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• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Three key areas to limit cyber attack liability, says Kemp Little

  Identifying the source of the attack, reducing the spread of stolen data and mitigating liability to third parties are key areas businesses should focus on, according to law firm Kemp Little

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  BAE Systems identifies three key security strategies

  Threat intelligence, network segmentation and comprehensive systems monitoring are key ways of increasing the odds in favour of cyber defenders, according to BAE Systems

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Dell security flaws reignite debate on pre-installed software

  News that some Dell laptops are shipping with at least one, and possibly two, rogue root certificates represents a potential security breakdown in production processes, say security experts

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Steel firm gets Panzura hybrid cloud storage for global ops

  Dowco rejected pure cloud over latency concerns but opted for Panzura hybrid cloud storage for global collaboration between offices on different continents

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  No sensible business ignoring cyber threats, says Kemp Little

  There is an exponential growth in the UK of 'street level' cyber crime that is costing businesses millions, according to consulting firm Kroll

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  RSA aiming for usability through innovation, says CTO

  The challenge facing RSA as a technology company is making products that are easy to use, but allow some flexibility at the same time, says chief technology officer Zulfikar Ramzan

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Five key strategies for IoT success

  Companies need to be agile because in some IoT systems, it will be a question of the winner taking it all, according to Kent Eriksson, IoT business consultant at PTC

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Traditional datacentres ill-equipped to cope with IoT demands, warn technology experts

  BBC data scientist and Coca Cola CTO question if the datacentre is the right place to store, process and analyse IoT data

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Security key to digital transformation

  In the future, we will go to systems of systems, which means we will need a secure and trusted ecosystem from the sensor to the user, says security firm Exceet

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Security and privacy need to be core to IoT design, say industry leaders

  The best way of tackling security and privacy concerns around the internet of things is to focus on both from the design phase, say industry leaders

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  IoT value even greater than the hype, says McKinsey

  Any business that fails to invest heavily in the internet of things in the next 10 years is unlikely to be able to remain competitive, according to McKinsey researcher Dan Aharon

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Internet of things key to fast product design improvement, says PTC

  Products are becoming smart and connected – and product lifecycle management software has to change to support that, says PTC chief Jim Heppelmann

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Passwords still a top issue the tech industry has to deal with, says panel

  In the face of several failed attempts by individual companies to eliminate passwords, a growing number of large companies are joining the Fido Alliance, ISSE 2015 conference in Berlin told

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  UK firms look to threat intelligence to focus security efforts

  Performance, skills and costs remain biggest hurdles to true data-driven security, reveals an IDC study

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  TCS to give internships to 1,000 UK graduates

  IT services firm TCS is offering a thousand British youngsters the opportunity to work at some of its technology centres in India

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Atos embarks on datacentre refurbishment project push with ICTroom in Europe

  Atos has formed an alliance with ICTroom to help speed up the time it takes for enterprises to complete datacentre consolidation and refurbishment projects

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Government launches cyber security research project

  The government has launched a programme to get businesses more involved in cyber security research

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  IT and business process outsourcing surges after general election

  Business confidence following the general election is explained as the main reason for a massive hike in spending on IT and business process outsourcing by UK organisations

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Risk of crippling cyber war yet to be addressed, says former US official

  Governments need to do more with defensive cyber security because offensive capability will not restore critical services after an attack, says a former US official

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Rethink security by focusing on resilience, says Raytheon-Websense

  Businesses need to take learned behaviours and use them to reliably contain and neutralise emerging threats, says Raytheon-Websense

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  How IoT will impact the Asean cloud landscape

  IoT deployments are in their early stages in the Asean region, but experts predict as take-up of IoT apps increases it will have a big impact on IT infrastructures in the region

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Torben Høeg Bonde, Vestas

  The CIO at Danish wind turbine company Vestas is playing a key role in turning the company into a software supplier

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection

  British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Rail firm Alstom picks BT to supply network and Microsoft cloud service

  Alstom Transport will deploy an end-to-end network service from the BT Connect portfolio across 300 sites around the world

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Housing, health and blue light customers targets for advanced 4G connectivity

  As EE announces a line of products and services for public sector and business users, Computer Weekly went to explore some of the possible applications

