By Published: 31 Oct 2022 Containerisation has exploded in recent years because it allows for the optimisation of available resources and the minimisation of costs and overhead associated with accomplishing business objectives. Done well, it is the model for securing the enterprise. In fact, containerisation and microservices architectures are the closest example of breaking […]

The latest Deloitte UK CFO survey, for the third quarter of 2022, demonstrates just how badly external economic factors are impacting businesses. Some 91% of CFOs expect operating margins to decline over the next 12 months, and cost reduction and cash control are now their top priorities. Faced with these challenges, finance departments need […]

Cybersecurity is an important issue for IT and business professionals, as cyber attacks continue to plague governments, businesses and other organizations. There are many different types of cyber attacks that organizations fall victim to, including ransomware, phishing, password attacks and DNS spoofing. And knowing how to minimize these attacks is a must. If you […]

Rising energy costs and customers looking to cut costs are both cited as reasons why Amazon Web Services (AWS) recorded its weakest revenue growth rate to-date during the three months to 30 September 2022. The public cloud giant’s third-quarter results show AWS generated $20.5bn in revenue during this period, which is up 27.5% on […]

Meta Platforms may have posted what analysts are calling a particularly disappointing third quarter, with revenues falling 4% to only just under $28bn. But the company’s future is still very clearly building the metaverse to an ecosystem with a billion users by 2030, and addressing this community is not only the ambition of Mark […]

With the ongoing growth in the adoption of containers, we looked at what CISOs needed to do to ensure they were secure in a Security Think Tank column for Computer Weekly in June 2020. Over the past two years, containerisation has continued to spread significantly – Gartner predicted in 2020 that it would be […]

The government has awarded over £1m in grants to 17 UK organisations piloting new techniques to boost digital and media literacy among people deemed more at risk of experiencing online abuse or being tricked into believing falsehoods such as vaccine disinformation, deepfake videos, or hostile propaganda. The awards are part of the government’s online […]

Ian Levy, the longstanding technical director of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy fan, is to step down from his post after a 22-year career in the intelligence services. A graduate of the University of Warwick, from where he also holds a PhD in computer science, Levy […]

IT security professionals rely heavily on telemetry and data logs to identify, tackle and prevent cyber attacks. But the challenge is that there isn’t a simple way for security teams to make sense of large datasets. Typically, they would use a plethora of technologies and software to collect and analyse data. However, this approach […]