Cisco tightens link between observability and security

Cisco has updated its full-stack observability platform with the latest version of Cisco Secure Application, designed to help IT departments secure development and deployment of cloud native applications Cisco said the product connects business context with security findings, bringing together application performance data with security intelligence from Cisco’s existing security products. It also offers […]

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ExtraHop open sources 16 million rows of threat domain data

Cloud-native network detection and response (NDR) specialist ExtraHop hopes to give security researchers and defenders a little extra help when it comes to defending against malware and botnet operations, by making its entire 16 million row domain generated by algorithm (DGA) dataset publicly available on GitHub. So-called DGAs are programs that use algorithmic generation […]

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Oxford’s Mini iFactory runs on S/4Hana

BMW’s new factory for the electric mini in Oxford is using SAP S/4 Hana. The Mini plant in Cowley, Oxford is the first of BMW Group’s connected factories based on a digitised cloud architecture. BMW recently announced £600m investment in developing the plant to support the production of electric cars. The Mini Plant Oxford […]

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European enterprises to spend more on generative IT to close gap on US

European enterprises are increasing investment in generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovation at the fastest ever rate as they attempt to close the gap on their US-based counterparts. A global survey of 2,300 senior executives carried out by Accenture shows that generative AI dominates the tech budgets of European companies, with 91% allocating a significant […]

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The dangers of breaking encryption

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 12 September 2023 The dangers of breaking encryption Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we detail the concerns of the BCS and other IT experts about the UK’s Online Safety Bill’s proposals to weaken end-to-end message encryption. Our buyer’s guide continues […]

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Consciousness to address AI safety and security

In February 2022, I wrote in a Computer Weekly article about metacognition, the ability to think about thinking, remains a critical gap to the development of artificial intelligence (AI). I pointed to a 2021 paper that I co-authored where we experimented with giving AI abilities in metacognition, finding that whilst the AI was slightly […]

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Brits happy to break cyber law if the price is right

A slim majority of British adults would be perfectly happy for the government and its allies to break international cyber security laws and norms, and almost as many feel they would be happy to support or engage in online cyber criminal activity themselves, given the right circumstances, according to a report. The survey, conducted […]

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