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08 Jul 2025
Patient portal utilization growth driven by doc engagement
By Sara HeathPatient portal utilization rates were 30 percentage points higher among those getting encouragement from their providers to use the health IT.
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07 Jul 2025
Financial services giant Prudential crafts agentic AI strategy
By Don FluckingerLike all technology deployments in highly regulated industries, agentic AI must be approached carefully.
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07 Jul 2025
Key healthcare takeaways from Trump’s spending bill
By Jacqueline LaPointePresident Trump signed the tax and domestic policy megabill into law, putting in motion massive Medicaid cuts and work requirements, among other healthcare-related provisions.
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08 Jul 2025
NHS trust accused of ‘at best cavalier, at worst deceitful’ behaviour after deleting emails
By Tommy GreeneA London hospital trust faces allegations it withheld key evidence from a tribunal hearing after one of its directors attempted to destroy more than 90,000 emails
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08 Jul 2025
Proofpoint bets on APAC growth amid spike in AI-driven threats
By Aaron TanWith cyber attacks spiking in non-English-speaking markets such as Japan, the security firm is boosting its regional presence to combat a wave of AI-generated threats
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07 Jul 2025
Tech firms complicit in ‘economy of genocide’, says UN rapporteur
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA UN special rapporteur has called for technology firms operating in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to immediately halt their activities, in wider report about the role corporate entities have played in the Israeli state’s ongoing ‘crimes of apartheid and genocide’
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07 Jul 2025
Ingram Micro hit by ransomware attack
By Simon QuickeDistributor Ingram Micro suffers outages after ransomware group targets the channel player
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07 Jul 2025
Digital warfare is blurring civilian front lines
By Aaron TanSingapore’s defence cyber chief warns that the traditional lines between military conflict and civilian life are blurring, with adversaries now targeting civilian systems and using AI to put the threat landscape on steroids
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04 Jul 2025
boxxe bolsters position with CAE buy
By Simon QuickeChannel consolidation continues, with Cisco and Microsoft partner snapped up in the latest deal
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04 Jul 2025
Medow Health AI debuts AI scribe tool in Singapore
By Aaron TanThe Australian health technology company has launched its AI-powered scribe platform in Singapore to help healthcare professionals automatically capture and structure clinical notes, reports and referral letters
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03 Jul 2025
Fine-tuning to deliver business AI value
By Cliff SaranFoundation AI models offer knowledge that spans the internet, but they generally lack an understanding of proprietary business data and processes
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02 Jul 2025
US CISA agency extends Iran cyber alert, warns of CNI threat
By Alex ScroxtonThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reiterates guidance for operators of critical national infrastructure as it eyes the possibility of cyber attacks from Iran
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02 Jul 2025
Google fixes type confusion flaw in Chrome browser
By Alex ScroxtonAn actively exploited type confusion vulnerability in the Google Chrome web browser needs immediate attention from users
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02 Jul 2025
Scattered Spider link to Qantas hack is likely, say experts
By Alex ScroxtonA developing cyber attack at Australian airline Qantas that started at a third-party call centre is already being tentatively attributed to Scattered Spider. Find out more and learn about the next steps for those affected
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02 Jul 2025
Dutch study uncovers cognitive biases undermining cyber security board decisions
By Kim LoohuisDutch research reveals how cognitive biases can lead to catastrophic security decisions
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02 Jul 2025
Qantas customer data exposed in contact centre breach
By Aaron TanAustralian flag carrier is investigating significant data theft of personal information for up to six million customers after a third-party platform used by its call centre was compromised
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01 Jul 2025
Cloudflare to let customers block AI web crawlers
By Alex ScroxtonPublishers and other providers of creative content now have the option to block AI crawlers from accessing and scraping their intellectual property with new tools from Cloudflare.
