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• June 04, 2020 04 Jun'20

  Coronavirus: Cyber criminals target laid-off workers

  Malicious actors are targeting workers laid-off or furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic

• June 04, 2020 04 Jun'20

  UK employees complain of lacking tools to work at home effectively

  Even though employees expect to continue working remotely for the foreseeable future, a significant proportion of teleworkers lack access to the required technological equipment

• June 04, 2020 04 Jun'20

  Covid-19 drives Zoom boom in first quarter of 2020

  Now ubiquitous conference software firm Zoom cashes in as coronavirus spurs higher demand for distributed, face-to-face interactions and collaboration

• June 04, 2020 04 Jun'20

  Malaysian minister backtracks on spectrum allocation decision

  Amid reports of a surreptitious decision to allocate spectrum to five Malaysian operators, the communications minister rescinds his own order, calling for a more transparent review of the allocation process

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Sodinokibi data auctions highlight changing criminal tactics

  The operators of the Sodinokibi ransomware strain are auctioning off swathes of stolen data in an apparent bid to raise cash. What is motivating this new tactic?

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Lidl Finland speeds up with new local server racks

  Lidl brings server racks to its Finnish stores in a bid to improve connectivity and introduce new services to its customers

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Security procurement framework goes live for NHS and public sector

  Cyber Security Services Framework, developed by NHS Shared Business Services, has formally launched

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  CCRC sends 47 subpostmaster miscarriages of justice for appeal, asks for prosecution powers review

  The Criminal Cases Review Commission sends 47 more subpostmaster cases to Court of Appeal and asks government to review private prosecution powers

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  US senator implores UK legislators to ban Huawei from telecoms networks

  US senator tells committee of MPs that deployment of Huawei in UK 5G phone networks would have been the equivalent of allowing Russia to build submarines during the Cold War

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• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Infosec 2020: Covid-19 an opportunity to change security thinking

  The annual Infosecurity Europe is being held virtually this year, and speakers at an online panel session have been considering the impact of the pandemic on security awareness

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  How Teams and Office 365 connect NHS staff during the lockdown

  NHS’s AGEM Commissioning Support Unit has migrated from on-premise SharePoint to Office 365 and is now using Teams

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Aston Martin swaps out legacy antivirus for AI-driven service

  Luxury car manufacturer says the advent of artificial intelligence-powered services will revolutionise its security posture

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Worldwide user spending on cloud-based web conferencing technology will grow by nearly 25% in 2020

  Global workplace restrictions will drive expansion of cloud conferencing user base throughout 2020, but growth will taper off next year

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Keeping IT operations running for remote workers

  Measuring employee experience and enabling self-service are some of the ways businesses can manage and empower a remote workforce

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Telefónica Deutschland, Bell Canada select Ericsson as 5G network partner

  Ericsson scores wins for next-generation infrastructure technology on both sides of Atlantic for both core and radio segments

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Interxion cuts energy cooling costs by 20% in West London datacentre through EkkoSense deployment

  Digital Realty-owned Interxion said deployment’s success will pave the way for similar roll-outs of EkkoSense technology in other facilities within its portfolio across Europe

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Google Cloud eyes public sector push after signing MoU with UK government procurement chiefs

  Google Cloud follows in the footsteps of Microsoft and Oracle by signing MoU with the UK government, which should pave the way for broader adoption of its technology by public sector

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  How Australia’s Shockbyte scales with cloud

  Australian game server provider Shockbyte uses bare metal servers on the cloud to meet the needs of demanding gaming applications and to grow its global footprint

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Government departments could cut payment costs through API deal

  The UK government adds fintech to its approved procurement list which promises to cut the costs of receiving payments

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Revved-up electric vehicle market to drive associated connected services to 270% growth

  Projected end of sales of petrol-engined cars set to propel higher adoption of electric vehicles and generate boom in connected vehicle tech to $378m by 2024.

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Vodafone gives six months’ free business broadband to UK SMEs

  UK telco introduces scheme to help UK small businesses attempting to cope with new phase in Covid-19 lockdown

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  VMware vulnerability leaves private clouds open to takeover

  Ethical hackers from Citadelo uncovered a vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director that left private cloud owners open to takeover

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  OneFS for Cloud is a heavyweight entrant in cloud file storage

  Dell EMC’s porting of its Isilon OneFS scale-out file system to cloud and hybrid use cases brings a big player to a market that has had some innovative incumbents for some time

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Covid-19 pandemic accelerates work on NHS App

  The coronavirus health crisis has sped up work to integrate online consultations in the NHS App, exceeding roll-out targets and driving uptake

