The mobility industry is rapidly changing and improving processes more efficiently by taking advantage of many different Machine Learning applications that are dramatically transforming mobility systems and infrastructure. We saw several examples at the virtual conference we held about Intelligent Mobility where we learned how Machine Learning is applied in transport infrastructure as well as […]
Archives for June 2021
HSBC offers all businesses scam awareness app
HSBC UK is offering a mobile app to businesses to help them keep up to date with the latest scams being used by fraudsters to steal money. The free HSBC Fraud and Cyber Awareness app is available to all business, not just HSBC customers, and will provide up to date information and alerts. It will […]
Secrecy around EncroChat cryptophone hack breaches French constitution, court hears
French prosecutors have unlawfully invoked “defence secrecy” to avoid disclosing information about the hacking operation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network, a court heard yesterday. French police infiltrated the EncroChat encrypted phone network in April 2020, in an operation that has led to hundreds of arrests in the UK and Europe for offences including drugs, […]
Government action on ransomware epidemic gathers pace
The US government is stepping up action against the current epidemic of ransomware, which this week has seen one of the world’s largest meat suppliers, JBS, hit by attackers, alongside revelations of attacks on public transport organisations – and doubtless countless others yet to be made public. According to Reuters, the US Department of Justice […]
What is iPaaS? Guide to integration platform as a service
Integration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a set of automated tools that integrate software applications that are deployed in different environments. Large businesses that run enterprise-level systems often use iPaaS to integrate applications and data that live on premises and in both public and private clouds. Typically, an iPaaS platform provides pre-built connectors, business […]
Security observability tools step up threat detection, response
Mean time to contain (MTTC) is a metric security teams can use to assess the effectiveness of their tools and practices. It measures the amount of time taken to detect, analyze and contain a security incident. According to Nemertes Research, an enterprise is considered successful if its MTTC is 20 minutes or less. Yet according […]
Half of UK firms to cut office space
Half of UK businesses expect to reduce the size of their office space, with a third looking to cut it down by 30%, according to a new report. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) surveyed 258 C-Suite executives and over senior employees of the UK’s largest companies and their proposed cuts roughly equated to nine million square feet of […]
‘Work is no longer a place’ Zoom says after posting 191% year-on-year growth
Video conferencing platform Zoom beat analysts’ expectations with sales more than doubling by 191% in its first-quarter earnings. Revenue for the quarter that ended 30 April jumped up to $956.2 million from $328.2 million in the same period of 2020. The company’s massive success in 2020, where it became a household name during the pandemic, has […]
Microsoft acquires ReFirm Labs to enhance IoT security
By David Weston Director of Enterprise and OS Security, Microsoft. Modern computing devices can be thought of as a collection of discrete microprocessors each with a dedicated function like high-speed networking, graphics, Disk I/O, AI, and everything in between. The emergence of the intelligent edge has accelerated the number of these cloud-connected devices that contain […]
A legal perspective on blockchain-anchored business networks
<!– –> Share this post: Business law, legal considerations and regulatory compliance are important to setting up and running an enterprise business. The blockchain business network enables enterprises to interact among their stakeholders across geography with trust and traceability. Hence, it is important that the blockchain business network comply with a required set of business […]