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30 Jun 2025
News brief: AI security threats surge as governance lags
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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27 Jun 2025
Citrix Bleed 2 under active attack, reports suggest
By Alex ScroxtonDays after news emerged of a Citrix NetScaler flaw comparable in its scope and severity to 2023’s infamous Citrix Bleed, there are already clear indicators that threat actors are taking advantage of the critical vulnerability
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27 Jun 2025
Scattered Spider cyber gang turns fire on aviation sector
By Alex ScroxtonMultiple reports are emerging of cyber attacks on airlines – Google Cloud’s Mandiant believes them to be linked
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27 Jun 2025
Over 2 million affected by US supermarket breach
By Alex ScroxtonBelgian-Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize reveals that more than two million people, including employees, had their data compromised following a November 2024 ransomware attack
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27 Jun 2025
Ciaran Martin: AI might disturb attacker-defender security balance
By Brian McKennaThe founder of the National Cyber Security Centre spoke with Computer Weekly at Infosecurity Europe 2025 about how artificial intelligence might disturb the attacker-defender security equilibrium
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27 Jun 2025
MPs propose ban on predictive policing
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMPs are attempting to amend the UK government’s forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill so that it prohibits the use of controversial predictive policing systems
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27 Jun 2025
Working Together for Channel Success: Analysts discuss security, partner programmes, sustainability
By Simon QuickeThe topics of security, sustainability and the need for evolving partner programmes were discussed at the partner event
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26 Jun 2025
In an FTC antitrust win, Meta could face divestitures
By Makenzie HollandThe FTC argues that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to eliminate competition in social media networks. If the FTC wins its case, Meta could be forced to sell those products.
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26 Jun 2025
Sky ECC distributor released from French custody pending trial
By Rebecca TidyCanadian businessman accused of distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones has been released on bail after over four years in custody without a trial
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26 Jun 2025
British hacker IntelBroker faces years in a US prison cell
By Alex ScroxtonUS authorities have unsealed charges against 25-year-old hacker Kai West, aka IntelBroker, accusing him of being behind multiple cyber attacks
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26 Jun 2025
Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonDisruption continues a week after core services at Glasgow City Council were forced offline following a cyber attack on a third-party IT services provider
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26 Jun 2025
Cyber insurers adding to MSP challenges
By Simon QuickeThe prospect that some managed service providers could fall foul of the needs of the insurance industry is a concern raised by Canalys
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25 Jun 2025
Google settlement may affect DOJ antitrust remedies
By Makenzie HollandGoogle faces numerous antitrust challenges and has agreed to spend $500 million revamping its regulatory compliance structure in a settlement with shareholders.
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25 Jun 2025
Latest Citrix vulnerability could be every bit as bad as Citrix Bleed
By Alex ScroxtonA Citrix NetScaler flaw that was quietly patched earlier in June is gathering widespread attention after experts noted strong similarities to the Citrix Bleed vulnerability that caused chaos in late 2023
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25 Jun 2025
Channel still key to plugging security expertise gaps
By Simon QuickeAnalyses of the state of ransomware by Sophos and from the NCC Group underlines the continuing need for partners to aid customers
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24 Jun 2025
Trump wants to axe rules affecting business competition
By Makenzie HollandAs the FTC and DOJ work to assess what rules to cut, lawmakers disagree on how deregulation will affect U.S. markets.
