How to manage Active Directory security
Even after 25 years, Microsoft Active Directory (AD) remains the backbone of identity and access management in up to 90% of enterprise IT environments worldwide,…
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AI and backup: How backup products leverage AI
Software applications often list artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in their feature sets, and data backup tools are no exception. Software supplier use of AI and…
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang lobbies Trump administration to sell Blackwell to China
Nvidia has posted another massive growth in its datacentre business, but its CEO is eager to sell the company’s high-end Blackwell chip to China. Nvidia…
Cyber Girls First is encouraging girls to study tech at university
When I began Cyber Girls First (CGF) in 2014, the figures produced by the industry showed that out of the total employees in the computer…
UK cyber security centre helps expose China-based cyber campaign
Chinese technology companies have been linked to targeting governments and critical networks with malicious cyber attacks since 2021. Working with 12 international partners, GCHQ’s National…
Incident response planning cuts the risk of claiming on cyber security insurance
Although at their heart they focus on post-breach mitigation and remediation, cyber incident response plans are emerging as a very important cyber security control when…
PDS confirms ‘strategic restructuring’ with series of interim senior leadership hires
The Police Digital Service (PDS) has completed a “strategic restructuring” of its senior leadership team, more than a year after two of its employees were arrested…
Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe
A nationwide police investigation into the Post Office scandal faces conflict of interest questions over Fujitsu’s role in operating the network used by separate police…
Intel filing shows risks of US government stake
While the CEOs of the major tech firms have lined up to support the Trump administration’s 9.9% equity stake in chipmaker Intel, the company itself…
Ransomware activity levelled off in July, says NCC
The number of ransomware attacks observed worldwide held steady in July, increasing by just 1% to 376 recorded cases, according to the latest monthly Threat…
TUC calls for government crackdown on business AI shortcuts
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is calling for the government to make changes to company tax regulations and extend the powers of regulators to ensure…
Okta makes AI identity play with Axiom acquisition
Identity technology supplier Okta is to acquire Axiom Security, a supplier of privileged access management (PAM) for cloud, database, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and other critical resources,…