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Public Sector IT

Exploring the challenges involved in large-scale IT projects in the public sector.

December 2014

UK drone net got torture-grade CIA comms
Mark Ballard 17 Dec 2014

A computer network that the US Central Intelligence Agency used a decade ago to conduct its kidnap and torture of terrorist suspects has become an integral part of the system now operating drone ...

NSA encryption no smoking gun, says drone net contractor
Mark Ballard 02 Dec 2014

An NSA encryption box that secures the US military's global drone network has become the focus for UK officials deciding whether a telecoms contractor should be pulled up under international rules ...

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Edge computing use cases must be driven by business value

For Schneider Electric and many other large enterprises that take a look at edge computing projects, the main criterion for ...

OT security brings new challenges in the age of IoT

We're diving into the IoT security challenges CIOs need to be aware of as a result of integrating OT devices, which often work in...

The changing role of the CIO

The shift to a digital economy is dramatically changing the role of the CIO, from trusted IT operator to business strategist.

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New evasive spear phishing attacks bypass email security measures

Researchers identified a new email security threat: evasive spear phishing attacks, which take months of investigation and social...

RPA security best practices include access control, system integration

Robotic process automation can revolutionize enterprise workflows, but if RPA security risks aren't controlled, bots could end up...

Researcher finds digital certificate fraud used to spread malware

A new certificate fraud scheme involves a threat actor impersonating company execs to purchase certs which are then resold to ...

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Try a CCNA 200-301 practice quiz from the official cert guide

This practice quiz provides a sneak peek into the new 'CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1,' which reflects Cisco's CCNA ...

Prepare for the CCNA 200-301 exam with this guide preview

Here's a sneak peek at what to expect from Cisco's redesigned CCNA exam directly from 'CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1...

Arista CloudVision 2019 from Arista Networks advances visibility

Arista Networks upgraded its network monitoring and management platform with new features that help automate and improve change ...

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New Dell EPYC servers embrace AMD Rome chips

Dell EMC goes from Naples to Rome with a new line of EPYC servers, including Ready Solutions for high-performance computing and ...

Can next-gen SIEM help cybersecurity initiatives?

More organizations are using SIEM, AI and cloud technology to minimize security breaches. Though despite interest, this ...

IBM z15 mainframe secures data across multi-cloud environments

IBM unveiled the latest in its line of mainframes capable of processing 1 trillion web transactions a day. The IBM z15 ...

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InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 expands open source time series database

While the core open source InfluxDB 2.0 project is still in alpha, InfluxData has advanced its cloud service to support new ...

New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database

Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database as the tech vendor’s Oracle OpenWorld ...

How big tech breakup would affect the tech industry

Breaking up the tech giants would be difficult and might create initial chaos in market, help smaller competitors and potentially...