The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced an expansion to its Cyber Incident Response (CIR) scheme, introducing a second tier of service providers that will supposedly help more organisations provide incident response service to more victim organisations. The well-established scheme is designed to help organisations experiencing a cyber attack quickly and easily […]
An online survey of 2,500 IT decision-makers conducted by Edelman Data & Intelligence for AMD has found that many are concerned about whether their hardware can cope with artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. AI systems are made up of training data, run on powerful, usually cloud-based graphics processing units (GPU) hardware, which is used to […]
IT asset management (ITAM) and its relationship to good cyber security practice and risk management is becoming a vital element in determining an organisation’s ability to obtain credit, and those that lack an appropriate ITAM strategy may find their ratings adversely effected, according to credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings. In […]
The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales has handed in his resignation to the Home Office, citing delays to the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill. As biometrics commissioner, Fraser Sampson is responsible for oversight of how police collect, retain and use a range of biometric material (including digital facial […]
Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies have reported a data breach resulting from a freedom of information (FoI) disclosure, the second such incident involving the apparent accidental mishandling of police data in the space of a week. The two forces – which have been collaborating on multiple aspects of police work in East Anglia since 2010 […]
As part of an internet protocol multi-protocol label switching (IP/MPLS) routing and switching replacement project, GÉANT, the collaboration of European national research and education networks (NRENs), has announced it will be the first institution of its kind in the world to deploy 800 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) routing interfaces, tripling capacity and supercharging its 50,000km […]
Nutanix has launched GPT-in-a-Box, a bundled service that adds artificial intelligence (AI) software stack elements – such as foundation models and AI frameworks – to scale-out hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). GPT-in-a-Box also offers consulting so that customers can specify the right infrastructure configuration, in terms of hardware – for example, GPU spec – and software, such […]
Defending organizations against hackers and keeping information safe are critical endeavors — but they aren’t easy. Information security (infosec) has evolved to be one of the most complex aspects of business today and requires a formalized approach. With modern cybersecurity threats seeking greater harm than ever, proper collaboration between IT and infosec leaders and […]
TSB has opened applications for its latest fintech programme in partnership with Fintech Scotland, with up to 20 successful startups given an opportunity to become an official supplier to the bank. The annual TSB Innovation Labs programme, which is hosted in TSB’s Edinburgh-based technology centre, is in its third year. This year’s applicants are […]
The Bank of England’s core IT system, which settles £775bn worth of UK payments a day, experienced a major outage due to a “technical issue”. The Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, which settles payments between banks, was offline from the beginning of business on August 14 until after 16:00. RTGS settles payments made between […]