UK losing ground to cyber criminals
The NCA Strategic Cyber Industry Group has released its first Cyber Crime Assessment today. It contains a stark warning that: "..criminal cyber capability currently outpaces the UK’s collective response to cyber...
OpenStack Mitaka for UK public sector
UKCloud has announced that it is the first UK public sector cloud provider to support OpenStack Mitaka. The company calls this a major upgrade to its existing Cloud Native Infrastructure platform....
GE Health Cloud connects 500,000 machine
GE Healthcare has announced its plan to connect 500,000 imaging machines and launch a new range of apps as part of the GE Health Cloud.
The announcement comes just days after Dell...
Virginia Premier solve EDI headache
Virginia Premier Health Plan (Virginia Premier) has chosen to deploy the Infor Cloverleaf integration suite to solve a problem faced by many healthcare providers. The medical industry has used EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)...
Zero-day attack hits Irish Police
The Garda Síochána (Irish Police) has admitted its internal systems were hit by a cyberattack last week. The cyberattack used a zero-day attack, a previously unknown vulnerability. Garda officials said that the attack...
Apttus and LTI deliver emergency management solution
Apttus and Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI) have launched a joint solution aimed at emergency response teams. The solution is designed to accelerate the team planning, preparedness and response to disasters.
The...
UK invests in cyber defence
In a speech later today by Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer he is to announce that the UK Government will invest heavily in cyber defence. The money will come as part...
Western Australia Government selects NEC to drive digitalisation
NEC, ATOS and Datacom have been appointed by the Western Australian Government to digitally transform their IT Services. The agreement is a major step on the digital transformation program, GovNext-ICT. It sees...
Medical IoT gets security boost
To improve the cybersecurity of medical devices a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Program (CRADA) has been announced. The deal between the US Department for Veteran Affairs (VA) and Underwriters Laboratories...
UK FinTech ranks 1st in the world
The UK's Financial Technology (FinTech) sector is ranked 1st in the world by EY in a report commissioned by HM Treasury. Interestingly the report highlights a supportive regulatory regime and the...