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Cloud security
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
RSA’s Middle East cyber security conference gains its own identity
RSA Abu Dhabi conference focuses on region’s cyber security needs as digital technology deployments expand
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
UK intelligence agencies ‘unlawfully’ sharing sensitive personal data, court hears
A secret court will decide whether Intelligence agencies are “unlawfully” sharing huge datasets containing sensitive information about the population with industry, government departments and overseas intelligence services.
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October 16, 2017
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Oct'17
Law firm speeds search and saves TB with Mimecast email archive
Cloud email archiving turbo-charges search, while email security is locked down and terabytes of storage use on-premise avoided with email stub on local servers
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October 13, 2017
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Oct'17
WEF gets to grips with risks posed by transformative technologies
World Economic Forum is bringing technology, insurance and government sectors together to better understand the risks posed by technology failures
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October 11, 2017
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Oct'17
Dutch government agreement increasingly focuses on IT security
The coalition government in the Netherlands has agreed its plan for the next four years, with IT security prominent
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October 03, 2017
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Oct'17
Investigatory Powers Tribunal faces challenge in appeal court over mass hacking
Appeal court will decide whether UK citizens have the right to challenge controversial decisions made by Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
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September 29, 2017
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Sep'17
Finnish tax administration strengthens cyber security capabilities
Tax administration steps up cyber security initiatives as more of its services are delivered digitally
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September 22, 2017
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Sep'17
NetApp privacy chief warns enterprises off investing in GDPR snake-oil tech
Speaking at the inaugural Datacloud Ireland event in Dublin, NetApp chief privacy officer, Sheila FitzPatrick, outlined her concerns over tech suppliers cashing in on the enterprise rush for GDPR compliance
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September 22, 2017
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Sep'17
Nation-state actors responsible for most cyber attacks
Companies of all sizes may find themselves faced with highly capable state-sponsored cyber attacks, but steps can be taken to shore up defences
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September 21, 2017
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Sep'17
Gas distribution network SGN invests in software-defined perimeter
SGN manages the network that distributes natural and green gas, and is now updating its corporate IT network for the cloud
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September 18, 2017
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Sep'17
UAE banks share information to combat cyber threats
Banks in the United Arab Emirates will share information on cyber attacks through a platform instigated by the country’s banking federation
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September 14, 2017
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Sep'17
Government aligns data laws with GDPR
The UK government announces details of its data protection law that will align with the EU’s GDPR
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September 14, 2017
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Sep'17
Trust could be last hurdle for insurtech dominance
Insurance startups that use the latest IT are gaining customers but still face challenges around trust, security and consumer awareness
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September 05, 2017
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Sep'17
UK universities increasingly targeted by cyber criminals
Cyber attacks are turning their attention to UK universities, with research being the main prize
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September 05, 2017
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Sep'17
People with non-IT backgrounds could help fill cyber security skills gap
Organisations should look to fill cyber security roles with people who are curious and have work experience rather than focusing solely on graduates
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September 04, 2017
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Sep'17
CIO interview: Adrenaline junkie leaps from big pharma to cloud services
Diana McKenzie, CIO of Workday and triathlon competitor, on analytics, data lakes and the relationship between IT and business
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August 28, 2017
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Aug'17
VMware making bigger push into cloud, cyber security
The virtualisation bigwig is making it easier for VMware customers to adopt public cloud services, starting with a partnership with Amazon Web Services
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August 23, 2017
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Aug'17
UK business urged to do more as ID fraud continues to rise
Identity fraud continued to increase at a record rate in the first half of 2017, reaching epidemic levels, a fraud data report has revealed
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August 15, 2017
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Aug'17
Microsoft to open new Azure regions in Australia in public sector push
Hosted by Canberra Data Centres, Microsoft’s additional Azure datacentre regions will provide the necessary security controls for handling government data in Australia
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August 14, 2017
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Aug'17
Everton FC works with Netskope to safeguard cloud-stored data
Cloud provider’s Active Platform will help football club secure player and fan data as GDPR deadline approaches
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July 26, 2017
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Jul'17
Nordic digitisation brings unwanted consequence of heightened cyber security risks
The Nordic region is becoming highly connected – which has not gone unnoticed by cyber criminals
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July 25, 2017
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Jul'17
Big data means big risk, Swedish Transport Agency leak shows
The Swedish Transport Agency exposed sensitive information by transferring its databases to a third party cloud provider without following data protection procedures
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July 25, 2017
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Jul'17
London security centre handed £14.5m to get off the ground
The government is to fund a new cyber security innovation centre in the capital and has launched a competition to develop and design it
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July 25, 2017
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Jul'17
APAC public cloud market to surpass $10bn in 2017
Led by growing demand for cloud infrastructure services, the public cloud market is now dominated by Microsoft, Amazon and Alibaba, which is expanding its footprint outside China
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July 21, 2017
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Jul'17
Azure propels Microsoft intelligent cloud earnings
Microsoft's hybrid approach to cloud computing is starting to pay dividends, as the company's Q4 2017 financial results show
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July 20, 2017
