London, UK: Comparitech, a technology comparison and research company, has today published a paper on the need for a security charter for cloud backup providers to protect privacy and confidentiality in light of several backup breaches over the last 12 months.
SEATTLE, WA: ExtraHop has announced its top predictions for enterprise IT in 2016. Based on insight from customers, partners, and industry analysts and insiders, ExtraHop expects to see the network emerge as a critical nexus of business over the next twelve months, with significant integration between network and security, demand for operational support of connected devices, and the ability to mine all data-in-motion for correlated, cross-tier and cross-team insights.
Ashley Stephenson, CEO at Corero Network Security, says: “While it appears that all BBC web services are back to normal operations at this time, the incident highlights two key benefits of automatic in-line DDoS protection. These include: immediate confirmation that a DDoS attack is in progress and the proactive mitigation of the attack to prevent impact on service availability. The initial confusion over the cause of the outage and the subsequent impact on BBC web presence suggest inadequate DDoS security measures were in place at the time of the attack.”
In ‘Swarm Troopers: How Drones Will Conquer the World’, technology journalist David Hambling unleashes the truth behind the true power, benefits and deadly drawbacks of the drone’s rapid rise. Few are aware that, while such technology allows western military forces to increase their mission accuracy without having to put boots on the ground, miniature drone technology could equally allow enemies such as North Korea and ISIS to target the west with incredible ease. In ‘Swarm Troopers’, Hambling lifts the lid on exactly what drones are capable of.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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