58% of UK financial institutions suffered third-party supply chain attack in 2024

07 February 2025

New research from Orange Cyberdefense reveals that nearly six in ten (58%) large UK financial services (FS) firms suffered at least one third-party supply chain attack in 2024, with 23% being targeted three or more times.

Supply chain attacks continue to be one of the most critical and challenging areas in cybersecurity today. A Censuswide survey of 200 UK CISOs and senior security decision-makers, commissioned by Orange Cyberdefense, reveals that most FS firms must reevaluate how they assess third-party risk.

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Roundtable: Mastering IT skills

06 February 2025

Alexia Pedersen, O’Reilly

Alexia Pedersen, O’Reilly

With technological developments racing ahead, what are the implications for IT skills in 2025? We discuss how the UK’s enterprises can ensure their teams are up to the task.

Where are the skills gaps within the UK’s existing IT staff?

Alexia Pedersen, SVP International, O’Reilly: Our research underscores significant skills gaps within the UK’s existing IT workforce. Employers identified the digital skills they found most lacking, noting an urgent need for expertise in AI and ML (61%), cybersecurity (48%), data analysis (48%), cloud computing (43%), and programming (32%) across their workforce over the next 12 months. The significant surge in demand reflects the urgency for companies to adapt to rapid technological advancements, especially considering the integration of GenAI.

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Totalmobile and Pro:Public Unite to deliver smarter emergency services

06 February 2025

Totalmobile and Pro:Public have entered a strategic partnership designed to transform how emergency services operate, delivering smarter, more efficient solutions for services across the UK & Ireland.

The partnership brings together Pro:Public’s first-hand operational expertise - gained from years of frontline policing - with Totalmobile’s industry-leading Field Service Management (’FSM’) technology. Following Totalmobile’s recent acquisition of Gartan Technologies, a leading emergency service technology provider, this collaboration strengthens its ability to deliver the most comprehensive rostering and workforce management platform for emergency service providers.

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Westminster launches free public WiFi trial with OpenRoaming

06 February 2025

The Westminster City Council (WCC), supported by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, has worked with Guglielmo and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) to launch a free public WiFi network trial with a single sign-on (OpenRoaming) technology. This will be available to anyone living, visiting or working in the city.

It’s already possible to access a free WiFi network across many parts of Westminster, but most of those require people to sign up and log in every time they connect. However, the new ‘Connected London WiFi‘ service only requires users to scan a QR code and follow the instructions to install a profile, without inputting any data.

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