Cyber Security
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Google Cloud has appointed Noor Al-Sulaiti as head of security business development and government relations for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region (META).
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The AT&T data breach, which affected 73 million customers is a “wake-up call for the telecom industry to keep up with the times”.
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Despite the sanctions imposed on two Chinese nationals and a company on Monday, it is essential for the UK and the US to remain vigilant about cybersecurity threats.
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A massive AT&T outage that meant people were unable to make calls was not caused by a cyberattack.
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We are nearly a month into 2024, and there has been much written about where the connectivity industry is heading this year. Capacity has kept an eye on the predictions made, and many of them fall into several main areas.
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Veon subsidiary Kyivstar has started restoring voice services on its mobile network following a widespread cyber-attack on Tuesday.
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Joe Bombagi director, systems engineering at Palo Alto Networks tells Capacity’s Jack Haddon how new generation technologies are changing the game for security automation
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Cyber-security specialists Ivanti have made four major hires that it hopes will further the advancement of its software as a service (SaaS) product strategy and deployment.
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MEF has partnered with CyberRatings.org (CyberRatings), to launch its beta program for certification of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) products and services.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a unique proposition to the cybersecurity industry - given its ability to be used by cybercriminals but also by enterprises to combat that very threat.
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Despite only affecting a small number of customers, T-Mobile suffering yet another data breach can still be “highly damaging” to the company’s reputation and customer trust, Erfan Shadabi, cybersecurity expert at Comforte AG says.
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Enea, a cybersecurity specialist has urged the PEGA Committee to broaden its scope and look beyond the use of spyware over mobile networks.
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An Ericsson subsidiary has bought Ericom, a US company that provides 5G-oriented cloud-based security.
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Paris-based Iliad has bought a majority stake in iTrust, a French specialist in cyber security.
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Messaging company Twilio has appointed Microsoft’s Charlie Bell to its board of directors.
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Cassava Technologies’ Liquid C2 has opened a cyber security centre in Zambia, its third in Africa.
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Vodafone and IBM are urging companies in the telecoms supply chain to make sure they are ready for the post-quantum world.
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Fujitsu and Osaka University say they have made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing.
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies has moved into the cyber security market in Egypt, by acquiring Cysiv MEA, a technology company headquartered in Cairo.
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Deutsche Telekom is stirring up controversy by awarding a €64 million telecoms order for the German railway company to Huawei.
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The modernization of networking and security will drive revenue for secure access service edge (SASE) to US$60 billion between 2022 and 2027.
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Deutsche Telekom (DT) is to lead the construction of a quantum-secured communications system for the European Union.
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Cyber criminals have started to use the cloud in their attacks on networks, says Lumen in its latest report on cyber attacks.
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Ian Levy, who was technical director of the UK’s cyber security unit, has joined Amazon.
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IT infrastructure company NTT Ltd is working with Palo Alto Networks to offer a new secure access service edge (SASE) solution.
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T-Mobile has informed its customers of a security breach involving 37 million customers, where “limited” types of information such as addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth could have been accessed.
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SecurityHQ has expanded its Middle Eastern operations to the Dubai Digital Park.
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The end of current techniques used to encrypt data traffic might be closer than most people think, according to a mathematical paper from China.
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The worldwide cybersecurity market grew 15.9% year on year in the third quarter of 2022, despite deteriorating economic conditions, according to the latest survey from Canalys.
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Dell is targeting the US Federal Government, including the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community with an agreement to use quantum-safe encryption from Arqit.
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Cloud computing provider Rackspace has blamed an ongoing outage on a ransomware attack it describes as an “isolated disruption”.
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The group that owns Africa Data Centres (ADC) and Liquid Intelligent Technologies has set up a cyber security centre in Kenya.
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The White House has condemned obsolescent encryption techniques to the waste bin in a simple eight-page memo, and told US Federal agencies to move to quantum encryption.
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The European Union has approved a proposal to start work on a €2.4 billion project to build a strategic network of satellites for critical infrastructure.
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Equinix has joined Gaia-X, a project to speed creation of a sovereign European digital infrastructure.
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Orange has bought two Swiss cyber security companies and added them to its Orange Cyberdefense portfolio.
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Global digital engineering provider Persistent Systems has announced the launch of a new solution that allows organisations to recover quicker from cyberattacks with Google Cloud.
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The technical director of the UK’s cyber security agency has announced his departure with a thought-provoking blog criticising software design.
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Eastern European carrier A1 Telekom Austria is closing October – which was international cyber security month – by admitting there were 28 million attacks in August alone in numerous group countries.
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Data centre managers are facing profound difficulties. Aruba’s Giancarlo Giacomello talks to Saf Malik about how he meets these challenges proactively and trends to watch for
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A company with a close relationship with UK security agencies is to provide secure cloud services in association with Arqit Quantum.
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Pioneering UK companies in the quantum computing and security industry have set up a lobby group, UKQuantum, to be a “voice for the sector”.