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Microsoft has announced today the general availability of Microsoft Defender for Individuals, the company's new security solution for personal phones and computers. This new cross-device security solution is available for all Microsoft 365 customers with Personal or Family subscriptions starting today.

Regardless of how centralized or distributed, the weak link appears when private keys or other MPC components must be computationally executed on a CPU. The point of the encryption protocols is that the algorithm is public, and the security relies only on the keys. If an attacker infiltrates multiple hosts, and gains access to the required pieces, they can perform the multi-party computation on their own and steal digital assets and funds.

Microsoft has announced that the company's new cloud-based Microsoft Defender security solution has entered preview for home customers in the United States. While Microsoft paints a pretty picture of Microsoft Defender Preview's capabilities, in reality, the application is in its very early stages.

Why is a web filtering important and what are the main features necessary for MSPs? Managed service providers have been struggling with finding the right web filtering solutions. Web filtering is necessary for businesses because it prevents the staff from accessing malicious and harmful content while using the corporate network or while working from home, besides offering other advantages like monitoring their performance and keeping it to the maximum to ensure productivity.

Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra AI, takes us inside the coming nexus of ransomware, supply-chain attacks and cloud deployments. Why are ransomware and the supply chain coming together? Historically, what started out as nation-state techniques make their way into pen-testing and red teaming tools and eventually become commoditized in attacks undertaken by hackers seeking profit.

Despite increasing cyberattacks targeting data in the cloud, 83% of businesses are still failing to encrypt half of the sensitive data they store in the cloud, raising even greater concerns as to the impact cyber criminals can have. 40% of organizations have experienced a cloud-based data breach in the past 12 months, according to a study conducted by 451 Research.

Toshiba is enabling businesses to easily leverage cloud-based workplace solutions for today's modern workforce. The company's Elevate Sky platform features a broad portfolio of Toshiba and third-party cloud-enabled systems, software and services including print, document and printer fleet management, workflow and beyond.

To help ease the transition to the cloud, VMware announced GE Healthcare will leverage VMware SD-WAN, now part of VMware SASE, to seamlessly deliver cloud-based services to GE Healthcare customers. "VMware SD-WAN provides this network overlay to prioritize and move high-fidelity, latency-sensitive data to the cloud and between edge locations. Leveraging VMware SD-WAN enables GE Healthcare to offer rapid, more securely deployed, and easily accessed virtual care solutions."

Arqit released the first version of its service, QuantumCloud 1.0. This Platform‑as‑a‑Service software enables customers to secure the communications channels and data of any cloud, edge or...

OT engineers using Automation Server can download logic and configure their PLCs through the cloud-based Automation Server management console. WAGO PFC100/200 meanwhile is a series of PLCs that make heavy use of the CODESYS runtime, and most of the communication, configuration and programming of these PLCs is done through the CODESYS platform.