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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Important Update 2020

Now Offering full CMMC Consulting Services Get CMMC Consulting Services From a Team of Compliance Experts and Cybersecurity Engineers Trained to Get You Over the CMMC Finish Line. Learn More It’s been an interesting year and a busy few months with plenty of updates for the CMMC assessment requirements process.  For some background, the CMMC (cybersecurity maturity model certification) was created by the DOD and requires that its 300,000 supplier, primes, and subs (i.e., the Defense Supply Chain (DSC)) become compliant with defined cybersecurity practices and processes at various levels...

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A Third Party App Store in the Near Future

This year Apple reached a valuation of $2 Trillion which is both an achievement and a curse at the same time. Now scrutiny from government organisations is likely as to where the extraordinary revenue is coming from. Already Spotify has issued a complaint in Europe alleging the 30% cut Apple takes from all sales via the App Store is uncompetitive as the Apple Music service is not subject to the same 30% tariff, this complaint has legs, as it was the European commission that ended Internet Explorer’s monopoly of the...

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When Should You Upgrade to macOS 11 Big Sur, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14

As we get into September, it’s a good bet that Apple will soon—either this month or next—be pushing out major upgrades for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Apple previewed these new versions at its Worldwide Developers Conference back in June, and they’ve been in public beta for a few months. Once Apple makes macOS 11 Big Sur, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14 available, the question looms large—when should you install them? (Note that we say when and not if. There’s no harm in delaying a...

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Extend your Mac battery

Although Macs are great at managing their energy use which allows MacBooks to maximise the time they are able to run from battery power alone, there are situations in which you may wish to extend their energy efficiency even more. The Intel CPU running in your Mac that’s the i number usually from i3 through i9 in the current Mac line-up supports [Intel Turbo Boost which accelerates processor and graphics performance for peak loads, automatically allowing processor cores to run faster than the rated operating frequency. Intel Turbo Boost, unlike...

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What's the Deal with All the Privacy Requests in Catalina?

Over the last few releases of macOS, Apple has been beefing up the Mac’s privacy controls so they more closely resemble what the company has done in iOS. You’ve undoubtedly noticed that when you first launch a new app on your iPhone or iPad, it often prompts for access to your contacts or your photos, the camera or microphone, and so on. The idea behind those prompts is that you should always be aware of how a particular app can access your personal data or features of your device. You...

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Apple will launch an all in one subscription service this fall

Imaginatively called Apple One, you can now pay for a single subscription which will provide access to the following Apple subscription services: Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade & iCloud There will also be a Premier version of Apple One which will provide the additional extra services of; Apple News+ & Apple Fitness+. The Apple One service should launch in October 2020, on the official Apple website Books, iTunes, & Apple Card are not listed as one of the services that will be made part of the Apple One subscription,...

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