Files containing the personal financial details of hundreds of former and current NatWest customers will be returned to bank after courtroom agreement. On the 14 September, after over a decade in a data breach whistleblowers home, the sensitive banking details of about 1,600 people will be collected and secured by NatWest. During an application made […]

Disaster recovery planning is vital for smaller businesses. The rise of cyber attacks, especially ransomware, has increased the risk of disruption and data loss to smaller firms. SMEs are also vulnerable to risks in their digital and software supply chains. At the same time, enterprises and public sector organisations are increasingly aware of the […]

Managed cloud services provider Node4 has revealed details of how it helped one of its charity clients overcome its remote working technology woes in the wake of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic through the deployment of a VMware-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) setup. Its client – the Manchester-based performing arts charity, The Lowry Theatre and […]

The government yesterday attempted to quash industry concerns that the “spy clause” in the Online Safety Bill, which aims to crack down on child abuse and other harmful online content, would fundamentally weaken end-to-end encrypted services. Junior arts and heritage minister Stephen Parkinson told the House of Lords yesterday that regulators would not use […]

Kent County Council has begun working with Circular Computing to provide thousands of remanufactured laptops to vulnerable people in Kent. The digital inclusion scheme run by Kent Digital has already helped almost 5,000 residents in Kent stay connected with free access to technology. Using the carbon-neutral remanufactured laptops supplied by Circular Computing, those currently […]

Operational technology specialist Honeywell is to incorporate quantum computing-hardened encryption keys into its smart meters for electric, gas and water meters, through a partnership with sector specialist Quantinuum that it said will provide consumers with heightened protection from future cyber threats. The deal makes Honeywell the first to deploy quantum encryption in such a […]

The UK and US governments have imposed fresh sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on 11 alleged members of the Russian cyber criminal operation behind the Conti ransomware attacks, which struck critical national infrastructure, including hospitals, during the Covid-19 pandemic, before imploding after an internal blow-up over its support for Russia’s criminal war […]

The UK and US governments have imposed fresh sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on 11 alleged members of the Russian cyber criminal operation behind the Conti ransomware attacks, which struck critical national infrastructure, including hospitals, during the Covid-19 pandemic, before imploding after an internal blow-up over its support for Russia’s criminal war […]

The majority of enterprises are seemingly oblivious to the environmental impact of their data storage strategies, suggests research commissioned by IT infrastructure and services company NTT. A total of 312 senior IT decision-makers from across the UK, Germany and the Netherlands participated in the research, which sought to shine a light on the link […]

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