In the wake of four young people being arrested over suspected involvement in the recent Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods ransomware attacks, it is easy to rush to censure those responsible for the disruption caused. But are we being too hasty in our condemnation? In an era of ongoing skills shortages, high numbers of…
Enterprise software development has seen several revolutions, which began with the big bang waterfall approach of project delivery and progressed to agile methodologies. Then came the “shift-left” mantra, whereby developers were given greater and greater responsibility to deliver their code into a production environment, leading to DevOps. These changes in approach have been needed to…
Research from identity management supplier Okta is pointing to new security problems, connected with the emergence and growth of artificial intelligence (AI) agents and non-human identities (NHIs). Commissioned by Okta and conducted by research firm AlphaSights, the supplier’s AI at work survey polled 260 C-level executives across nine countries – Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India,…
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Pure Storage’s recent launch of its Enterprise Data Cloud reignited debate around storage and data management. Pure claims its EDC addresses the management of growing volumes of data in a complex regulatory environment, and the demands storage faces from artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The idea of a single management layer for storage is not new.…
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Security professional association ISACA is to offer its member base of almost 200,000 accredited security professionals around the world access to a new certification, Advanced in AI Security Management (AAISM), covering the fast-emerging technology. A recent ISACA study revealed that 61% of security professionals were either very or extremely worried that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)…
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At Google Cloud’s virtual Security Summit this week, the organisation has shared more details of its expanding vision around safeguarding artificial intelligence (AI), both in terms deploying AI’s capabilities in the service of improving resilience with new agentic security operations centre (SOC) capabilities and features, and securing its customers’ future AI development projects. Google leadership…
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The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Australian cyber scaleup Castlepoint Systems to run its data environment and prevent breaches, with its artificial intelligence (AI) technology providing oversight of complex datasets and safeguarding them from accidental or intentional leakage. The appointment marks Castlepoint’s first foray into British government work, and comes in the wake…
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Companies House is forging ahead with plans to introduce legal identity verification requirements for directors and people with significant control (PSCs) of companies, with enforcement to begin on 18 November 2025. The measures will mean new directors must verify they are who they claim to be to incorporate a new company or be appointed to…
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Douglas Rissing/Getty Images A few weeks ago, Delta Air Lines stunned the world by saying during an earnings call that it saw “amazingly favorable” results during a pilot program where it used AI to set ticket prices. The program involved only 3% of fares, but Delta confirmed it wanted to increase it to 20% by…
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Let’s face it, no one talks about burnout in cybersecurity until it’s already too late. The pressure for CISOs and security leaders has been quietly mounting for years. Late nights, increasing number of incidents, shrinking budgets, ever changing landscape of regulations and threats and the constant expectation to be everywhere and be across everything. They’re…
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