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Volvo Group sells Swedish external IT to Indian supplier HCL Technologies

  Vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group is selling some of its IT operation in Sweden to Indian supplier HCL

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Online extortion set to increase in 2016, says Trend Micro

  2016 will see continued growth in cyber extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware, alongside a shift to an offensive cyber security posture for governments and corporations, say researchers

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Security Serious Week kicks off in London

  Some 70 organisations and more than 50 cyber crime and security experts are supporting Security Serious Week to help others become more security savvy and cyber aware

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Yakult uses data analytics to boost growth in the Netherlands by 20%

  Probiotics maker Yakult is using analytics and data visualisation tools to boost its sales in the Netherlands

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  IoT not necessarily a security disaster, says Maersk CISO

  A growing focus on the internet of things means there is hope that it will not be a security threat, says Maersk CISO

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Security needs to shift to resilience, says consultant

  Resilience means accepting that defences will be broken and preparing to reduce the impact on the business, says security expert Martin Stemplinger

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  New tech and collaboration key to future security, says expert panel

  Just as emerging cloud and mobile technologies bring new security challenges, cloud and big data analysis are key to bolstering cyber security capability, according to an expert panel

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Infosec pros should start preparing for the future, say experts

  Information security professionals need to grow their skills, engage with the business, increase security awareness, set business goals and tailor their messages, says a panel of experts

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Turning data into action still tricky for Australia's data scientists

  Australian businesses need to change their attitudes towards data scientists if they are to unshackle the benefits of data

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  ONS cyber crime stats 'tip of iceberg', say experts

  Adding the traditional and cyber crime estimates together gives a total of 14.5 million for the past year, which is below the 1995 peak of 19 million, but well above last year’s estimate

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Technologies to consider when renewing an IT services contract

  Technology changes quickly, so organisations should ensure flexibility is built into IT services contracts to avoid missing out on the benefits of the latest advances

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Cyber security innovation is crucial, says security evangelist

  Visibility and automation are key areas of cyber security innovation, but firms should concentrate first on the basics and not overlook the human element of security

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  UK companies still not on top of cyber attacks, says PwC report

  Nearly 10% of UK firms do not know how many cyber attacks they had in the past year and 14% do not know how they happened, says PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Internet of things is next step along Infiniti Red Bull’s F1 journey

  Formula 1 team Infiniti Red Bull Racing is beginning to explore the potential of the IoT as it makes ongoing improvements to its networking infrastructure with support from AT&T

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Researchers find credential-stealing webmail server APT attack

  Security researchers have discovered a new and unique advanced persistent threat (APT) technique that involves a malicious module loaded onto a webmail server

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2015: Shortlist announced

  Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, which is set to take place on Tuesday 13 October at VMworld, Barcelona

• October 03, 2015 03 Oct'15

  What to consider when IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal

  Outsourcing contracts worth billions of pounds come up for renewal over the next few years – but unprecedented industry change complicates the CIO's decision

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Education, energy and finance top UK cyber attack targets

  The UK remains in the top five most targeted countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa but has dropped from number one in 2014 to fifth place for the first half of 2015, a FireEye report reveals

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Medical devices must be secure by design, say industry experts

  The information security industry is calling for medical device manufacturers to design and build cyber security into all internet-enabled devices after thousands are found to be hackable

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Risk to internet roots of trust having impact on businesses, study shows

  Some 61% of UK firms have lost customers due to failure to secure the online trust established by digital certificates and cryptographic keys, a Ponemon Institute study shows

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Two thirds of UK businesses never meet important customers

  British businesses don't always meet their best customers or the people they do most business with, because of trends in modern technology

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  CIO interview: Antti Koskelin at Finland’s Kone

  Antti Koskelin joined Kone with the immediate task of finishing off a major IT infrastructure project that had already started, but has looked forward ever since

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Industry is 12 months out from mass IoT adoption, says IDC

  An IDC survey of global IT decision-makers reveals that almost three-quarters have either deployed or plan to deploy internet of things systems in the coming year

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Singapore general election reveals growing importance of social media

  Organisations in all sectors in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries are recognising the influence of social networking

