Deepfakes become the second biggest headache for UK companies
Deepfakes are now the second biggest headache for UK businesses regarding info security, with more than a third having a run-in with them over the last year.
According to ISMS. online’s State of Information Security reports nearly 32 per cent of UK firms have had a brush with these deepfake dramas, just trailing behind those malware infections.
According to ALSO Chief Customer Officer Mark Appleton, businesses must overcome communication roadblocks in cybersecurity.
Appleton said that elevating communication can help businesses fortify their security posture.
“A cyberattack has the potential to impact every aspect of the organisation and make customers question the services and control they have over their security,” said Appleton.
Skillcast CEO Vivek Dodd has warned that many companies implementing overreaching and intrusive employee surveillance will violate the GDPR laws.
Amazon’s recent entanglement with European data protection regulators has spotlighted the company’s surveillance methods. The firm is facing intense scrutiny over the possibility of excessively monitoring its staff, which raises substantial concerns regarding legal compliance and the privacy rights of employees.
During the fiscal third quarter of 2024, Cisco reported revenues of $12.7 billion (£10 billion) – a 13 per cent decrease year over year.
Splunk’s contribution to the revenues amounted to $413 million (£325 million). The vendor’s total subscription revenue was $6.9 billion (£5.43 billion), including Splunk, marking an increase of 12 per cent year over year. Excluding Splunk, the subscription revenue increased by five per cent.
IP Transit provider RETN has broadened its internet connectivity services to Manchester, extending its offerings to the city’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and enterprises.
This development follows a series of investments in RETN’s international backbone, marking significant network deployments across Western, Northern, and Central Europe and Asia.
RETN’s move into Manchester represents a pivotal step, highlighting the city’s role as a crucial UK hub for both domestic and international network connectivity.
Cloudy disty Infinigate has reported a slowdown across Europe.
In a recent business update, the Switzerland-based distributor noted that it continued to expand during the financial year ending in March 2024, despite facing a challenging market influenced by the economic downturn in Europe.
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region emerged as the highlight of the past financial year, experiencing double-digit growth and robust profit margins. Infinigate’s 2022 acquisition, Starlink, was particularly noteworthy as it exceeded market performance, achieving a 26 per cent increase in the MEA region.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is about to splash out twice as much dosh on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the next three years, after they’ve decided to stick with their somewhat iffy hosting deal with the cloud bigwig.
For those who came in late, the CMA is investigating AWS and Microsoft for having too much anti-trust control over the cloud market. So, it makes the news that it kicked off its latest three-year stint with AWS on 1 May 2024 and forked out a hefty £437,151 this time around appear a little ironic.
Amazon Web Services boss Adam Selipsky is packing up his office after a three-year stint at the helm of the world’s top cloud firm.
Selipsky been with AWS for nearly a decade and a half, but now he’s off and Matt Garman’s stepping up to the plate as the new CEO.
Garman has been the senior VP for AWS’s sales, marketing, and global services, and now he’s taking charge of the $100 billion cloud and AI heavyweight.
Selipsky said that running AWS was no small feat, and he was happy with everything that happened.
Japanese outfit NTT DATA saw its dosh from net sales and operating profits shooting up, all thanks to smashing it in Japan and Europe.
Their net sales have jumped 25.1 per cent, hitting a hefty ¥4.4tr (£22.4bn), which is a tidy step up from last year’s ¥3.4tr (£17.4bn).
Its order book – if you don’t count the stuff from NTT Ltd – has gone through the roof with a 75.8 per cent leap, raking in ¥4.8tr (£24.5bn) in fresh orders.
New research by Durham University Business School says that if online retailers want to build customer loyalty, they should focus more on the customer experience rather than efficiency when designing their websites.
The researchers say that today’s online customers crave more than convenience and a smooth shopping experience; they seek one that is immersive and interactive.
Google is chucking out third-party cookies, with some in the ad world in a tizz, but CMS tech makers Storyblok reckon it’s a good thing for making customer experiences more bang on.
Google’s been binning these cookies in Chrome for about 30 million people—about a per cent of the world’s population. It’s all part of their Privacy Sandbox moves, which aim to stop websites from tracking us as we browse the internet. Google is following in the footsteps of Safari, Apple, and Firefox.
The whole cookie-ditching plan has been pushed back to early 2025, and people are worried about what this means for tracking users and serving those pesky targeted ads.
Wales is stepping up its game with a fantastic new plan to keep its local councils and fire crews safe from hackers.
Introducing CymruSOC, a groundbreaking initiative that marks the first of its kind in the UK, setting a new standard in cybersecurity.
The Welsh government, in a collaborative effort with Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, is spearheading CymruSOC. This partnership ensures the uninterrupted operation of crucial services, even in the face of potential cyber threats.
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has been having a bit of a barney with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in London, trying to get them to dismiss a massive lawsuit accusing them of overreaching in the online ad market.
Ad Tech Collective Action kicked off the legal stoush in November 2022 on behalf of a group of UK publishers. It is after £13.6 billion, claiming Google’s been playing dirty and hurting their wallets.
Reuters says Ad Tech Collective Action’s barristers have been bending the CAT’s ear during a three-day hearing that started on Wednesday, trying to get the green light for a full-on trial.
Japanese investment outfit SoftBank Group is rumoured to be in the final stages of discussions to snap up a British AI chip designer Graphcore
According to Bloomberg’s deep throats, a deal was possible after the two started nattering a few months back. But they’ve quickly pointed out that nothing’s set in stone yet, and the whole thing could still go pear-shaped.
Graphcore, which opened in Bristol in 2016, has been working on an intelligence processing unit (IPU). They reckon it’s a better fit for AI than Nvidia’s big server GPUs because it’s made from scratch for “fine-grained parallelism.”
Air IT snagged Edinburgh-based SoConnect, which means more reach in Scotland, new know-how, and a wider circle of customers.
By bringing the new Scottish crew on board, Air IT’s team has grown to 570, allowing it to offer a full suite of services to thousands of small and medium-sized business customers.
SoConnect said it is jazzed about getting into Air Sec, the top-notch security service cooked up by Air-IT.
Air IT boss James Steventon said: “With a mission to make IT feel effortless, SoConnect is a fantastic cultural fit with an accomplished team that shares our values and commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience.”
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