Security Think Tank: Brexit – An opportunity to clean house
What are the pros and cons of Brexit for information security professionals and data protection?
Tech for good’s Cast awarded £1m to give charities digital aid
The Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology (Cast) has been awarded £1.12m by the Big Lottery Fund to help charities build digital solutions
Head: Digital transformation needs mainframe DevOps
As organisations become more digital, CIOs must consider how best to tap into data held in mainframes
CityFibre nears end of Edinburgh fibre broadband roll-out
Urban fibre broadband supplier CityFibre is nearing the end of a 12-month, 150km network dig in Edinburgh, its largest project to date
Rackspace ‘on brink’ of sale to private equity house – report
Reports suggest managed cloud company could be sold in a matter of days, ending its time as a publicly listed company
Finland brings e-patient records and 5G into health tech testing
Oulu University Hospital n Finland is using replica electronic patient records to support technology testing
Banner Health cyber breach underlines need for faster intrusion detection
A data breach at Banner Health has highlighted the importance of intrusion detection and prompted calls for greater cyber security investment in the increasingly targeted healthcare industry
Svitzer Marine tracks tugboats with 4G ship-to-shore Wi-Fi
Maersk-owned tugboat operator Svitzer Marine has deployed Cradlepoint rugged networking solutions to support its fleet operations in ports around the world
RBS abandons IT project for hiving off 300+ bank branches
RBS has abandoned a project to create an IT platform to support the sell-off of more than 300 bank branches
Artificial intelligence takes centre stage in cyber security
Artificial intelligence-led cyber security technology has been in the spotlight at two major industry conferences in Las Vegas, signalling a firm trend in cyber defence research
How Action for Children improved IT service delivery
Children’s charity Action for Children has rolled out Citrix remote access on tablets and is using ITIL to drive IT efficiencies
British breakthrough for IoT- based business applications this year
Internet of things-based business applications could be mainstream tools in the UK by the end of this year
Italian-based Android RAT spies on mobiles in Japan and China, say researchers
Researchers discover an Italian-based Android RAT designed for spying that is targeting mobile devices using their unique identification codes
Blockchain could be decades away for Australian enterprises
Blockchain use by Australian enterprises could be decades away despite the hive of activity around the technology
Why Asean SMBs increasingly opt for SaaS
Region is seeing a rapid take-up of cloud-based business software driven by SMBs and large firms expanding in Southeast Asia
Bitcoin exchange hack highlights security weaknesses
The breach of the Bitfinex bitcoin exchange highlights the need to follow best practices and to improve security around exchanges and wallets, say security experts
Singapore’s DBS Bank signs up to Amazon cloud
The latest move in the cloud journey of DBS bank in Singapore is an agreement with Amazon Web Services
Context warns of VoIP wars at Black Hat USA
A lack of understanding of modern VoIP and unified communications security opens many service providers and businesses to cyber attack, a Context IS researcher warns at Black Hat USA
Slow broadband causes widespread stress, campaigners claim
A report compiled for the ISP-led Fix Britain’s Internet campaign has said that millions of people are experiencing stress and anxiety because of slow and unreliable broadband
Security Think Tank: Infosec should not focus on Brexit at the expense of the here and now
What are the pros and cons of Brexit for information security professionals and data protection?
Ofcom comms survey shows changing nature of UK network use
Brits are spending more time online than ever before, according to Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report
Security Think Tank: Brexit – a mix of challenges and opportunities for infosec
What are the pros and cons of Brexit for information security professionals and data protection?
Gap between biggest and smallest cloud infrastructure firms is growing
Synergy Research Group’s second-quarter cloud infrastructure services tracker reveals that the gap between the market’s biggest and smallest players is getting wider
Government awards blockchain G-cloud contract to startup Credits
The government awards a contract to startup firm Credits to supply public services with blockchain platform as a service
MTR Crossrail overcomes tech hurdles to roll out beacons
Rail operator deploys one of Europe’s largest beacon roll-outs across its stations to accommodate new audit and driver apps
One in five businesses hit by ransomware are forced to close, study shows
More than half of UK companies have been hit by ransomware in the past year, a study on the impacts of this popular attack method has revealed
Asean consumers divided on digital satisfaction
SAP survey reveals 47% of Asean consumers are satisfied with their digital experiences, while 20% are dissatisfied
DDoS attack disrupts 123 Reg services despite DDoS protection
UK domain name and hosting service hit by distributed denial of service attack, underling the importance of adequate mitigation systems
Government considers use cases for blockchain
A government Select Committee met with industry experts to discuss the potential for using blockchain in and outside of the UK government
UAE consumers not confident that their data is safe
Protecting customer data is a top priority for organisations in the Middle East as threat levels increase
Linux botnets on the rise, says Kaspersky DDoS report
DDoS attack data collected by Kaspersky Lab shows a greater proportion of attacks are coming from hijacked Linux servers and attacks are tending to last longer
Hacker attacks following Verizon purchase of Yahoo
A hacker has claimed to have stolen 200 million user account details from Yahoo
Ransomware is a mature business model for cyber criminals, says report
Ransomware is now an established business model for cyber criminals as malware increasingly uses evasion techniques, second quarter research by PhishMe reveals
Swedish fuel supplier replaces multiple systems with single ERP application to free up IT
Preem is in the middle of a project that will see it replace about 40 business systems with off-the-shelf ERP
MI5 wrongly told staff it was exempt from privacy safeguards
Security service MI5 carried out a rearguard attempt to avoid requirements to seek independent approval for accessing the public’s internet, web, email and phone records
Windows 10 Anniversary Update ramps up Defender security
Microsoft has added a full biometrics-powered password manager to support website authentication
Enterprises dangerously complacent about mobile threats, says report
Businesses must ensure mobile security controls are deployed and enforced on every device used to access corporate data and apps, according to MobileIron’s latest mobile security and risk review
Security Think Tank: Brexit and infosec – for now it’s business as usual
What are the pros and cons of the UK leaving the EU for information security professionals and data protection?
White House efficiency reforms will limit new datacentre investments from January 2017
US government CIO Tony Scott outlines the next wave of reforms designed to curtail datacentre use by public sector agencies and departments
Sky suffers national broadband outage
Nationwide service outage has affected users of Sky’s fibre-based broadband services
Saudi Telecom Company builds out NFV capabilities
Operator continues roll-out of network function virtualisation-based services as networking trend sweeps Gulf region
Nordic CIO interview: Liv Fiksdahl, DNB
CIO of Norwegian bank tells Computer Weekly how Indian outsourcing partners help her keep costs down and digitise the business
Threat intelligence key to fighting cyber crime, says CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike develops new cyber crime intelligence services by studying the ecosystem and tools that enable criminals to set up and run their cyber attack operations
Broadband connection voucher SMEs generate substantial ROI
London SMEs that received help in getting online through the government’s broadband connection voucher scheme in 2015 are generating much more money, according to a report
A day in the life of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Britain’s most secretive court combined the surreal with the deadly serious, as it debated the legality of bulk data collection by MI5, MI6 and GCHQ
Uber plans own Google Maps amid merger with rival in China
Uber forges ahead with own digital mapping project as it cuts its losses in China by merging with local rival Didi Chuxing
Barclays to use voice recognition for phone banking
Retail bank says technology will provide secure verification by recognising the unique characteristics of each person’s voice
Take the initiative on digitisation
We look at what is available to help businesses further digitise their operations to improve service, efficiency and profit
Hadoop starts to trumpet way through UK public sector
Big data technology Hadoop is starting to appear in patches of the UK public sector, including GCHQ, HMRC, the Home Office and the NHS
ARM expands IoT security team
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