Google lands £400M MoD contract for secure UK cloud services

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has signed a £400 million ($540 million) contract with Google sovereign cloud to support security and analytics workloads. The arrangement promises Google AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity, all in sovereign datacenters built in the UK. Read More …

EU gives staff ‘burner phones, laptops’ for US visits

The European Commission is giving staffers visiting the US on official business burner laptops and phones to avoid espionage attempts, according to the Financial Times. The use of clean and locked-down hardware is common practice for anyone visiting China, Russia, Read More …

UK: Healthcare staff illegally accessed medical records belonging to the Nottingham attack victims

The families of the Nottingham attack victims have said claims healthcare staff illegally accessed medical records belonging to their loved ones are “sickening” and “inexcusable”. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death Read More …

UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites

The change was spotted by security expert Alec Muffett, who wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is no longer recommending that high-risk individuals use encryption to protect their sensitive information. The Read More …

Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order

Apple is challenging a U.K. Government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The order targeted iCloud backups that are protected by end-to-end encryption. Aple responded by announcing it would end U.K. users’ access Read More …

Uncovering and Protecting Sensitive Data Across Cloud Environments with Exposure Command

Modern organizations grapple with the complex task of securing sensitive data in sprawling hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Due to insufficient visibility and governance, data is often misplaced, duplicated, or left exposed. This fragmented environment makes it difficult for teams to Read More …

Apple pulls data protection feature in UK amid government demands

Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain, the company said on Friday, an unprecedented response to government demands for access to user data. The change affects a feature called Advanced Data Protection (ADP), Read More …

Botswana Cyber Revolution Summit 2024 – Cybersecurity Innovations: Leading the Future of Protection – 9th August 2024

We TraiCon Events will be hosting Botswana’s premier cybersecurity event titled as “Cyber Revolution Summit” scheduled on 9th August 2024 in Gaborone, Botswana. This summit will feature keynote presentations and panel discussions with top security experts from various industries covering Read More …

Are data breaches the new normal? Should we just assume our data isn’t safe?

In recent days, both Ticketek Australia and Ticketmaster have experienced breaches which have exposed customer details to hackers. They join a growing list of high-profile data breaches that have put the privacy of millions at risk. For example, in 2022, Read More …