Working from home is muddling the boundary between private and professional lives
Working from home may offer many benefits, but it also has drawbacks and challenges. A new report from ZL Tech argues that remote working has blurred the lines between the professional and personal lives of employees, which could have consequences in the context of security. On the employee side, the challenges are self-evident. Many no longer know (or care) when …
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The sky’s the limit: using cloud to thrive in the ‘new normal’
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed countries into recession and transformed the way businesses operate. As governments continue to encourage remote working and social distancing, organizations have tasked their CIOs with implementing a wide range of digital tools to facilitate communication, collaboration, remote access, and enterprise backends. To maximize productivity and efficiency in this digital environment, organizations will need to combine …
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Print security is the remote working cyber risk very few saw coming
Printers could become the next frontier in cyber warfare, as hackers move to leverage unsecured networks and home printers. This is according to a new report from Quocirca, which argues that securing printers, both in the office and at home, needs to become a strategic priority for businesses next year. IT decision makers are aware of the security risks that …
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Up to 18,000 businesses hit in SolarWinds hack
Further complications have been identified in relation to the FireEye data breach, which we first reported on last week. It appears that not only was FireEye, together with a couple of US government agencies, breached as a result of a tainted SolarWinds update, but approximately 18,000 companies also fell victim to the attack. SolarWinds, whose internal networks were breached by …
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Three ‘success’ metrics for software development
The race towards digital transformation has picked up pace during the pandemic. In fact, a new survey by KPMG and Harvey Nash indicates that businesses around the world have spent the equivalent of $15bn extra per week on technology as a result of investment in product development. But how do they measure success? As with everything in a company, product …
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Two-thirds of businesses faced one or more insider attacks in the last year
Insider data breaches, in which employees and third-party contractors expose a company’s sensitive information, are becoming both more common and more expensive. This is according to a new report from AtlasVPN, which claims that more than four in ten businesses (41 percent) experienced at least one insider attack in the last 12 months. Some suffered up to five attacks in …
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Brexit confusion playing havoc with key IT update schedules
As a result of confusion surrounding Brexit, the IT systems of suppliers in the UK face serious disruption. According to a report from The Telegraph, due to the fact that it is still not clear whether or not there will be a no-deal Brexit, suppliers are unsure about crucial updates to their IT systems. Speaking to the publication, Steve Barlett, …
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Why advances in natural language processing spell the end for so-called ‘user error’
Artificial intelligence is catching up with human intelligence. Take natural language processing (NLP). Now at the forefront of emerging consumer technologies, such as conversational AI, NLP has transformed the user experience. Where we once had to think carefully about the right keywords to use when trying to get answers from technology, NLP enables us to ask questions of popular devices …
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Amazon has become the world’s top corporate green energy buyer
Amazon has unveiled a series of new renewable energy projects, which the company claims make it the world’s biggest corporate buyer of green energy. With these new projects up and running, the firm will be five years ahead of schedule to have all its infrastructure powered by green energy by 2030. According to the press release, Amazon is now backing …
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Mind the Gap: Building the analyst role of the future
The UK skills gap is a topic which has been scrutinized long before the pandemic began. In fact, government research has shown that there are around 17.4 million high-skilled jobs available, but only 14.8 million high-skilled workers to fill them. Within the technology and data industry, the statistics are even more staggering. According to research from The Royal Society, demand …
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