UK-EU agree six-month ‘data adequacy’ bridge
18 February 2021
Enterprises can keep data flowing to and from the European Union (EU) as normal post Brexit, thanks to a temporary solution that will keep the current rules in place for several months.
The bridging period of up to six months has been agreed to ratify a data “adequacy” agreement to allow for the continued free flow of personal data between the UK and the bloc.
Find out more South East Water signs cloud and machine learning deal with CTS
18 February 2021
Cloud Technology Solutions (CTS), a Google Cloud Premier partner, has secured a contract with South East Water to digitally transform its CRM system, My Account, as part of the organisation’s five-year strategic plan. The project will see the former migrate My Account to Google Cloud, to improve customer service operations by teaming with CTS’s developers and platform engineers.
This migration will allow South East Water to make use of Firebase – a Google platform that enables businesses to build their own apps – improving communication and interaction with its 2.2 million customers.
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What happened to Black Friday and Christmas?
03 February 2021
Nigel Thorpe, technical director, SecureAge Technology
If you Google cyber crime during Black Friday and Christmas you can find plenty of warnings and advice from a plethora of experts, vendors and even the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). But the strange thing is that there appears to be no headlines featuring online scams or breaches.
So, what happened in a year when more of us were online shopping than ever before? Previous festive periods have provided fertile ground for cybercriminals intent on spoiling our celebrations and bargain hunting. Was it the case that it’s been a tough year for hackers too and they took time off? Or maybe they have been too busy crafting phishing attacks preying on our anxieties around the pandemic. Or have we just got better at spotting a malicious email or link during those long winter nights promising a great deal?
Find out more IBM helps clients prepare for next-gen encryption tech
02 February 2021
US multinational tech giant IBM has launched a new service that allows enterprises to experiment with fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). The technology is designed to allow data to remain encrypted even when it is being processed and/or analysed in the cloud or third-party environments.
“The new IBM Security Homomorphic Encryption Services provide companies with education, expert support, and a testing environment for clients to develop prototype applications that can take advantage of FHE,” the company said.
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