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• February 28, 2022 28 Feb'22

  Cradlepoint offers pathway for simplified LTE, 5G wireless WAN deployments

  Cloud LTE and 5G wireless network edge services provider unveils business-grade wireless WANs, with management capabilities that are claimed to exceed entry-level cellular offerings

• February 28, 2022 28 Feb'22

  Sajid Javid outlines NHS tech targets

  Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid announces priorities around digital transformation in the health service

• February 28, 2022 28 Feb'22

  AT&T teams with Microsoft to gain private 5G edge

  US operator collaborates with cloud giant to integrate 5G network with Azure private mobile edge computing and builds on existing edge work between the two companies

• February 28, 2022 28 Feb'22

  Government set to backtrack on untenable position on subpostmaster compensation

  The government looks set to backtrack on its previous stance and outline a means of providing fair compensation to a group of Post Office Horizon scandal victims so far left out of compensation schemes

• February 25, 2022 25 Feb'22

  Irish data watchdog calls for ‘objective metrics’ for big tech regulation

  Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, says EU regulators must agree on metrics to measure the effectiveness of data protection regulation

• February 25, 2022 25 Feb'22

  Darktrace buys attack surface management firm Cybersprint

  Emergent AI cyber specialist Darktrace is to pay £39.7m for Netherlands-based Cybersprint

• February 25, 2022 25 Feb'22

  NAO report praises NHS for data and digital leadership in Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

  The £5.6bn programme has delivered value for money to date – and ‘creative’ use of data despite complexities was among the factors that led to successful delivery, says report

• February 25, 2022 25 Feb'22

  Mid-band 5G forecast to deliver $610bn GDP growth by 2030

  Study shows 5G mid-band spectrum will play a key role in meeting demand for enhanced mobile broadband and fixed wireless access, but to satisfy demand for 5G services by 2030, government action is crucial

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Researchers link Dridex botnet to emergent Entropy ransomware

  A little-known new ransomware called Entropy contains significant code similarities to the general purpose Dridex botnet, suggesting some kind of link between the two

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  KnowBe4 cyber drama tackles Colonial Pipeline in fourth season

  KnowBe4’s ongoing cyber security training drama, The Inside Man, reaches its fourth season with a plot drawing inspiration from one of the most impactful cyber attacks of 2021

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  New wave of cyber attacks on Ukraine preceded Russian invasion

  A wave of DDoS attacks, and a second data wiper attack, were seen hitting Ukraine in the hours leading up to the Russian invasion

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Security organisations form Nonprofit Cyber coalition

  Founding members of the Nonprofit Cyber coalition pledge to enhance joint action on cyber security around the world

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  New cyber guidelines to safeguard construction sector

  NCSC launches sector-specific security guidance for organisations in the construction industry, with input from the Chartered Institute of Building

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Russia behind dangerous Cyclops Blink malware

  Joint NCSC CISA advisory attributes a dangerous malware, dubbed Cyclops Blink, to Russia’s Sandworm APT, likely a GRU unit, with WatchGuard users at particular risk

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Benu teams with AWS for SASE-based cloud-native networks

  Network edge service provider teams with global cloud giant on first use of public cloud for wireline broadband and security services with secure access service edge infrastructure

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Paid-for advertising still not covered in Online Safety Bill

  Consumer group Which? calls again for government to include measures against scam paid-for advertising in the Online Safety Bill

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Salesforce pays out over £2m in bug bounties

  Salesforce says it received more than 4,000 vulnerability reports in 2021 alone as it delivers a rare public update on its bug bounty programme

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Backups ‘no longer effective’ for stopping ransomware attacks

  Traditional methods of mitigating ransomware are less efficacious thanks to the rise in double and triple extortion techniques

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Microsoft extends Defender umbrella to Google Cloud Platform

  Redmond says extending Defender for Cloud native capabilities to the Google Cloud Platform will help simplify security for organisations pursuing multicloud strategies by eliminating the gaps where the bad guys can get in

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  IT leaders primed to drive innovation and hybrid work

  As organisations move beyond the pandemic, survey shows IT leaders are being given greater levels of responsibility

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Attempted burglary exposes risk of NatWest customer data in former worker’s home

  Former Royal Bank of Scotland employee offers bank a compromise in her dispute over the return of confidential customer information

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Dutch girls in STEM held back by persistent gender bias

  Gender stereotyping is leading to low numbers of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths sectors

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Tech acquisition to be major priority for UK police

  Policing minister cites technology as major focus for future of UK police, in comments made ahead of the publication of the Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  Helsinki shares its plans to bridge post-Covid learning gap with the rest of the world

  Finnish capital is calling on global education systems to embrace technology as a facilitator of research, ideas and knowledge-sharing, not just as a new way to deliver classes

