Part of the challenge is demonstrated in the question here. Our legacy thinking may lead us into thinking about incident response in a perimeter-focused way; preparing for an attack does not take into consideration the 80%+ security incidents that come from our own insiders, not from attacks. This means we are missing the biggest possible … Leer más
Almost six months after Vodafone chief executive Margherita Della Valle announced sweeping changes would take place at the telco to simplify the organisation, cut out complexity and regain competitiveness after financial results she called “not good enough”, it has announced binding agreements with European telecommunications, media and technology investment house Zegona for the acquisition of … Leer más
Noting that ecosystems and co-creation are becoming the new culture in the automation sector, global engineering firm Bosch Rexroth has announced a collaboration with Nokia to integrate the ctrlX OS virtualised operating system into the Nokia MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) on-premise operational technology (OT) edge system. MXIE is described as a future-ready, high-capacity and highly … Leer más
Poppy Gustafsson describes the past 10 years as “exhilarating”, but when asked if, when she helped set up Darktrace in 2013, she ever thought in her wildest dreams that she would have the ear of prime ministers and presidents, she says she would much rather look forward than back. “You don’t really reflect, you tend … Leer más
Slow progress on gender diversity Getting this right remains a key issue because women are still woefully under-represented in the tech industry. This year’s Digital Leadership Report shows that the proportion of women in tech globally is unchanged from last year: just 14% of technology leaders and 23% of the workforce as a whole. These … Leer más
The British Library has disclosed that it has experienced a cyber attack of an undisclosed nature, that has caused multiple technology systems at the institution to go down. The organisation first confirmed there was an ongoing IT outage via its X (Twitter) account at 5:40pm on Sunday 29 October, but it has taken a couple … Leer más
The US government’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO) Timothy Brown with multiple offences related to fraud and internal control failures, after uncovering a litany of security issues in the wake of the Sunburst supply chain incident. Uncovered in the run-up to Christmas 2020, the Sunburst … Leer más
Just weeks after announcing that it was looking to transcend the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and help improve collaboration and productivity through the launch of a generative AI (GenAI)-powered assistant, Zoom Video Communications has revealed that its AI Companion has reached a milestone. Less than two months after its introduction, more than 125,000 accounts … Leer más
US president Joe Biden has set out the country’s strategy for artificial intelligence (AI), balancing responsible innovation with safety and security. The White House said the Executive Order aims to ensure the US establishes new standards for AI safety and security, protects Americans’ privacy, advances equity and civil rights, stands up for consumers and workers, … Leer más
The research and development team at Spotify has nominated four open source projects to receive a share of its annual €100,000 FOSS (Free and Open Source) Fund. Tyson Singer, Spotify’s head of technology and platforms, said: “The recipients are all independent projects that are meaningful to Spotify’s tech stack and the work we do.” Along … Leer más