What is application blacklisting (application blocklisting)? Application blacklisting — increasingly called application blocklisting — is a network or computer administration practice used to prevent the execution of undesirable software programs. Such programs include those known to contain security threats or vulnerabilities and those deemed inappropriate in a given organization or a group inside that organization. […]
A majority of the top 10 jobs people believe will be the fastest growing over the next five years are technology roles, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The World Economic Forum’s Future of jobs report 2023, which tracks the labour market including declining and emerging roles, found that employers believe artificial intelligence […]
A proposed European law that could require communications companies, including WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger to scan the contents of private and encrypted messages for child abuse material are likely to be annulled by the European Court of Justice, according to the EU’s own internal legal advice. The controversial EU law, known as ‘chat […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially launched the United Nations (UN) “Big Data Sustainable Development” platform on 25 January 2022. This is part of the country’s national agenda for harnessing the power of big data, while at the same time adhering to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Under this agenda, the UN […]
Outsourcer Capita has told some pension provider clients that data it processed on their behalf was compromised in the March 2023 Black Basta ransomware attack on its systems. According to the Financial Times, which was first to break the story, Capita wrote to trustees yesterday (Thursday 4 May) to inform them that having examined […]
The number of requests made to open banking application programming interfaces (APIs) will reach 580 billion globally by 2027, 470% more than what is expected this year, with European consumers and businesses driving the growth. According to the numbers from Juniper Research, 70% of these requests will be in Europe, which has the most […]
Apple has posted quarterly revenue of $94.8bn, down 3% compared with last year. Yet the company’s services business posted an “all-time record” revenue of $20.9bn, according to CEO Tim Cook, and March was a quarter record for iPhone, despite the challenging macroeconomic environment. “We continue to invest for the long term and lead with […]
Santander Bank has reported an 11% increase in fraud through impersonation scams, and admitted that its own head of fraud was impersonated as part of a £60,000 theft from a customer. According to the bank’s figures, impersonation scams in the first three months of this year were worth £10.2m, with an average of £6,906 […]
Moving a company’s IT into the cloud is seen a reasonable thing to do for many companies as it has many attractions including cost, space savings, reduced headcount and performance bonuses. Tried and tested security paradigms are now being viewed as not fully fit for purpose where cloud-based operations are involved. But is this […]
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