Security News

New Reality of IT-OT: Convergence, Collaboration and Digital Transformation Acceleration
2020-06-16 05:18

One of the long-standing barriers to collaboration is that security teams have had zero visibility into OT networks and no telemetry. Solutions that are purpose-built for OT visibility and continuous threat monitoring and that you can quickly implement, enable IT and OT teams to look at OT environments together, work from the same set of information, and take specific steps to build resiliency and reach new levels of productivity.

What is the true extent of the modern corporate digital attack surface?
2020-06-12 04:00

RiskIQ released a report analyzing the company's internet-wide telemetry and massive internet data collection to reveal the true extent of the modern corporate digital attack surface. "Today, organizations are responsible for defending not only their internal network but also their digital presence across the internet and the cloud," said Lou Manousos, CEO, RiskIQ. "Bringing the massive scope of an organization's attack surface into focus helps frame the challenges of extending cybersecurity outside the corporate firewall, especially as staff forced to work from home in response to COVID-19 push that boundary farther out."

Navigating the Rapid Digital Shift: Ticket on the Bus, Not the Whole Bus
2020-06-09 11:38

The premise being that by solving a critical problem for them at a very high premium, that will cover the costs of developing an actual solution that can be sold broadly-e.g., the sale will fund my company's product development. Although there may be a few cases where only a custom-tuned solution is required, many large businesses now prefer to buy a close-enough solution off the rack and work with the vendor as an advisor-not an investor.

Nets Passport Reader: Bridging the gap between physical ID documents and digital identification
2020-06-08 02:30

Nets Passport Reader bridges the gap between physical ID documents and digital identification, with the help of a smartphone app. The Nets Passport Reader service bridges the gap between physical ID documents and digital identification, with the help of a simple smartphone app.

Digital transformation drives middle market resiliency
2020-06-05 03:30

As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the health of people and businesses across every sector, middle market companies that have built resiliency into their business through digital transformation have more tools to endure disruption. "A crisis like the pandemic can lead some organizations to pause or de-emphasize innovation," said Malcolm Cohron, National Digital Transformation Services Leader, BDO Digital.

Google Cloud and the UK govt sign MoU to increase innovation and deliver digital transformation
2020-06-03 23:00

The intent of the MoU is to make it easier and more affordable for UK public sector agencies to leverage the full range of Google Cloud's services to increase innovation and deliver digital transformation. CCS, the UK Cabinet Office executive agency and trading fund, engaged Google Cloud in 2019 to discuss requirements for cloud services under the One Government Cloud Strategy, a joint initiative between Cabinet Office, CCS and Government Digital Service.

Cadence delivers digital full flow to optimize PPA solution for Arm Cortex-A78 and Cortex-X1 CPUs
2020-05-27 23:45

Cadence Design Systems announced that it has broadened its long-standing collaboration with Arm to advance the development of mobile devices based on the Arm Cortex -A78 and Cortex-X1 CPUs. To drive Cortex-A78 and Cortex-X1 adoption, Cadence has delivered a comprehensive, digital full flow Rapid Adoption Kit that helps customers optimize power, performance, and area and boost overall productivity.

Kingston Digital announces 7.68TB capacity additions to 3 data center SSDs
2020-05-27 00:30

Kingston Digital, the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, began shipping the 7.68TB model of the Data Center 500R and 450R SATA SSDs. The DC1000M 7.68TB U.2 NVMe ships in June. The SSDs provide additional storage and implement strict QoS ensuring predictable IO and low latency for data centers using both NVMe and/or SATA. DC500R VMware Ready SSD engineered for read-intensive applications such as webservers, virtual desktop infrastructure, operational databases and real-time analytics.

Open letter from digital rights groups to UK health secretary questions big tech's role in NHS COVID-19 data store
2020-05-19 11:55

A broad-based campaign group has written to UK health secretary Matt Hancock calling for greater openness in the government's embrace of private-sector tech companies contracted to provide a data store and dashboards as part of the NHS response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Campaign groups including Liberty, openDemocracy and Privacy International have now written to Hancock saying that promises of openness about the role of multiple private-sector tech firms in handling the health data of millions of UK citizens have not been fulfilled.

Open letter from digital rights groups to UK health secretary questions big tech's role in NHS COVID-19 data store
2020-05-19 11:55

A broad-based campaign group has written to UK health secretary Matt Hancock calling for greater openness in the government's embrace of private-sector tech companies contracted to provide a data store and dashboards as part of the NHS response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Campaign groups including Liberty, openDemocracy and Privacy International have now written to Hancock saying that promises of openness about the role of multiple private-sector tech firms in handling the health data of millions of UK citizens have not been fulfilled.