information.The database was left on a publicly accessible server and contained more than 200 million detailed user records. 

Security researcher Bob Diachenko has found an unprotected and publicly available Elasticsearch database, which appears to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records. 

ClosingCorp®, a provider of residential real estate closing cost data and technology for the mortgage and real estate services industries, announced that Dan Mugge has rejoined the company as chief technology officer.

Recent data breach incidents that expose personally identifiable information and biometrics highlight the lack of proper authentication and storage protocols. Organizations need to implement effective storage-based strategies to protect the biometric data collected as a result of authentication. Why is data encryption the solution?

Facial recognition companies are seeing opportunity in their services with the Coronavirus in identifying individuals without the risk of close contact, according to OneZero. 

Vineti, Inc. announced the hiring of Phil Calvin as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer.

GoExpedi announced that Dan Andersson, former Executive Vice President of Engineering with PICKUP, has joined the team as Chief Technology Officer.