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2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned
Breach Prevention

2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned

Digital Shadows VP, Rick Holland discusses the recent breach, its impact to Equifax and what other organisations can learn from it.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
Europol: Legislation overhaul needed as cybercrime is 'unprecedented'
Malware

Europol: Legislation overhaul needed as cybercrime is 'unprecedented'

A new report from Europol has revealed cybercrime is running rampant with ransomware reigning supreme - and a crackdown on criminals is essential.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Sat, 30th Sep 2017
VIRTUS reveals plans for biggest data centre campus in London
DataCentre infrastructure

VIRTUS reveals plans for biggest data centre campus in London

VIRTUS Data Centres has announced its rapid expansion continues with plans for two new adjacent facilities on a single campus near Stockley Park.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Sep 2017
Republic of Sierra Leone to become Africa's first ever 'smart country'
Virtualisation

Republic of Sierra Leone to become Africa's first ever 'smart country'

​Sierra Leone has entered a nationwide digitisation program that its president is asserting will forever change its global digital standing.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Sep 2017
New data logging service allows actionable cybersecurity insights
Storage

New data logging service allows actionable cybersecurity insights

Palo Alto's new service is for machine learning & advanced analytics in order to correlate potential threats & prevent successful cyber breaches.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Sep 2017
Cloud services growing faster than any IT market today – and tomorrow
Public Cloud

Cloud services growing faster than any IT market today – and tomorrow

The global infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) public cloud market surged 31 percent in 2016 to reach US$22.1 billion, up from $16.8 billion in 2015.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Sep 2017
Hackers steal data through 'easy back door' in massive Deloitte breach
Firewalls

Hackers steal data through 'easy back door' in massive Deloitte breach

​In just the last few weeks we've had three major breaches go public, and experts say this one could have been easily prevented.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Sep 2017
Gartner: The battle for the cloud has not even started yet
Software-as-a-Service

Gartner: The battle for the cloud has not even started yet

Andrew White has an interesting framework to look at the battle for the cloud today and where he thinks it will go in the not too distant future.

By Andrew White • 6 min read • Wed, 27th Sep 2017
Misco opts with Oracle NetSuite because of local EU data centres
Fintech

Misco opts with Oracle NetSuite because of local EU data centres

According to Misco, the decision was made easy given NetSuite's range of data centres across Europe and in particular the Netherlands.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 27th Sep 2017
VASCO and Nuvias expand agreement from two EMEA countries to 21
Cybersecurity

VASCO and Nuvias expand agreement from two EMEA countries to 21

​The rapid rise of cybercrime has been one of the main drivers in the expansion of this existing distributor agreement.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 27th Sep 2017
Two becomes one with Workspace Technology acquisition
Hyperscale

Two becomes one with Workspace Technology acquisition

Workspace Technology recently announced the acquisition of Server Room Maintenance LLP and the merging of its offices.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Sep 2017
More than a quarter of UK councils infected with ransomware
Malware

More than a quarter of UK councils infected with ransomware

Over a quarter of British councils hit by ransomware, yet no ransoms paid due to effective backups, reports Barracuda Networks.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 25th Sep 2017
Businesses paid $301 million to ransomware hackers last year
Malware

Businesses paid $301 million to ransomware hackers last year

Datto has revealed the results of its latest study of ransomware around the world that are concerning to say the very least.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
Vexata emerges after 3 years in 'stealth mode' to launch revolutionary product
Storage

Vexata emerges after 3 years in 'stealth mode' to launch revolutionary product

The company was founded by a flash-storage executive who left Dell EMC in 2013 because he sought to solve an underlying active-data problem.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
Data centre infrastructure will 'need new approaches' to cope with new tech
Unified Communications

Data centre infrastructure will 'need new approaches' to cope with new tech

COBO President Brad Booth asserts new technologies like AI, 5G, and the IoT will require significant changes to data centre infrastructure.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Sep 2017
England's second largest police force still reliant on vulnerable Windows XP
Cybersecurity

England's second largest police force still reliant on vulnerable Windows XP

The Greater Manchester police have revealed more than one in five of its computers are still running an OS that has been unsupported since 2014.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Sep 2017
First half of 2017 sees 164% increase in stolen or compromised records
Breach Prevention

First half of 2017 sees 164% increase in stolen or compromised records

There were 918 data breaches that led to a staggering 1.9 billion records being compromised around the world in the first half of 2017 alone.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Sep 2017
South Africa overtakes other nations in leapfrog up cloud curve
Digital Transformation

South Africa overtakes other nations in leapfrog up cloud curve

The country may have been late to the party when it came to cloud strategies, but the Routed MD says this has resulted in some positives.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Sep 2017

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