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24 Jun 2025
UK ransomware costs significantly outpace other countries
By Alex ScroxtonUK organisations hit by ransomware attacks paid much higher ransoms than in other countries over the past 12 months, according to study
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24 Jun 2025
Westcon-Comstor marks 40th birthday with look ahead
By Simon QuickeDistributor outlines the main trends that are shaping the channel as it plans to share more insights to prepare partners for the future
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24 Jun 2025
One year since being freed, Julian Assange still a victim of state secrecy
By Stefania MauriziIf the State Department’s arguments prevail in FOIA litigation, the truth about US action against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks journalists will never be known
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23 Jun 2025
Widening Middle Eastern war increases cyber risk
By Alex ScroxtonWith the entry of the US into the widening Middle Eastern conflict, cyber risk is likely to increase across the board
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23 Jun 2025
Interview: Rolf Krolke, regional technology director, The Access Group
By Antony AdsheadWe talk to The Access Group’s technology director for APAC about integration and ongoing management of legacy systems in an extremely acquisitive company, and the worldwide storage refresh he’s overseeing as part of that process
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23 Jun 2025
Police to gain powers to grab online data when they seize phones and laptops
By Bill GoodwinAcademics and civil liberties experts say that proposed ‘authoritarian’ powers to allow police to trawl online and cloud services used by owners of seized devices should require approval from a judge
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20 Jun 2025
News brief: LOTL attacks, spoofed sites, malicious repositories
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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20 Jun 2025
Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of businesses attaining the NCSC Cyber Essentials certification continues to increase, but much more can be done to raise awareness of the scheme
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20 Jun 2025
M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre has published its first in-depth assessment of a major incident, reflecting on the impact of and lessons learned from Scattered Spider attacks on M&S and Co-op
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20 Jun 2025
Election workers’ data stolen in cyber breach of Oxford City Council
By Brian McKennaOxford City Council election workers had personal information stolen by cyber attackers in an attack over the weekend of 7-8 June. The council has stated that most disrupted systems are back online
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20 Jun 2025
UK data reforms become law
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy
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20 Jun 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at AvePoint, Nebula Global Services, Pulsant, Skyhawk Security and HackerOne
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19 Jun 2025
MSPs remain confident over security
By Simon QuickeDespite being inundated with attacks, the vast majority of managed service providers are upbeat about their abilities to fend off breaches
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19 Jun 2025
UBS employee data leaked after cyber attack on supplier
By Karl FlindersUBS and fellow Swiss bank Pictet have been affected by a cyber attack on a procurement service provider
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18 Jun 2025
Pure Storage hands channel fresh data management pitch
By Simon QuickeVendor announces launch of a cloud data management option that it believes will offer an alternative to traditional storage approaches
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18 Jun 2025
Traditional fake news detection fails against AI-generated content
By Kim LoohuisAs generative AI produces increasingly convincing text, Dutch researchers are exploring how linguistic cues, model bias, and transparency tools can help detect fake news.
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17 Jun 2025
Cyber action plan kicks off to ‘supercharge’ UK security sector
By Alex ScroxtonUK government says its cyber growth action plan will provide a large boost to Britain’s security industry as it sets out to create a roadmap for future growth
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17 Jun 2025
Scattered Spider widens web to target insurance sector
By Alex ScroxtonFollowing a series of high-profile attacks on prominent retailers and consumer brands, the Scattered Spider cyber crime collective appears to be expanding its targeting to the insurance sector
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17 Jun 2025
Integris seals largest deal yet to expand MSP offering
By Simon QuickeChannel player makes another acquisition to bolster business on the other side of the Atlantic as it continues to increase its offering for SME customers
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17 Jun 2025
UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology
By Lis EvenstadOur judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of nearly 500 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology
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17 Jun 2025
Partners embracing Rapid7’s training
By Simon QuickeSecurity player’s channel head provides an update on the reaction to partner programme changes the vendor introduced earlier this year
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16 Jun 2025
Intelligence sharing key to cyber security in Europe, says EU Commission cyber expert
By Lis EvenstadCyber criminals choose not to attack Europe due to its resilience and preparedness, says the EU Commission’s principal advisor for cyber security coordination, Despina Spanou
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13 Jun 2025
News brief: Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit recap
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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12 Jun 2025
Datadog AI agent observability, security seek to boost trust
By Beth PariseauAs AI agents mature, new tools aim to bolster their reliability and security with fresh visibility into automation workflows and more detailed troubleshooting.
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12 Jun 2025
Policymakers assess nuclear energy for AI data centers
By Makenzie HollandBig tech vendors are recognizing the energy demands of their AI services, causing them to make significant energy investments.
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12 Jun 2025
UKtech50 2025: the longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders
By Lis EvenstadEach year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2025
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12 Jun 2025
Tomlin outlines ambitions in Northern European role at Exclusive Networks
By Simon QuickeExclusive Networks executive Rob Tomlin shares his thoughts after being given an extended leadership role at the security specialist distributor
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12 Jun 2025
Apple encryption row: Does law enforcement need to use Technical Capability Notices?
