2020 was, without doubt, not the year any of us had planned for. It challenged us personally and professionally, but we also learned a lot. I wish I could offer some highly complex insight about what success looked like in 2020, but in reality, it all came down to transparency, collaboration, and drive. Those three simple things working in conjunction …
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Today’s communication networks power economies, revolutionise societies, empower businesses and are vital for future nation growth. But these networks are also constantly exposed to persistent and complex cyber threats from a wide variety of vectors. As such, and quite rightly, they have been classified as critical national infrastructure of a national security concern. The creation of the ‘High Risk Vendor’ …
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Strong engineering leaders know that efficiency is a key component of any successful project. However, many projects are derailed by spending time fixing errors. In fact, about half of a software developer’s working week is spent on maintenance, such as debugging, modifying code, and fixing bad code – which whilst unavoidable, highlights that somewhere in the development process inefficiencies are …
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The enterprise datacenter of tomorrow might be unlike anything we’ve seen to date. Today, human workers are required to run centers, make sure they are fully operational and resolve issues that might arise, but future datacenters may become fully autonomous. This is according to a new report, jointly released by market analysts IDC and Chinese tech giant Huawei, which asserts …
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Pensions company Now:Pensions has suffered a data breach, with sensitive information on more than 30,000 customers leaked online, according to a report from The Guardian. Earlier this week, the company sent an email to affected customers, explaining that names, physical addresses, email addresses and birthdates were all leaked, as well as National Insurance numbers. The company manages auto-enrolled pensions for …
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When it comes to AI research, Google has put in place measures designed to help the firm navigate potentially sensitive topics (e.g. race and religion) more effectively. But some have suggested the level of caution exercised by the company could amount to censorship. According to a Reuters report, Google has added an extra layer of checks for all the research …
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Microsoft, McAfee and almost two dozen other companies have formed a new coalition, the goal of which is to completely eliminate ransomware. Called the Ransomware Task Force (RTF), this A-team will build a standardized framework for dealing with the threat, regardless of the industry. At the moment, instead of having industry consensus on how to tackle ransomware, affected businesses try …
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There is a new type of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in town, and it’s inspired by an acoustic beat. Spotted by web infrastructure firm Cloudflare, the attack sends traffic in pulsating waves instead of going for all out bombardment, simulating the beating of a drum. The goal of this new type of attack is likely to deceive security …
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In the past year, the UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reported 17 serious data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), affecting more than 120,000 people. This is according to data found in MoJ’s annual report for 2019/20, and analyzed by the Parliament Street think tank. The incidents mostly came down to sloppy and reckless behavior – e.g lost unencrypted …
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The UK is set to miss out on its already watered-down target to deliver gigabit broadband to 85 percent of the country by 2025. This is the conclusion of the “Broadband and the Road to 5G” report, published earlier this week by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee, as well as the National Audit Office (NAO). The committee’s report …
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