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Many firms not getting to grips with third-party data security risk

  Supply chain data security risk is pervasive, but being unable to deal with it is down to basic failings, says a cyber risk expert

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Strong US dollar hits European server shipments as CIOs protect IT budgets

  Gartner server shipment figures highlight the impact of a strong US dollar on European IT buying habits as the global economy braces for another period of uncertainty

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  Australian Cyber Security Centre sets baseline for businesses

  The ACSC wants more organisations to take responsibility for protecting their information resources and computer systems

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Rapid7 seeks greater security collaboration with technology firms

  Rapid7 is working to promote better relations between the security community and the rapidly increasing number of de facto technology companies

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  DEF CON 23: Two major roadblocks to cyber diplomacy, says former US diplomat

  The problem of attribution and the disclosure dilemma continue to hamper cyber diplomacy, but the US might just have cracked the former, according to David An

• August 07, 2015 07 Aug'15

  Many firms still failing to test and secure web applications, says Rapid7

  Web application security is not getting the focus and attention it needs because of a lack of awareness of the risks by security professionals and developers alike, says Rapid7

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  BlackHat 2015: 2FA key to defence against cyber espionage groups

  Abuse of credentials and watering-hole attacks are main tactics used by cyber espionage group TG-3390 or Emissary Panda, research reveals

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  BlackHat 2015: Firms must switch focus to data security, says Imperva

  Without using any exploits, hackers can turn synchronisation services such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive and Box into a devastating attack tool, warns Imperva

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Why the time is ripe for security behaviour analytics

  Recent months have seen an uptick in announcements by security suppliers around behavioural analytics, but what is driving this trend?

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Sony posts best quarterly results in eight years

  Sony posts its strongest June quarter since 2007 with profits driven mainly by Sony’s PlayStation 4 software and its camera sensors

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Fiat Chrysler recall highlights importance of security by design

  Fiat Chrysler's vehicle recall – to fix cyber security vulnerabilities – highlights the cost and reputation damage of failing to ensure systems are secure by design

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills

  Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Qualcomm to cut staff and costs as quarterly profits falls by 47%

  Although Qualcomm's profit of $1.2bn for the past quarter is up by 12% on the previous quarter, the figure is down by 47% compared with the same period in 2014

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Jeep hack raises questions about responsibility for security

  The hack of a Jeep raises the question whether users or car manufacturers should be responsible for protecting against cyber attackers

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Worldwide public cloud spend tipped to hit $70bn in 2015

  Latest IDC cloud spending data highlights growing appetite for public cloud services across several vertical markets

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Investment in the internet of things boosts revenue for manufacturers

  A TCS report reveals executives plan to increase spending on IoT initiatives to boost business

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Information security governance maturing, says Gartner

  Increasing awareness of the impact of digital business risks, coupled with high levels of publicity regarding cyber security incidents, is making IT risk a board-level issue, says Gartner

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  False malware alerts cost European firms £500,000 a year, study shows

  Organisations are dealing with nearly 10,000 malware alerts a week, but only 22% are considered reliable and only 3.5% are deemed worthy of further investigation, a study shows

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Nordic region has most connected 'things' per person

  Study shows Nordic countries are leading the way in the internet of things, but are yet to use it for business transformation

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Land Rover praised for recall over software security bug

  BT Security head Mark Hughes says Land Rover's recall of vehicles to fix a software security flaw is a sensible step to address evolving criminal threats

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Symantec bets on simplicity, cloud and mobile

  Symantec is not trying to be all things to all people, but is instead focusing on threats and protecting information in the mobile and cloud environments

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Seagate embarks on renewed HPC push through partnerships with HP and IBM

  Storage supplier hopes to increase the total addressable market for its ClusterStor appliance by joining forces with HP and IBM

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Balabit bets big on Blindspotter

  At first glance behavioural analytics may seem a strange direction for security company Balabit – but it makes sense on closer inspection

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  GE predictive analytics optimises Irish Power electricity production

  Irish Power is an early adopter of GE's predictive analytics tool suite Reliability Excellence from GE, built on the company’s Predix platform

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  IBM squeezes more out of chip technology with 7nm breakthrough

