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Are you on the naughty or nice list for responsible AI adoption?

4 minutes of reading / AI, automation, AWS, Azure, Cloud, compliance, digital transformation, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Tech / By

Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has proved its worth as a long-term investment for businesses. It brings a range of perfectly wrapped presents to the table, making a significant impact on productivity, efficiency, and automation across business functions. With almost 40% of companies worldwide already using AI in some form, it’s undeniable that…

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Blue Yonder ransomware attack breaks systems at UK retailers

3 minutes of reading / Azure, business continuity, Tech / By

A ransomware attack on the systems of Blue Yonder, a specialist supply chain management software provider based in the US, continues to cause knock-on impacts to the systems of multiple UK-based retailers, including major supermarkets. The attack unfolded prior to the weekend of 23 and 24 November, and impacted the organisation’s managed services hosted environment.…

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In the cloud, effective IAM should align to zero-trust principles

7 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Tech, VPN / By

In today’s digital landscape, the traditional security perimeter has dissolved, making identity the new frontline of defence. As organisations increasingly adopt cloud services and remote work models, managing and securing identities has become paramount. Effective Identity and Access Management (IAM) practices are essential for IT departments to safeguard against cyber-attacks, phishing attempts, and ransomware threats.…

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Cloud data lakes: Where do they fit and what are their benefits?

4 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, AWS, Azure, Cloud, data science, Google, Google Cloud, machine learning, Microsoft, open source, Tech / By

Many enterprises are moving towards use of data lakes to help in managing increasing amounts of information. Such large repositories allow organisations to gather and store structured and unstructured data before handing it off for further data management and processing in a data warehouse, database, enterprise application, or to data scientists and analytics and artificial intelligence…

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Nokia lands five-year extension on Microsoft Azure datacentre networking deal

3 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Microsoft, Nokia, open source, Tech / By

Nokia has secured a five-year extension of its long-standing agreement to supply routers and switches to Microsoft Azure datacentres worldwide. The contract will see the Finnish networking company roll out its open source SONiC-based datacentre switches to new and existing Microsoft Azure datacentres. This is in support of the public cloud giant’s push to upgrade…

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BianLian cyber gang drops encryption-based ransomware

4 minutes of reading / Azure, Computer, Microsoft, MSI, open source, Tech / By

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the United States’ Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), have published updated intelligence on the activities of the dangerous BianLian ransomware operation, after observing a rapid evolution in the gang’s tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). One of a number of gangs that first came to prominence alongside…

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IAM within the framework of defence in depth

7 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, machine learning, Microsoft, Tech / By

IT leaders should address their internal processes to minimise their organisations’ IT security risk exposure and attack surface. This becomes ever more complex as business IT environments evolve. Leaders not only need to consider which employees and job roles require access to which IT systems, but also non-human access controls where either an internal or…

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Microsoft Ignite: AI capabilities double every six months

3 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Git, GitHub, Microsoft, project management, Tech / By

During his keynote presentation at the start of Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference in Chicago, CEO Satya Nadella discussed artificial intelligence (AI) scaling, through which the capabilities of the tech is doubling every six months. “Just like Moore’s Law, we saw the doubling in performance every 18 months with AI. We have now started to see…

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Police cloud project raises data protection concerns despite legal reforms

20 minutes of reading / API, AWS, Azure, Cloud, compliance, Computer, GDPR, Microsoft, NEC, Tech / By

Nine police forces are seeking to replace their common records managements system (RMS) with a cloud-based alternative – but despite upcoming changes to the UK’s data laws, experts say the strong likelihood of a US-based hyperscaler winning the contract presents continued risks. Under the UK’s current data regime, moving sensitive police records to one of…

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More data stolen in 2023 MOVEit attacks comes to light

5 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Azure, Computer, HP, Lenovo, Tech, threat intelligence / By

Eighteen months after a major cyber incident in which hundreds of organisations were victimised by a ransomware gang that exploited a zero-day SQL injection vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer file transfer product, multiple new victims have come to light, including tech giant Amazon, which has confirmed that data on more than two million of…

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