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Year of ransomware continues with unprecedented surge

SonicWall records a 148% increase in global ransomware attacks, with 495 million attacks logged so far in 2021. The UK saw a 233% surge in attacks.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 4 min read • Fri, 29th Oct 2021

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Best city for cybersecurity jobs revealed

Washington D.C has been revealed as the best city for cybersecurity jobs, according to new research from Techshielder.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Mon, 30th Aug 2021

Email Security

Entrust launches Verified Mark Certificates to support BIMI email authentication standard

Entrust is launching Verified Mark Certificates to enable easier email authentication and combat phishing. It is backed by Google and the BIMI standard.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Jul 2021

Surveillance

Data requests to Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft triple as surveillance escalates

Global user data surveillance has increased for the seventh consecutive year, with data requests to tech giants tripling from 2013 to 2019.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Jul 2021

Risk & Compliance

Are you GDPR compliant?

While the GDPR is established in the European Union, businesses of all sizes across the globe need to comply if they meet certain criteria.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Jun 2021

Unified Communications

EXCLUSIVE: The right to repair & why NZ must rethink the e-waste problem

What if there was a way to extend the lifespan of products before they end up in landfill? Device repairability seems like a logical step.

By Sara Barker • 7 min read • Fri, 11th Jun 2021

Data Protection

Data privacy software market to almost double between 2020 and 2025

Research from IDC has revealed that worldwide revenues of data privacy management software grew by 46.1% year-over-year in 2020.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 4th Jun 2021

Multi-factor authentication

Best practices and key factors for identity management

In parallel with any physical form of identification, digital identities must be protected at all costs to prevent identity theft or fraud.

By Anurag Kahol • 4 min read • Fri, 14th May 2021

Unified Communications

8x8 announces updates to its cloud communications platform

Cloud communications platform provider 8x8 has announced upgrades to its contact centre, voice communications, chat and meetings.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 2 min read • Fri, 7th May 2021

Fintech

Payments firm Instarem refreshes brand to support new growth phase

Instarem unveils new logo, website, and mobile app as it aims to expand and become an all-in-one consumer app for cross-border payments.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 7th Apr 2021

Semiconductors

University commits 10 years to uncovering 'data centre of the future'

Researchers say about 1% of the world's energy is used to power data centres - but that number will climb to as much as 8% by 2030.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Feb 2021

DataCentre infrastructure

Euro data center & cloud providers commit to climate neutrality by 2030

The initiative is called the Climate Neutral Data Centre pact and is entirely self-regulated by its signatories.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 27th Jan 2021

Storage

OVHcloud, IBM, Atempo Group develop tape-based SaaS for data centres

IBM, OVHcloud, and Atempo Group are developing a storage-as-a-service solution for data centers across Europe, with plans for worldwide rollout.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Jan 2021

Data Privacy

Google completes $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit

Google completes Fitbit acquisition, ensuring data privacy with commitments not to use health data for ads and to keep it separate from other Google ad data.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Jan 2021