Security News
Microsoft has published a new security baseline for Microsoft Edge and one of the new rules is titled "Allow certificates signed using SHA-1 when issued by local trust anchors." Which may surprise some readers seeing as the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology deprecated SHA-1 in 2011 and Microsoft banished it from its Internet Explorer and Edge browsers in 2017.
Disconnects aside, privacy and data security consistently registered as an important topic to respondents, 78% of whom said they want the government to play a greater role in protecting their data. The COVID-19 pandemic, in which sharing personal data has become an essential part of tracking the spread of the virus, hasn't budged most people, either: 51% are still unwilling to share personal data for any reason.
WekaIO introduced Weka AI, a transformative storage solution framework underpinned by the Weka File System that enables accelerated edge-to-core-to-cloud data pipelines. Weka AI enables chief data officers, data scientists and data engineers to accelerate genomics, medical imaging, the financial services industry, and advanced driver-assistance systems deep learning pipelines.
Veritas Technologies introduced new innovations to its Enterprise Data Services Platform to help customers reduce risk, optimize cost, strengthen ransomware resiliency, and manage multi-cloud environments at scale. By extending the core of EDSP- NetBackup-to include the Veritas Resiliency Platform and CloudPoint, Veritas delivers a single platform with enterprise resiliency features and functionality to protect and recover data wherever it resides.
Wipro will engage with clients to implement the Universal Edge solutions suite that leverages 5G network capabilities. The 5G edge services solutions suite is designed to significantly enhance Wipro's existing BoundaryLess Enterprise - Universal Edge portfolio.
"We began offering SD-WAN solutions with Fortinet technology in 2019, and our customers have responded positively to the network experience and the security that solution provides," said Mike Flannery, chief marketing officer at Windstream Enterprise. Customers that choose Windstream Enterprise SD-WAN with Fortinet technology benefit from integrated security and SD-WAN in a single device, supported by Fortinet's industry-leading, next-generation firewall.
Delta launched an innovative digital exhibition under the theme 'Pioneering Energy-efficient Infrastructure Technologies' to unveil new smart and energy-efficient solutions for 5G and IoT edge computing, e-mobility, as well as smart manufacturing. These include the SmartNode modularised data centre solution for fast and flexible implementation of energy-efficient edge computing data centres; the UFC200 Ultra Fast EV charger, a 200kW system especially for charging point operators and fleet managers; and Delta's DIAStudio Smart Machine Suite, a digital platform that enables efficient machine development and configuration.
"HPE was an early mover in identifying the opportunity at the edge and that trend is accelerating in a post-COVID world," said Antonio Neri, president and CEO of HPE. "With this acquisition we are accelerating our edge-to-cloud strategy to provide a true distributed cloud model and cloud experience for all apps and data wherever they live. Silver Peak's innovative team and technology bring critical capabilities that will help our customers modernize and transform their networks to securely connect any edge to any cloud." "Bringing together Silver Peak's advanced SD-WAN solutions with Aruba's industry leading networking portfolio provides an unprecedented opportunity to deliver comprehensive business-driven solutions to our customers," said David Hughes, founder and CEO of Silver Peak.
The new Edge browser will soon warn you if one of your passwords shows up in a data breach - a feature based on an Azure service that enterprises can already use to protect user passwords. Browser extensions like PassProtect warn you if the password you're using to log into a site is known to have been compromised and listed in a data breach, often based on the excellent Have I Been Pwned service.
Today, customers use the AWS Snow Family to collect and process data, run local computing applications, and move large volumes of data from log files, digital media, genomic data, and sensor data from connected devices to AWS. As customers seek to extend the reach of their cloud infrastructure into more edge locations, new use cases are emerging for edge computing in more situations like vehicles, industrial operations, and remote and austere sites that require a rugged and secure device with even greater portability and a smaller form factor than the AWS Snow Family of devices has traditionally provided. AWS Snowcone provides maximum flexibility for edge computing environments, offering a small, ultra-portable, rugged, and military grade secure device to run applications and migrate data to AWS. AWS Snowcone measures 9 inches x 6 inches x 3 inches and weighs 4.5 lbs.