Trade body CompTIA has unveiled a new IT exam to help governments and firms defend themselves and fight back against threats from cyber crime groups.
The new version of the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner exam is included in US Department of Defence guidance for training government employees and other corporations from Dell to HP. 
The hands-on test will simulate real-world security scenarios and has been updated to help security teams combat rising threats from malware and organised cyber crime.

Lenovo admitted to pre-loading the Superfish adware on some consumer PCs, and unhappy customers are now dragging the company to court on the matter.A proposed class-action suit was filed late last week against Lenovo and Superfish, which charges both companies with “fraudulent” business practices and of making Lenovo PCs vulnerable to malware and malicious attacks by pre-loading the adware.Plaintiff Jessica Bennett said her laptop was damaged as a result of Superfish, which was called “spyware” in court documents.

Here are the 10 most intriguing stats from the digital marketing space in the last week, including fascinating Instagram numbers and research about where brand dollars are going. 1. Companies will allocate 11.7 percent of their marketing budgets for analytics by 2018, up from 6.4 percent currently, according to Duke University's survey of 288 chief marketing officers. 2. The same Duke study found that mobile advertising currently takes up 3.2 percent of marketing budgets but will almost triple to 9 percent in the next three years. 3.

When Millennials Take Over - Jamie Notter and Maddie GrantBeing a parent of a millenial, this book ( I received a pre-publication review copy) was a book I was craving to read.

What happens when employees rate customers.