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Hull supercomputer helps fight Covid-19

  University’s Viper supercomputer team join forces with Sheffield-based HPC specialist in global distributed computing project focused on the coronavirus

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Digital transformation held back by lack of skilled people

  Veeam survey finds digital transformation a hot topic, but 44% of firms are held back by skills shortages. Meanwhile, the cost of downtime is found to be $67,651 per hour for the most important apps

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  NIS security regulations proving effective, but more work to do

  The UK’s NIS cyber security and risk regulations are proving somewhat effective, according to a government report

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  How to succeed at site reliability engineering

  Adoption of site reliability engineering is growing in Asia-Pacific, but organisations need to have the right organisational structure and culture to succeed

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Enterprises planning future with 5G and Wi-Fi 6

  Deloitte study shows advanced wireless technologies increasingly seen as a ‘force multiplier’ for emerging technologies including AI, IoT, cloud and edge computing

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Subpostmasters to force scrutiny of government’s role in Post Office IT scandal

  The government's role in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal could soon be put under the microscope as subpostmasters take their complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  Covid-19: Global smartphone sales take a tumble in Q1 2020

  Leading analyst Gartner attributes 20% year-on-year decline in device sales to effect of coronavirus pandemic, with leading brands showing sharp falls

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Employees must be consulted on technologies monitoring the return to work

  Experts say the workforce must be ‘in the room’ and given a meaningful say about technologies introduced to monitor their return to work following the Covid-19 pandemic

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Egypt offers free tech scholarship to 100,000 citizens

  Egypt's youths are being offered free training to help them to prepare for the careers of the future

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Privacy campaigners call for radical changes to contact-tracing app

  Liberty, Privacy International and the Open Rights Group join calls for the government to either put in place better data protection policies or abandon its Covid-19 contact-tracing app altogether

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  SmarTone deploys Ericsson Spectrum Sharing to open the gates to 5G-based smart city

  Hong Kong operator deploys 5G broadly across territory using dynamic spectrum-sharing technology

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  HSBC platform uses AI to analyse trading data thousands of times faster

  HSBC is offering its US share trading customers artificial intelligence-powered insights into public information about listed companies

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange misses court hearing due to respiratory problems

  The WikiLeaks founder is expected to call 21 witnesses during a three-week extradition hearing in September

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Former Sage boss becomes chairman of Tech Nation

  After five years as chair of Tech Nation, Eileen Burbidge has stepped down. Replacing her is Stephen Kelly, who says he wants to support the next generation of tech scaleups

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  GSMA, O-RAN team to open up 5G networks

  Collaboration aims to accelerate an ‘industry-wide consensus’ on the adoption of open, interoperable interfaces and radio access network virtualisation

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  How Saudi Arabia is using cloud to navigate the Covid-19 downturn

  Organisations in Saudi Arabia are using cloud computing services to help them navigate challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  UK-Ireland frictionless border tech far from ready, EU Select Committee finds

  The government has promised a frictionless UK-Ireland border, but currently technology only has the capacity to mitigate rather than eliminate friction, and the government’s technical advisory group on the border seems to be on hiatus

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Coronavirus: Government under renewed pressure to ramp up support for limited company directors

  Chancellor of the Exchequer's announced extensions of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme prompt renewed calls for more tailored financial support for limited companies

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Councils don't have a consistent view of cyber security, says report

  The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government releases findings around security perceptions of local authorities

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Inside India: The world’s IT powerhouse

  The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them?

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  How managed threat hunting helps bust malicious insiders

  Managed threat hunting services can help take some of the pressure off security operations centres and help ensure potential breaches don’t escalate into something far worse. We explore one such case with a happy ending

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Wireless Broadband Alliance calls for single global Wi-Fi network

  Global wireless ecosystem consortium unveils WBA OpenRoaming to offer automatic and secure connection of billions of devices to millions of Wi-Fi networks

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Qualcomm aims to tap into Wi-Fi 6E with ‘world’s most advanced’ mobile wireless portfolio

  Hot on the heels of FCC action described as milestone and watershed moment for innovation that will supercharge connectivity, wireless processor giant aims to cash in on new wireless standard

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Government launches IoT security funding round

  A £400,000 funding pot is on offer for innovators to design schemes that boost internet-of-things security

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Trump signs executive order targeting social media firms

  US president moves to weaken legal protections for social media companies after Twitter takes action on his posts

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Test and Trace has not passed data protection impact assessment

  Public Health England failed to complete the required impact assessment before launching the Covid-19 Test and Trace programme

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Cisco eyes up ThousandEyes purchase