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Gartner: Public sector must target disjointed IT strategy

  The pandemic showed how quickly public sector IT can deliver technology to support essential services – now it is time to fix scalability

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Horizon inquiry questioning raises hopes of fair compensation for victims so far left out

  Post Office Horizon scandal victims left out of current compensation schemes have had their hopes raised that the statutory public inquiry is seriously addressing their demands for fair financial redress

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  UK organisations swift to chide phishing victims

  While UK organisations are doing better at security training, many are quick to punish employees who fall victim to phishing attacks, whether real or simulated

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Hammerspace offers follow-the-sun access to on-prem and cloud storage

  Startup aims to succeed where others have failed and present file, block and object storage data from any and multiple locations as if it were local to the user

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Singtel’s Paragon platform to ease edge computing deployments

  Singtel’s new software platform is touted to make it easier for enterprises to deploy edge computing applications on its multi-access edge computing platform

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Sweden completes phase two of e-krona pilot

  Sweden’s central bank is well into its second year of testing a new digital currency, but so far, no firm decision has been made by the government to adopt it

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Zoom gains NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus and NHS security badges

  Video platform Zoom has added a number of UK-specific cyber certifications to help it demonstrate its platform is safeguarded against common threats

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Union pushes for collective bargaining around technology and data

  Prospect union releases guidance on how workers and unions can engage employers over the use of technology at work, with particular emphasis on the need to include technology provisions in collective bargaining agreements

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  RealWear enables remote nuclear plant inspection

  Augmented reality headsets from RealWear have been deployed by TÜV SÜD for certifying technical systems during the pandemic

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Backup heads to cloud as ransomware hits 76% and RTOs/RPOs fail

  Veeam survey finds most can’t recover the data they want or do it in time, ransomware is now a ‘disaster’, use of the cloud is increasing, but the datacentre is still very important

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  UK joins US in pinning Ukraine DDoS attacks on Russia

  A series of DDoS attacks on Ukrainian defence and banking organisations last week is now being firmly attributed to Russian action

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Open banking surpasses five million UK customers

  Upwards of five million people in the UK are using open banking services as the financial sector’s fintech revolution gathers pace

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  New consultation on legal direction to restrict use of Huawei in UK telecoms networks

  UK government is consulting on its proposed legal instruments to mandate the removal of all Huawei equipment from 5G networks by the end of 2027

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Telstra and TPG Telecom strike network sharing deal

  Australia’s Telstra and TPG Telecom have joined forces to share their mobile networks and spectrum in a landmark deal that will expand coverage for both telcos

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Lawyers say ‘unprecedented’ secrecy deprived EncroChat defendants of fair trials

  Lawyers from seven countries say it is impossible for their clients to challenge the accuracy, authenticity, reliability and legality of the evidence against them

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  UK organisations untroubled by Trickbot surge

  A surge in Trickbot infections is targeting some of the world’s most prominent brands, but UK organisations seem thankfully unaffected

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  CDO interview: Lisa Valentino, executive VP for client and brand solutions, Disney Advertising Sales

  The entertainment giant is bringing marketing, data and technology together to make the most of its growing digital advertising opportunities

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  CIO interview: Adam Miller, group head of IT, Markerstudy Group

  The insurer and Auto Windscreens owner is using cloud-based virtual desktops to ease acquisitions and support home working during the pandemic – and its IT chief has a growing range of projects on the go

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  The British people are waking up to the scandal that happened under their noses

  Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been suffering in silence for many years, but the current public inquiry is giving them a voice, and people are listening

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Risk of UK digital broadband divide growing

  Report from communications regulator warns that amid rising cost of services, millions of low-income families in the UK are missing out on a £144 annual broadband saving

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  How Signify accelerated automation projects as pandemic challenges mounted

  Dutch lighting manufacturer used robotic process automation technology to help it address Covid-19-inflicted disruption

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Nvidia founder and CEO portrays AI-centricity

  Earnings call for Nvidia’s fourth-quarter results offers a leading indicator of where the application of artificial intelligence may be heading

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Helsinki helps lay the groundwork for cities to take on healthcare drones

  Finnish capital is part of a pan-EU project to introduce drone technology into emergency medical services

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  How one Singapore company is keeping drivers safe

  TNT Surveillance’s technology is being deployed by bus and port operators to reduce driver fatigue and prevent accidents using cameras and radar sensors

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  MPs demand urgent compensation for Post Office scandal victim group

  MPs have called for the government to urgently provide fair compensation to a group of victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal who have so far been left out of compensation schemes

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  2021 another record year for UK cyber investment

  Total revenue generated by the UK’s cyber sector was up 14% last year, and UK-registered security firms raised over £1bn in investment