Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 20 June 2023 How to keep network costs affordable Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, as demands for networking performance and speed increase, we examine how to keep a handle on costs. Chip makers are investing in PLC technology – the […]
Overview of PCI compliance PCI compliance is adherence to the set of policies and procedures developed to protect credit, debit and cash card transactions and prevent the misuse of cardholders’ personal information. All card brands require compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI […]
Huawei has made a strong response against comments made by the European Commission (EC) – confirming that the decisions taken by certain EU Member States to restrict or exclude technology from the comms tech giant and fellow Chinese company ZTE from their 5G networks are justified and in line with the EC’s technology toolbox […]
The Salvation Army’s trading arm, known as SATCoL, is seeking to raise money for its charitable endeavours by branching out into the recycling and resale of business IT equipment, including PCs and mobile devices. The organisation claims to be the largest charity-owned textiles collector in the UK, and provides a means for businesses to […]
What is PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)? The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a widely accepted set of policies and procedures intended to optimize the security of credit, debit and cash card transactions and protect cardholders against misuse of their personal information. PCI DSS was designed to prevent […]
Prime minister Rishi Sunak is facing pressure from banks to force tech firms to foot the bill for online fraud. The leaders of the UK’s biggest banks have written to the prime minister demanding that tech companies do more to stop online fraud that emanates on their platforms. Last week, a letter written to […]
A series of services disruptions experienced by users of Microsoft Azure, OneDrive and Outlook were the result of a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack conducted by a threat actor tracked by Redmond as Storm-1359 (aka Anonymous Sudan) – a Russia-aligned or -backed group with alleged links to the Killnet collective. The surges […]
Jordan Ahli Bank has launched a banking app that allows its business and retail customers to make and receive payments at a lower cost. Built on a Google-inspired cloud-native banking platform, the Qawn app, which the bank describes as a “social payments app”, is connected to Jordanian payment network CliQ. Previously known as the […]
Backup product maker Nakivo has announced new features in the version 10.9 release of its Backup & Replication software. The latest version adds ransomware malware scanning – which adds to existing capabilities for immutable copies – to its list of functionality. New also are bare metal recovery and recovery from tape directly to virtual […]
The UK is to expand the successful Ukraine Cyber Programme (UCP) with up to £25m between now and 2025 to support Ukraine’s cyber security defences, helping Kyiv’s ability to detect, respond to and prevent Russian cyber attacks, and protect its critical national infrastructure and frontline government services The package, which comprises £16m in UK […]