  Networking giant says acquisition of internet and cloud intelligence platform provider will enhance its network performance and monitoring capabilities across the enterprise and into the cloud

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Salesforce Q1 2020: 30% growth, Benioff sees ‘new normal’ by 2021

  Salesforce announces 30% year-on-year revenue growth for the first quarter, and displays Covid-19 crisis alleviation activities

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  How Sega Europe slashed incident response times using cloud SIEM

  Gaming company’s SOC radically improves its operational efficiency with Sumo Logic’s cloud SIEM service

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  O2 completes Innovate UK cyber security project blueprint for self-driving cars

  Leading UK telco O2 finalises projects to protect data integrity of connected cars as part of major UK project into autonomous vehicles on UK roads

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  UK fintech investment reaches record high

  Huge increases in UK fintech investment over the past three years has seen the sector explode, but most of the activity is still concentrated in London

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Singapore’s contact-tracing app tops privacy study

  Singapore’s TraceTogether is least intrusive in terms of privacy communications compared with similar apps in the region, study finds

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  UK to join Covid-19 High-Performance Computing consortium

  UK becomes first country outside the US to join group enabling researchers and scientists to access top supercomputers to help their work on the coronavirus

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Mobile industry makes ‘rapid’ progress towards 5G despite Covid-19

  BPI Network Survey suggests operators are rethinking security in the light of 5G network traffic, and shows “dramatic” increase in connected devices and new mission-critical use cases

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Kaminario offers cut-price virtual SAN in the cloud

  Flash pioneer Kaminario builds its VisionOS out to the cloud and says its cloud block storage is much cheaper than what is available from the native cloud services of the big three providers

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  The software innovation impact of coronavirus

  Software developers can work remotely, but if workers are expected to work remotely in the long term, can organisations maintain a software innovation cycle?

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  IT contractors hit by delays in Covid-19 furlough scheme payments from umbrella companies

  A lack of clarity over how Covid-19-related furlough pay calculations should be totalled up for IT contractors working for umbrella companies has left many facing financial hardship, it is claimed

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  Covid-19 calculated to cause 18% drop in net new IoT devices in 2020

  Fleet management, heavy transport vehicles, equipment, fixed assets and digital signage are among the internet of things applications hit hardest by the pandemic

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  European General Court annuls ban on proposed Three UK/O2 merger

  Court reverses European Commission judgment blocking 2016 purchase of leading UK mobile providers

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  Departments launch 69 services on Gov.uk during coronavirus pandemic

  During the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, government departments have launched 69 online customer facing services on Gov.uk, with another 46 on track to be delivered

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  Public Health England to keep contact-tracing data for 20 years

  PHE will retain the data it collects via the NHS Test and Trace programme for 20 years

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  TSB Bank digitises banking forms in response to coronavirus lockdown

  As part of its 2022 digital strategy, TSB has begun rolling out electronic forms designed in Adobe XD and processed using Adobe Sign

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  IoT buyers eye private network deployments for added security

  Fully private, segregated networks for IoT deployments are becoming increasingly attractive to many organisations, according to a report

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  UK government unveils NHS Test and Trace service to combat Covid-19

  UK government unveils framework to stop the spread of coronavirus, but contact-tracing launch date not revealed

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  UK government seeks innovations to tackle space debris

  Organisations developing solutions in space surveillance and tracking will be able to bid for a share of a £1m funding pot

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  How AI can improve food safety

  Fujitsu has developed a computer vision model that recognises hand washing gestures to ease the enforcement of stricter food handling rules in Japan

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  BCS calls for computer coding in scientific research to be more professional

  BCS position paper finds the software coding practices of non-computer-science scientists to be insufficiently professional

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Revealed: Surveillance camera network that covered Dominic Cummings’ lockdown travel

  A network of automatic number plate recognition and local authority traffic cameras could help police track Downing Street chief of staff Dominic Cummings’ journeys to Durham and Barnard Castle during the Covid-19 lockdown

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Coronavirus: CIOs should consider a new desktop IT strategy

  Although the Covid-19 lockdown is easing, office life will not return to normal any time soon, and few will be buying new PCs

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Three-quarters of people expect to work remotely more often after the lockdown

  Current changes in working patterns through the Covid-19 outbreak set to see marked shift in the future, and have major impact on digital infrastructures

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Subpostmasters crowdfund for justice in IT scandal

  Campaign group calls for public support to help potential victims of Post Office Horizon IT scandal

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  British companies dominate safety tech sector

  UK companies dominate ‘safety tech’ sector with a quarter of global market share, says report, although legislation regarding online harms has stalled

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Covid-19: Managing spikes in website traffic now IT leaders’ biggest challenge

