Cloud identity: Are you who you say you are?
Recent years have seen an increasing number of companies adopting cloud-based technologies, with cloud spending predicted by Gartner to climb 20.7% in 2023, approaching $600bn…
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IT Priorities 2023: Cloud and disaster recovery top storage and backup plans
Public cloud storage deployments are by far the biggest storage priority for organisations in the UK and Ireland in 2023, with 32% declaring their intention…
Tech companies and NGOs urge rewrite of Online Safety Bill to protect encrypted comms
Technology companies offering encrypted messaging services have urged the government to make urgent changes to legislation going through Parliament that threatens to undermine the privacy…
Why IAM systems are crucial for securing multicloud architecture
Companies are finding themselves increasingly reliant on a growing number of cloud-based services, as business tools transform into online platforms, such as infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and…
UK presses on with post-Brexit data protection reform
New data protection regulations that will supposedly contribute £4.7bn to the UK economy between now and 2033 by giving organisations “greater flexibility” to protect personal…
Women looking for new roles want equal progression opportunities
Almost 40% of women in tech careers in EMEA are considering switching roles over the next year, according to Skillsoft. And more than a third…
Restaurants hit by IT problems after BlackCat attack on supplier NCR
An undisclosed number of users of multinational payment giant NCR’s Aloha point of sale platform for hospitality businesses are experiencing an ongoing outage to their…
HMRC defends removing names of known tax avoidance schemes from public list
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has defended its rationale for deleting names from its official online list of known tax avoidance schemes after 12 months…
Belgian experts take on data challenges
In 2022, IDC predicted the amount of data created on an annual basis would grow at a compound annual growth rate of over 21% to…
Charity data stolen in ransomware attack on supplier
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Ireland’s An Garda Síochána are probing a series of data breaches at several charities working with vulnerable…
Global spending on IT and BPO down as cloud deals slow
Spending on IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) services dropped sharply in the first quarter of this year as spending on cloud services slowed. According…
BAE Systems partners with Microsoft Azure to revamp data use across defence sector
BAE Systems has signed a strategic agreement with Microsoft and is drawing on the software giant’s public cloud platform Azure to provide new capabilities to…