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Jul'17
Retail data breaches still high as GDPR deadline looms
As the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation compliance deadline approaches, retail data breaches remain unacceptably high, a data threat report reveals
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July 17, 2017
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Jul'17
IBM claims breakthrough in mainframe encryption
IBM says its new mainframe ushers in a new era of data protection in response to a call to action from chief information security officers and security experts worldwide
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July 17, 2017
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Global cyber attack could cost up to $120bn, warns Lloyd’s
A global cyber attack could have a similar economic impact as a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, according to the world’s oldest insurance market
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July 13, 2017
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Jul'17
Verizon denies data loss but admits potentially huge breach
Verizon has responded to reports of millions of customer records being exposed to the internet by saying no data was accessed by malicious third parties, but the incident raises thorny issues
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July 12, 2017
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Cyber security industry believes GDPR is stifling innovation
Cyber security industry believes the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation is hindering innovation and could encourage organisations to cover up security breaches, a poll has revealed
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July 12, 2017
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Jul'17
Home Office confirmed as early adopter of Oracle’s UK cloud region
The Home Office is to be one of the first public sector organisations to access cloud services from Oracle’s UK cloud region
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July 05, 2017
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Jul'17
Storage the favourite use case for public cloud customers
Despite lingering trust issues, storage and backup are key use cases in the public cloud, says Barracuda survey. Meanwhile, Microsoft Azure is Europe’s favourite cloud provider
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July 04, 2017
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European cloud adoption continues despite security concerns
Confusion reigns in European firms about security responsibility for cloud-based services, while investment in additional measures highlights ongoing concerns
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July 03, 2017
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Jul'17
Cyber security comes down to culture, say Dutch security experts
IT security can no longer be seen as just a technical matter. People, education and management matter too, but culture is the overarching and binding element, says security executive at Dutch bank
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July 03, 2017
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Jul'17
CISOs in Australia, Singapore concerned with cloud security
Unsanctioned cloud apps continue to be major bugbear among security chiefs in the two countries, a Symantec survey has found
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June 27, 2017
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Jun'17
French aeronautics and aerospace manufacturer optimises datacentres
High-tech manufacturer outsources datacentre management to support its digital transformation
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June 20, 2017
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Jun'17
Republican contractor exposes personal data of nearly 200 million US voters
A misconfigured database containing the sensitive personal details of more than 198 million US voters was left exposed to the internet by a firm working on behalf of the Republican National Committee
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June 16, 2017
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Australia’s decryption plan seen as untenable
Experts say efforts to get technology and social media firms to cooperate with the authorities in decrypting communications will be hard to achieve
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June 15, 2017
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Jun'17
Google spins up Google Cloud Platform in Singapore
The search giant’s Singapore cloud region is its third one in Asia-Pacific, underscoring its ambition to challenge Amazon and Microsoft in a fast-growing public cloud market
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June 14, 2017
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Jun'17
SAP users look to software suppliers to help with fast-approaching GDPR
An SAP UK and Ireland user group survey has found user organisations crying out for help as GDPR approaches, with cloud delivery a special concern
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June 08, 2017
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Jun'17
Islamic State supporters shun Tails and Tor encryption for Telegram
Confidential communications show terror group’s supporters are turning to simple mobile phone messaging apps to exchange messages and distribute propaganda
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June 08, 2017
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Jun'17
Infosec17: CheckRecipient crowned UK’s most innovative cyber security firm
Venture capital-backed machine learning technology developer startup wins national competition to find most innovative cyber security company
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June 07, 2017
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Jun'17
Many non-voters would vote if they could do it online
An online voting system would increase turnout in general elections if it was available in the UK
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June 06, 2017
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Jun'17
UK voters worried that election will be targeted by hackers
Online voting is being held back in the UK because of fears that cyber criminals could influence the results
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May 31, 2017
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May'17
WannaCry shows validity of risk-based security, says RSA head
WannaCry and other recent cyber attacks underline the importance of adopting a risk-based approach to security, says RSA president
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May 23, 2017
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May'17
EternalRocks worm combines seven leaked NSA attack tools
Hard on the heels of the WannaCry ransomware attacks, a researcher has found a worm that combines four NSA exploits and associated attack tools, including EternalBlue used by WannaCry
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May 22, 2017
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Middle East largely unscathed after WannaCry cyber attack
The impact of WannaCry on the Middle East was reduced due to the attack falling on a weekend, but it is a stark warning
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May 16, 2017
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UK government sees collaboration as key to cyber security success
The UK government believes collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical to success in cyber security
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
Financial services CISOs prioritise GDPR – but their service providers might not have
Survey shows 52% of CISOs working in the finance sector have made compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation an investment priority
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
Ransomware: Protect yourself with good backup and cloud policies
More ransomware attacks are likely. The best way to protect against them is to have up-to-date in-house backups and to ensure cloud backups are adequately protected and available