Nordic private equity groups are investing in cyber security companies amid growing demand for specialist services to protect critical IT infrastructure. Increasing interest in digital security is also driving the establishment of private-public partnerships to develop enhanced network defence and security solutions to counter rising threats. The ever-present dangers lurking in the cyber sphere […]

What is permittivity (electric permittivity)? Permittivity (electric permittivity) is the ratio of electric displacement to the electric field intensity. It is a constant of proportionality between these two parameters. In the meter-kilogram-second and International System of Units (SI) frameworks, the permittivity of free space in a vacuum is symbolized as εo. Its value is approximately […]

What is electric field strength? Electric field strength is a quantitative expression of the intensity of an electric field at a particular location. The standard unit is the volt per meter (V/m or V·m-1). A field strength of 1 V/m represents a potential difference of 1 V between points separated by 1 meter. Electric field […]

Ofcom has expanded its remit under the Enterprise Act 2002 to investigate the public cloud and internet communications market. As part of this drive, the regulator plans to launch a market study examining the position of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the UK’s £15bn cloud services market. In response to the way digital markets […]

The developer or developers behind the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) family known variously as ALPHV, BlackCat and Noberus, have been hard at work refining their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and today are probably more dangerous than ever before, according to intelligence from Symantec. The ALPHV/BlackCat/Noberus operation – which Symantec tracks as Coreid (aka FIN7, Carbon […]

Footwear and clothing brand Dr Martens has moved large chunks of its operations to the cloud, and uses third-party backup to extend standard cloud data protection and gain ransomware protection. The move has seen the company supplement standard retention in Microsoft 365 with cloud-to-cloud backup from US-based service provider 11:11, which it also uses […]

A group of 12 organisations have come together to lay the groundwork for what they describe as an “alternative internet” to that controlled by large technology corporations, outlining a set of principles for building a privacy-focused internet for the public good. The Privacy Pledge has been signed by various well-known developers of privacy-centric services, […]

American Express (Amex) is on an IT recruitment drive to support business growth amid the rapid digitisation of the financial services sector. This year will see more than 5,000 tech roles added to Amex’s global workforce of 64,000. To support its business growth, the credit card giant is currently looking to fill 1,500 technical […]

The newly appointed chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, is due to deliver his first fiscal statement, or mini-Budget, on Friday 23 September. At the time of writing, the financial analyst community is predicting the event will see Kwarteng announce a series of tax cuts that will total tens of millions of pounds to […]

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published tailored guidance designed to support retailers, hospitality providers and utility services in protecting both themselves and their customers from the impact of cyber crime. The guidance is specifically designed for organisations with an online presence, and in particular those that employ online customer accounts, and […]