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In today’s world of social distancing, widespread remote working is becoming the norm. In some cases, offices are mixed – some employees are working remotely, while essential employees remain in the office. This is where a digital meeting system like Microsoft Teams works its magic. Until today, though, there was no Teams-certified collaboration bar to install at the office,...

With governments, schools and businesses of all sizes continuing to look for ways to address the impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Avaya Holdings Corp. is powering its global COVID-19 response efforts with Avaya Spaces, and providing significant resources to enable more organizations globally to adapt to a world that is mandating new ways to engage. Avaya Sp...

Slack has redesigned its team messaging app in a bid to make the product simpler for workers who aren't as tech-savvy as its earliest customers. The refresh comes as Slack falls further behind rival Microsoft Teams in the race for users. The Microsoft product now has 44 million daily active users, up from 20 million four months ago, the tech giant announced. Teams ha...

Microsoft Teams is seeing massive user growth as remote work becomes the norm amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The chat, collaboration and video conferencing app saw its daily active user count rise more than 37 percent over the past week, from 32 million to 44 million users around the world. During that time, Microsoft also signed up six additional large business customers wi...

Cisco's Elisabeth De Dobbeleer is to steer its EMEAR channel as newly appointed Partner Lead for the region. She takes over from David Meads who was appointed Chief Executive for Cisco UK&I in February, and was previously Cisco’s Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for EMEAR, and has held a number of prior global and regional roles at Cisco across its legal, b...

The division is led by Mark Alexander, CEO, with new senior leadership appointments for Dr. Fiona Lodge as Chief Product and Strategy Officer, and Jean Turgeon as Chief Technology and Information Officer   London, UK – 18 March 2020 - NTT Ltd., a world-leading global technology services provider, today announced the launch of its new Cloud Communications division, its ...

With COVID-19 restricting offices and workspace to homes and impacting the cybersecurity sector at a massive scale, the world’s largest cybersecurity certification body, EC-Council, announced that it will offer an array of its certification programs and courseware free for students, instructors, partners, and the information security community. The certification body stresse...

Cyber gangsters have attacked the computer systems of a medical research company on standby to carry out trials of a possible future vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus. The Maze ransomware group attacked the computer systems of Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR), publishing personal details of thousands of former patients after the company declined to pay a ransom. ...

London-based Finastra, the world’s third-largest financial services software provider, has been hacked. The fintech giant told customers that affected servers “both in the USA and elsewhere” had been disconnected from the internet while it contains the breach. In a short statement, the company initially described noticing “potentially anomalous activity”, updating this la...

Prudential, the UK’s largest listed insurer, is turning to artificial intelligence to protect its computer networks in the US, Asia and Africa from malware hackers and internal threats Financial services group Prudential is setting up security operations centres in Asia and the US that will allow it to monitor potential security threats on more than 100,000 devices on i...

Crossword Cybersecurity is a professional services firm that focuses on the development and commercialisation of research-based cyber-security software, and cyber-security consulting. The group’s specialist cyber security product development and software engineering teams work with its university partners to develop the research concept into a fully-fledged commercial produc...

Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, sources told Reuters, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks. WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the hackers was unclear and the effort was unsuccessful. But he warned that hacking attempts against ...

The health service's recently established digital transformation body NHSX has given organisations a reprieve to complete their annual cyber security checklists so it doesn’t interfere with the healthcare service's COVID-19 response plans. Health and care organisations are expected to submit a data security and protection toolkit (DSPT) each year to ensure their s...

With the majority of office workers in the UK now being asked to work from home we wanted to share some tips that will help make life working from home a bit easier. Make sure you have a good working environment - try and create a suitable working environment where you can sit up properly and clear of clutter/distractions. Remain healthy - Keep a healthy diet (water,...

In the early hours of this morning the Government published a list of key workers whose children would continue to be supported with an educational provision as schools across the UK were closed down. The list includes workers in information technology and data infrastructure sector, as well as key staff working in the telecommunications sector, including but not limited ...

CIO’s are regularly ambushed by endpoints they are not aware of, according to new research, with 71 percent of CIOs finding computing devices they weren’t aware of on a daily or weekly basis. An astonishing 93 percent of IT decision-makers discovered endpoints within their IT environment that they were previously unaware of, in spite of spending millions on data protect...

Vodafone has launched a new cyber-security managed service called Vodafone Cyber Enhanced for critical infrastructure business such as utilities. The new managed service will combine Vodafone’s expertise in cyber-security and defence-grade technology to protect the resources and digital estates of critical national infrastructure providers. “Cybersecurity is vital for ...

BT have announced the launch of its Security Advisory Services practice, marking another step in the ongoing expansion of its cyber security capabilities. The practice will offer strategic security guidance and solutions to organisations across the globe, reflecting the market demand for expert guidance to navigate today’s complex cyber security landscape. BT Security Adv...

UK-based cyber security accreditation and certification non-profit Crest has been awarded a $1.4m grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand cyber security capacity for fintechs in Africa and Asia The UK-based organisation’s rigorous assessments are designed to provide reassurance that its member companies have a demonstrable level of assurance that they...

A new research from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) showed that high proportions of businesses in the UK do not have staff with the technical, incident response, and governance skills required for handling their cyber security. The department commissioned Ipsos MORI, in association with Perspective Economics and Professor Steven Furnell from ...