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If you grew up watching US movies and TV, you’ll be familiar with America’s domestic security agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
It recently issued a free report well worth reading, Modern Approaches to Network Access Security.
AI will have a profound impact on cybersecurity – for good and ill.
If you are responsible for keeping your organisation’s data safe, it is worth spending time understanding how AI will change cybersecurity.
AI pair programmers such as GitHub Copilot supercharge developer productivity by completing code written by humans.
Running VMware software? Big changes are afoot, following Broadcom's takeover.
In long-term relationships, there may come a point where things are no longer working for both parties. The current situation is adequate but slowly getting worse.
Most organisations have had a multi-decade relationship with on-premises servers. But now that cloud services have improved, it’s no longer a given that this relationship will last.
The traditional approach to IT security is no longer adequate.
Passwords, permission groups, firewalls, traditional VPNs and anti-virus software remain in use but aren’t enough to achieve good security.
Amazon, Azure and Google capture 65% of cloud infrastructure spending, with Amazon receiving almost one pound in two spent with the big three cloud providers.
You've got backups, so you may assume ransomware is no big deal.
If you do get hit you could just ignore the ransom, restore your data from backups and get back to whatever you were doing. But it's not that simple.
Your organisation's cybersecurity is worse than you think.
If a system has vulnerabilities, ethical hackers say they can typically exfiltrate data inside 5 hours.
If you use Exchange Online you're about to start missing out on some emails.
And if you have your own Exchange Server, your emails could get blocked if you don't keep your server patched.
Organisations that switch to the big public clouds often find themselves paying more than expected.
If you're in this situation, here are some ways to cut your public cloud bill without materially harming performance:
AI is going to transform IT over the next few years. Here's what to expect:
IT is often viewed as a cost centre, but recent research shows IT teams are saving organisations significant sums.
How? By delivering remote working solutions that help organisations retain/recruit knowledge workers.
On April 11th 2023, Microsoft support for Exchange Server 2013 ends.
Microsoft will no longer provide security fixes for vulnerabilities discovered after that date, leaving Exchange Server 2013 instances vulnerable to security breaches.
In addition, Microsoft won't fix other Exchange 2013 bugs or provide related technical support.
Your organisation is under-prepared for a ransomware attack. Almost all organisations are.
Luckily, it's likely you'll have time to fix many security problems before they are exploited.
2023 will be a bad year for passwords.
By the end of 2023, Google, Apple and Microsoft will all have implemented passkeys, a password-less user authentication scheme. Most password manager apps will support passkeys by year-end.
John Pettigrew, CEO of the UK energy distributor National Grid has warned that Britain could face blackouts this winter.
There's an ambitious plan to get rid of Britain's traditional phone network. Almost all landlines and ISDN lines are due to stop working at the end of January 2027.
"That's years away. I'll worry about it later," you may be tempted to think.
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Changes are happening long before 2027 and will affect a vast array of telecoms services:
The current energy crisis won't just hit domestic fuel bills. It will impact IT too. Here's how
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