  IBM has worked with Samsung and silicon chip researchers in an attempt to push the limits of chip technology

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Lotus Formula 1 gears up for racing with Microsoft Dynamics

  Microsoft Dynamics tools drive the Lotus F1 team's data analytics in ratcheting the performance of its cars, engineers – and business

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Grexit threatens to cut Greek IT spending by $3.7bn

  Greek IT spending set to fall steeply if the country leaves the Euro, following the "no" vote in the referendum

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Balabit releases Blindspotter real-time user monitoring tool

  Balabit's Blindspotter real-time user behaviour analytics monitoring tool for identifying malicious activity throughout IT systems has been released to market

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  From cars to cranes, Nordic industry is embracing the industrial internet of things

  Nordic industry is beginning to use industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies such as machine learning, big data and the internet of things (IoT)

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Symantec uncovers Morpho cyber espionage operation

  A cyber espionage group has targeted high-profile technology, internet, commodities and pharmaceutical companies in the US, Europe and Canada, reports Symantec

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Successful IoT projects beget further innovation, says Vodafone

  Vodafone’s M2M Barometer report says that, once organisations extract value from an internet of things (IoT) project, they quickly find further applications

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  Samsung lowers second quarter earnings forecast

  Samsung expects second quarter sales to total 48tn won, 8% down on the same period the year before and 5tn won below Samsung’s previous estimate

• July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15

  Cyber security a business issue, CBI conference told

  Like any other serious threat to your company, cyber security should be firmly on the board's agenda, speakers told delegates at a CBI security conference

• June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15

  Cisco launches IoT System for enterprise and smart cities

  Cisco unveils 15 products to address the growing complexity of internet of things deployments

• June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15

  Is the UK government serious about tackling IT suppliers' abuse of intra company transfers?

  The UK government is making noises about reducing the number of non-EU workers in the UK – and the IT industry could be the focal point for this

• June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15

  Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs

  Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process

• June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15

  Californian state officials reveal driverless car crash numbers for first time

  The Californian Department for Motor Vehicles bows to pressure from The Associated Press to reveal details of self-driving car crashes

• June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15

  Nordic companies drive the future of the smartcar industry

  Nordic companies are pioneering the smartcar industry as businesses and consumers turn to software to improve efficiency and safety

• June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15

  Enterprises will take up wearables for the internet of things, say researchers

  Enterprise information security may need re-evaluating as researchers predict wearables could become an interface to the industrial internet of things (IoT)

• June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15

  Nearly all UK corporations have been hacked, a survey shows

  While 96% of UK firms have been hacked, 9.1% have not acted to protect themselves from hacking, a survey has revealed

• June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15

  Renault latest to offer UK financial services through online account

  Renault is offering a UK savings account, with more financial products set to follow

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  EasyJet uses drone to inspect aircraft

  Airline easyJet has trialled the use of drones to carry out automated testing on aircraft

• June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15

  Peugeot Citroën prepares for in-car apps with Sierra Wireless

  French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to deploy device-to-cloud technology to support its connected car strategy

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

  Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Digital signage and manufacturing are fastest-growing IoT sectors

  The worldwide market for internet of things systems will grow to a total value of $1.7tn in 2020, according to analyst house IDC

• June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15

  Dell forms IoT unit and launches gateway products

  Dell has cut the ribbon on a new product division focused on creating internet of things systems

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics

  The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation

• May 26, 2015 26 May'15

  Vodafone reveals six mobile services to help developing world farmers

  Connected Farming report concludes simple mobile services could boost farm gate incomes by billions of dollars around the world

• May 22, 2015 22 May'15

  Nordics well prepared for Industrial Internet of Things

  In the race to reap the rewards of the industrial internet of things, Nordic countries are among the leading nations

• May 08, 2015 08 May'15

  CIO interview: Mikael Ludvigsen, DLG Group

  It is not an easy job to be the CIO of DLG Group, the ninth largest company in Denmark and the second largest agricultural firm in Europe

• May 08, 2015 08 May'15

  The IoT industry needs to do more to secure data, says Beecham Research

  There are key areas where the industry supporting the internet of things (IoT) needs to provide better security, according to Beecham Research