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• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Akash Khurana, CIO and CDO, McDermott International

  Akash Khurana’s joint CIO and CDO role enables him to engineer a digital-led business transformation at engineering company McDermott International

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Unprotected Kubernetes consoles expose firms to cryptojacking

  A number of big companies have been targeted by crytojacking attacks, where cyber criminals hijack computing power to mine cryptocurrencies, but some have unprotected Kubernetes consoles in common

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Farming gets £90m tech boost

  The government is pushing high tech into agriculture and farming as it fleshes out its Industrial Strategy

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Economic impact of cyber crime is significant and rising

  Cyber attacks are becoming easier to carry out while defences remain inadequate, study shows

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Strategic cyber criminals likely to capitalise on GDPR

  As cyber criminals concentrate on targeted, strategic, money-making attacks, they are likely to use GDPR fines as leverage to extort money from organisations, a report warns

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  Few organisations managing cyber risk, survey shows

  Cyber risk management practices are not keeping up with rising cyber security concerns among senior executives around the world, a study shows

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Industrial cyber security improving, but needs work

  Cyber attacks on industrial and critical infrastructure systems are increasing in number and sophistication, but more attention is being paid to security, says Honeywell at it opens new Dubai facility

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Norway’s government backs cyber defence mobilisation

  Norway has accelerated plans to scale up its national security infrastructure against threats emanating from the cyber domain

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Industrial cyber security continues to be poor, warns report

  The number of internet-accessible industrial control systems is increasing every year, researchers warn

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  European Commission eyes blockchain opportunity

  The European Commission is aiming to get the most out of blockchain technology in a wide variety of sectors

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Dutch companies not ready for GDPR despite approaching deadline

  Organisations in the Netherlands are racing towards General Data Protection Regulation compliance, but there is still much to be done

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Davos: Cyber risks grow as countries turn towards protectionism

  The cost of natural disasters is now at record levels, but the cost of cyber crime is far higher. The World Economic Forum hopes to persuade governments to work together on the problem, but with isolationist politics back in fashion, can it succeed?

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  UK likely to remain strategic EU data protection partner

  Head of European Union’s independent data protection authority says UK is likely to remain a strategic partner in data protection after Brexit

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  IoT security risks need immediate action, says report

  The security failings in today’s internet-connected devices will only become more pervasive unless action is taken immediately, according to industry experts

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks

  Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019