  AppDynamics research reveals that 95% of companies plot new tech course after Covid-19 outbreak as technologists see opportunity to show their value to the business

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Makers decides shortlist for Women in Software Powerlist 2020

  Software engineering academy Makers has released the shortlist of candidates for its annual Women in Software Powerlist, from which the winners will be selected

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  New Level39 chief sets out vision for incubator

  New head of Level39 speaks to Computer Weekly about her vision for the accelerator going forward, and how it will leverage its network to support the startup and tech community

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Hospital uses robots to manage air supply to patients

  Northampton General Hospital deploys automation to ensure oxygen is always available as demand increases amid Covid-19 crisis

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Enterprise clouds hammered by cyber attacks during pandemic

  Remote workers logging onto enterprise cloud service accounts are an easy access point for attackers, says McAfee

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  PropertyGuru touts 3D virtual viewings with StoryTeller

  Southeast Asian property portal PropertyGuru rolls out new capability in its FastKey platform that lets developers showcase properties to prospective buyers through 3D visualisation

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  EE network sees fivefold leap in Zoom users, 45% increase in voice calls, apps since lockdown

  Research from mobile operator highlights changing habits of UK citizens during lockdown, with video conferencing seeing massive leap

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Fears contact-tracing app will open the floodgates for cyber criminals

  Study of UK consumers reveals worries over an uptick in cyber crime and a lack of trust in government

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Max Schrems accuses Ireland of ‘Kafkaesque’ delay in Facebook GDPR investigation

  Privacy campaigner Max Schrems has urged the European Commission to intervene after the Irish Data Protection Commission allegedly used ‘Kafkaesque’ tactics to delay investigations into Facebook’s compliance with GDPR

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  StrandHogg mobile vulnerability has evil twin

  Variant of the dangerous StrandHogg vulnerability affecting Android phones could allow hackers to access almost all apps on a target device

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  One-third of all bank jobs are now tech-related

  The proportion of jobs in banks that are technology-related is growing quickly, accelerated further by the Covid-19 pandemic

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Huawei hits out at fresh UK network probe

  UK cyber security agency confirms it will conduct a new investigation into the security-worthiness of Huawei’s 5G technology

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  MoD cuts through competition barriers to sign direct private cloud deal with Microsoft

  The Ministry of Defence has justified its decision to directly award Microsoft a 23-month private cloud deal by stating the firm is the only one able to meet its precise technical and data protection needs

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Ericsson enables commercial 5G network for Telia in Stockholm

  Swedish operator lays the foundations for the next phase of digital transformation with 5G network designed to open up new user experiences and accelerated innovation in areas such as entertainment, healthcare, manufacturing and transport

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Nokia joins the Open RAN Policy Coalition

  Finish comms tech provider reinforces its commitment to the development of future secure mobile radio technologies for 5G by joining open and software-defined network technology consortium

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Lack of clarity around 5G fuels misconceptions about next-generation networks

  Revolutionary potential of next-generation 5G network is huge, but research suggests key messages are not hitting home with businesses or consumers

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  900 more criminal prosecutions of subpostmasters could be unsafe because of IT failures

  Post Office re-examines hundreds of prosecutions that could have resulted from faults in Horizon IT system

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Android security vulnerabilities differ by country, say researchers

  Manufacturers of Android devices including Huawei, Samsung and Xiaomi shipped devices with different levels of security in different regions, leaving their users exposed to attack

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  The Security Interviews: Temper tantrums ahead as GDPR enters its terrible twos?

  On the General Data Protection Regulation’s second birthday, Tim Hickman, a data protection lawyer and partner at White & Case LLP, discusses the regulation’s teething troubles and assesses how best to maintain optimum compliance

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Thailand gears up for 5G

  Thai government forms 26-member committee to develop a roadmap for 5G adoption and address roadblocks related to the recall of unused spectrum from state agencies

• May 25, 2020 25 May'20

  Coronavirus: Australia calls for stronger defences amid cyber attacks

  The Australian Cyber Security Centre offers guidance for critical infrastructure operators to guard against cyber attacks which have already hit the healthcare sector

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  EasyJet to be sued over customer data breach

  If successful, airline’s potential liability for the loss of millions of customer records could be as high as £18bn

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  Small firms seize digital lifeline to get back to business

  Research shows Covid-19 crisis has kick-started a small business digital revolution to power recovery, with over a quarter of firms responding to running their businesses remotely with videoconferencing

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  Rancho Water turns tap on Extreme connectivity for critical water delivery

  US public utility uses secure and resilient wired and wireless network systems to power 45,000 service connections across 100,000 acres