Almost 40% of women in tech careers in EMEA are considering switching roles over the next year, according to Skillsoft. And more than a third of those who are considering switching roles are doing so because they are seeking more equitable career opportunities. “Despite the efforts of organisations to make diversity, equity and inclusion […]
What is Microsoft Azure Key Vault? Microsoft Azure Key Vault is a cloud-based security service offered by Microsoft as part of its Azure platform. It provides a secure and centralized storage solution for cryptographic keys and secrets, such as passwords, certificates and keys used for encryption. Azure Key Vault allows organizations to securely store and […]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has defended its rationale for deleting names from its official online list of known tax avoidance schemes after 12 months after contracting market stakeholders described the strategy as “ridiculous”. The tax collection agency manages an online list of named tax avoidance schemes, which also includes details of the parties […]
An undisclosed number of users of multinational payment giant NCR’s Aloha point of sale platform for hospitality businesses are experiencing an ongoing outage to their service, following a BlackCat ransomware attack last week. The outage is impacting multiple elements of the Aloha platform in North America, and a limited number of services in both […]
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Ireland’s An Garda Síochána are probing a series of data breaches at several charities working with vulnerable individuals, including victims child sexual abuse, after their data was compromised in a cyber attack on an IT supplier. The supplier, Derry-Londonderry-based Evide, is a data management services firm […]
In 2022, IDC predicted the amount of data created on an annual basis would grow at a compound annual growth rate of over 21% to reach more than 221,000 exabytes by 2026. Keeping in mind that one exabyte is equal to one billion gigabytes, one cannot help but notice that’s a lot of data. […]
BAE Systems has signed a strategic agreement with Microsoft and is drawing on the software giant’s public cloud platform Azure to provide new capabilities to various different entities within the defence sector. The defence contractor said the contract with Microsoft is ultimately designed to speed up the time it takes to develop, deploy and […]
Spending on IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) services dropped sharply in the first quarter of this year as spending on cloud services slowed. According to the latest figures, ISG revealed that $24bn was spent on IT and BPO globally, an 8% decrease from the same period last year. ISG records all deals struck […]
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) at the Bank of England has fined the former CIO of TSB bank for his part in the catastrophic migration of the bank’s IT to a new system. In the final notice sent to the former CIO Carlos Abarca, the PRA said the action it has taken “emphasises the […]
More than 360,000 unique hosts appear to be at risk from three newly disclosed vulnerabilities – one of them rated as critical – in the legacy Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) service, a Check Point researcher has warned. Disclosed to Microsoft by Check Point’s Haifei Li, and fixed in the 11 April 2023 Patch Tuesday […]