By Professor Peter Sommer, digital evidence expert witnessHistory shows that law enforcement can bring successful prosecutions without the need for the Home Office to introduce ‘backdoors’ into end-to-end encryption
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12 Jun 2025
MPs to investigate potential for government digital identity scheme
By Bryan GlickAmid growing calls for a national digital ID scheme, Home Affairs Committee launches inquiry into likely benefits and risks
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11 Jun 2025
Cisco Isovalent Load Balancer takes aim at Broadcom's VMware
By Shane SniderThe new product promises to simplify disparate network traffic across cloud, hybrid and on-premises workloads.
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11 Jun 2025
NHS IT the big winner in Reeves’ Spending Review
By Alex ScroxtonThe chancellor of the exchequer has significantly upped spending on digital and technology initiatives in the current Spending Review period, with the NHS receiving a 50% tech funding increase
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11 Jun 2025
WhatsApp seeks to join Apple in legal challenge against Home Office encryption orders
By Bill GoodwinWhatsApp today applied to intervene in an Investigatory Powers Tribunal case that is considering the UK’s ability to issue a technical capability notice on Apple to ‘weaken encryption’
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11 Jun 2025
DevOps pros eye Datadog developer portal for ITSM
By Beth PariseauDataDog advances onto Atlassian and ServiceNow's turf with a self-service developer portal that draws on real-time data about the observed state of IT resources.
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11 Jun 2025
Government using national security as ‘smokescreen’ in Apple encryption row
By Bill GoodwinSenior conservative MP David Davis says the Home Office should disclose how many secret orders it has issued against telecoms and internet companies to Parliament
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11 Jun 2025
How breaking things builds resilient systems
By Aaron TanTo prevent and recover from outages in today’s complex, cloud-native world, enterprises must proactively and deliberately inject failure into their systems through chaos engineering practices
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11 Jun 2025
June Patch Tuesday brings a lighter load for defenders
By Alex ScroxtonBarely 70 vulnerabilities make the cut for Microsoft’s monthly security update, but an RCE flaw in WEBDAV and an EoP issue in Windows SMB Client still warrant close attention
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11 Jun 2025
Cyber Bill at risk of becoming a missed opportunity, say MPs
By Alex ScroxtonAn APPG report warns that the government’s flagship cyber security legislation is too narrow in its scope and risks missing opportunities to embed resilience at the heart of the British economy
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10 Jun 2025
June Patch Tuesday resolves Windows zero-day
By Tom WalatMicrosoft fixes 66 bugs, including an actively exploited WebDAV remote-code execution flaw, but the BadSuccessor vulnerability remains unpatched.
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10 Jun 2025
U.S. will need policy to navigate EU rules
By Makenzie HollandProtecting U.S. tech companies from the EU's regulatory regime will present a challenge to U.S. officials, who have pursued antitrust cases against big tech.
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10 Jun 2025
Channel continues to deliver security training and support
By Simon QuickeResearch and MSP training platforms from security players underline the position of partners to deliver threat awareness
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10 Jun 2025
UK defence scheme invests in future cyber tech Cheri
By Alex ScroxtonCambridge-based SCI Semiconductors is awarded DTEP funding to work on the application of defensive Cheri technology
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10 Jun 2025
Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks
By Karl FlindersSecurity breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms
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09 Jun 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel movements this week at Exclusive Networks, Six Degrees, Tenable, Pure Storage and LogicMonitor
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09 Jun 2025
US lawmakers say UK has ‘gone too far’ by attacking Apple’s encryption
By Bill GoodwinUS politicians are calling for Congress to rewrite the US Cloud Act to prevent the UK issuing orders to require US tech companies to introduce ‘backdoors’ in end-to-end encrypted messaging and storage
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06 Jun 2025
News brief: CISA and partners face budget overhauls, cuts
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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06 Jun 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Infinigate Group, Assured Data protection, Diliko, N-able, Coro and Quantum Dice
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06 Jun 2025
InfoSec distribution panel: The value of expertise
By Simon QuickeAt security industry show InfoSec, executives from a number of distributors shared their views on the benefits they offer to partners and vendors
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06 Jun 2025
UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition
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06 Jun 2025
CISOs must translate cyber threats into business risk
By Stephen WithersTo manage risk effectively and secure board-level buy-in, CISOs must stop talking about technology and start speaking the language of business, according to a senior Check Point executive
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05 Jun 2025
UK backdoor order to Apple raises bipartisan concerns
By Makenzie HollandU.S. officials fear that gaps in existing law may enable countries to target U.S. companies with data access requests that harm user privacy and security.
