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Entrust your cyber security secrets to a safe pair of hands

Fri, 10th Feb 2017
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Imagine, if you will, that your security is flawless, and not a single other person can access your sensitive accounts or information.
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Intent-based networking - The next big thing

Thu, 9th Feb 2017
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network infrastructure
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sdn
The next big thing in networking? It's called Intent-based Networking and it promises to improve network availability and agility.
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The continuous subtleties of data privacy and security

Wed, 8th Feb 2017
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data protection
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data analytics
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Global data privacy muddle dissected in FT's latest Comment piece, spotlighting the legal labyrinth across borders.
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Ransomware: Key insights from infosec experts

Tue, 7th Feb 2017
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Take ransomware. What does it entail? Does it even matter – will it ever actually affect you? It'll vanish as quickly as it appeared, right? Wrong.
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Will 2017 be the year that IoT threats go mainstream?

Fri, 3rd Feb 2017
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From a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty good at exploiting them.
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Flokibot Point of Sale credit card theft on the rise

Thu, 2nd Feb 2017
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martech
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commerce systems
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supply chain
Threat actors salivate at the thought of an increased volume of credit and debit card transactions flowing through endpoints they have compromised.
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How workforce supply data can effectively drive workforce planning strategies

Wed, 1st Feb 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
In a perfect world, the data residing in each of a business' information systems would be completely accurate, updated, and easily accessible.
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Interaction data key to improving university student success

Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
The burning question remains as a new academic year dawns – how can universities make engagement more meaningful and improve student outcomes?.
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RoT: The all-powerful Ransomware of Things

Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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Infected IoT devices may extort commercial websites by threatening a DDoS attack, or locking IoT devices in order to charge a ransom aka Jackware.
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Beware the blind spot in phishing education

Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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phishing
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email security
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A common blind spot in training corporate staff to identify and avoid cyber attacks is the targeted phishing attack.
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Is your network protected? Cyber crime in the age of information

Fri, 27th Jan 2017
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wireless networks
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
Within the last four years, online security and data breaches have grown increasingly threatening, compromising big name companies.
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Stopping the Ransomware of Things in its path

Fri, 27th Jan 2017
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To stop the IoT becoming home to the RoT, a number of things need to happen; in two different spheres of human activity.
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Apple issues security patches for…just about everything

Wed, 25th Jan 2017
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apple
Apple rolls out sweeping security updates, plugging flaws in everything from iOS to iCloud. Users urged to patch swiftly.
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Secure SD-WAN - how does that work?

Wed, 25th Jan 2017
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network infrastructure
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sdn
IT professionals, especially those involved in telecommunications, should always beware of anything that's connected to the internet.
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Cyber insurance is only part of the overall security equation

Tue, 24th Jan 2017
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cybersecurity
Latest statistics show that more than 28 billion people will be connected to the Internet of Things in 2017, rising to 34 billion-plus next year.
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CommScope's predictions for 2017 trends in the enterprise

Mon, 23rd Jan 2017
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network infrastructure
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sdn
With changes and uncertainty in the global landscape, 2017 could be the year of massive change as businesses loosen their purse strings and invest.
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How to effectively cool high density data centers

Fri, 20th Jan 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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dc
Experts unveil cutting-edge cooling tech to tackle high density data centre heat and slash energy costs, safeguarding against failures.
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The chatbot comeback – is your business ready?

Thu, 19th Jan 2017
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uc
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martech
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agentic ai
Despite being born in 2011, it has only been in the last couple of years that businesses have begun to realise how valuable chatbots could be.
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Palo Alto Networks: Second wave of Shamoon 2 attacks identified

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
This latest attack materially impacts one of the primary countermeasures employed against wiper attacks: Virtual Desktop Interface snapshots.
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Beware! New WhatsApp scam offering “free internet without Wi-Fi”

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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email security
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wireless networks
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cybersecurity
WhatsApp keeps on increasing, with deceptive campaigns coming up with with novel ways of luring in victims. Today we will show you a new example.