LONDON: Gigamon Inc. has today revealed the results of a new iGov survey that examines the IT security threats and challenges facing the UK public sector. The survey was completed by IT and security professionals from 172 public sector organisations across local government, NHS and higher/further education. The key findings are below:
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced a landmark 10-year support arrangement for the RAF’s Typhoon jets that could see more than £500M saved and reinvested in the aircraft.
SentinelOne Labs, the research team behind the company that’s transforming endpoint security, has discovered a new form of sophisticated malware, which has already infected at least one European energy company. The malware, dubbed SFG: is the mother ship of an earlier malware sample called Furtim, which targets the industrial automation control systems with sophisticated malware and acts as dropper to deliver a payload which could be used to extract data or potentially shut down the energy grid.
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) provides protection to civilians fleeing recent violence in Wau. Photo: UNMISS
The United Nations is again urging calm in the wake of heavy fighting tyesterdayday in and around the South Sudanese capital of Juba, with the UN mission mobilizing peacekeepers to protect civilians as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on President Salva Kiir and First Vice-President Riek Machar to do everything within their power to immediately de-escalate the hostilities.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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