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05 Jun 2025
HMRC phishing breach wholly avoidable, but hard to stop
By Alex ScroxtonA breach at HMRC saw innocent taxpayers tricked into letting scammers impersonate them through simple phishing attacks leading to account takeover. Such attacks are avoidable, but hard to stop
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05 Jun 2025
CyberSentriq and Netgear both courting MSPs
By Simon QuickeArrival of fresh brand in the security market and an acquisition move by networking player should provide managed service providers with options
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05 Jun 2025
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPeople experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
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05 Jun 2025
How GitLab is tapping AI in DevSecOps
By Aaron TanGitLab CISO Josh Lemos explains how the company is weaving AI, through its Duo tool, into the entire software development lifecycle to enhance efficiency and automate incident response
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04 Jun 2025
Put ROCs before SOCs, Qualys tells public sector
By Alex ScroxtonPutting risk operations before security operations may help government agencies and other public sector bodies better manage the myriad threats they face, and make better decisions for the security of all
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04 Jun 2025
NCSC sets out how to build cyber safe cultures
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has published guidance for security teams and leaders on how to foster accessible and appropriate cyber security cultures in their organisations
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04 Jun 2025
Investigatory powers: Guidelines for police and spies could also help businesses with AI
By Bill GoodwinComputer Weekly talks to Muffy Calder, technology advisor to the UK’s investigatory powers commissioner, about privacy, intrusion and artificial intelligence
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04 Jun 2025
Microsoft outlines three-pronged European cyber strategy
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft chair Brad Smith outlines an expansive cyber programme targeting governments across Europe with enhanced threat intelligence and support
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04 Jun 2025
European Commission should rescind UK data adequacy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonCivil society organisations have urged the European Commissioner to not renew the UK’s data adequacy, given the country’s growing divergence from European data protection standards
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04 Jun 2025
Infosecurity 2025: SMEs feel on their own in the face of cyber attacks
By Brian McKennaProject findings to be presented at Infosecurity Europe 2025 highlight vulnerability of SMEs to cyber attack
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03 Jun 2025
HashiCorp Terraform leads IBM, Red Hat integration roadmap
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp and IBM have begun to knit together products such as Terraform and Ansible and divulged some roadmap details, but a few potential product overlaps are still unresolved.
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03 Jun 2025
SailPoint charts course for AI-driven identity security
By Aaron TanSailPoint is driving the use of agentic AI in identity security with its Harbor Pilot offering while preparing to help enterprises govern and secure AI agents
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02 Jun 2025
US cyber agency CISA faces stiff budget cuts
By Alex ScroxtonCISA is one of several US agencies facing drastic budget cuts under the Trump administration
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02 Jun 2025
Cyber and digital get over £1bn to enhance UK’s national security
By Alex ScroxtonThe government has set out plans to spend over a billion pounds on digital and cyber warfare capabilities to enhance the UK’s ability to defend itself and fight offensive wars
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02 Jun 2025
Launch of e92spark extends distie’s options
By Simon QuickeDistributor establishes fresh division to enable the business to capture emerging vendors bringing innovative technology to market
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02 Jun 2025
Infosecurity 2025: NCA cyber intelligence head spells out trends
By Brian McKennaWill Lyne, head of cyber intelligence at the National Crime Agency, sketches out cyber criminal trends as ransomware and other attack varieties become democratised beyond Russophone, skilled software developers
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30 May 2025
News brief: Week's top breaches stem from third-party attacks
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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30 May 2025
Software supply chain security tools take on toil for users
By Beth PariseauRecent updates from software supply chain security vendors simply take over vulnerability management on behalf of IT orgs, rather than provide facilitating tools.
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30 May 2025
Dutch businesses lag behind in cyber resilience as threats escalate
By Kim LoohuisWhile non-IT business professionals in the middle of their careers face the most disruption from AI, professionals in the IT services sector and their employers must prepare for change
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30 May 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Distology, Bitdefender, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, TD Synnex and Xledger UK