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Cloud: Keeping transformations secure

Most mid-sized to large enterprises have already moved some of their infrastructure, data, and workloads into the cloud for better agility and efficiency. Nearly three-quarters of businesses are running a hybrid and/or multi-cloud strategy today, according to Forrester Research. By Kunal Anand, Chief Technology Officer at Imperva.

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Securing an ever-evolving platform: cybersecurity challenges

Cybersecurity is a worry for cloud users. Market research company Vanson Bourne, in conjunction with Nutanix, found that 60 per cent of companies cite security as the biggest factor impacting future cloud strategies. Increasing complexity and evolving technology promise to exacerbate security worries for cloud users, but a strategic approach to security and partnerships can keep data and applications safe. By Craig Tavares, Head of Cloud, Aptum.

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Experience zero hassle with Zero-Touch network security automation

Dania Ben Peretz, Product Manager at AlgoSec, discusses the steps needed for organizations to achieve Zero-Touch automation in their network security.

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Zero Trust – security in times of agility

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses into operating under a “new norm” where the working from home (WFH) model has quickly become the recommended and preferred approach. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing organizations to transform how they conduct business, albeit in a very rapid way. By Shehzad Merchant, Chief Technology Officer at Gigamon.

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Fighting cryptosloth and getting to quantum safety

Quantum is coming as a powerful challenge to cryptography and all of the information modern encryption keeps safe. Many understand that but view it as a distant threat. What they don’t realise is how far they’ll have to go to prepare for it. By Tim Hollebeek, Industry and Standards Technical Strategist, DigiCert.

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Peeling the onion

The concept of a Zero Trust Networking is gaining in popularity. However, many organisations still think of security as protecting the perimeter – complete with layered security technologies resembling the layers of an onion. However, moving from a legacy position to a more progressive approach to cyber security need not be a big-bang project. Instead, some organisations are embarking on more manageable phased transitions that move over key functions with little disruption and with appropriate investment. By Scott Gordon (CISSP), CMO, Pulse Secure

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The threat to and from your VPN Infrastructure

The early months of 2020 have changed how we think about our enterprise networks. Dial back a few months and many organisations assumed that the bulk of employee use of IT infrastructure was from campus and branch locations. Yes, remote access to corporate IT has been an accepted fact of life for some decades now and yes, many organisations had at least some of their workforce working remote to varying degrees. Also, the advent of cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications like Salesforce.com and Microsoft Office 365 had already reduced the dependency on the corporate network and the assets behind it. However, the typical CIO could trust that the bulk of enterprise IT activity was occurring within and from buildings bearing the logo of their corporation. By Hardik Modi, AVP Engineering, Threat and Mitigation Products at NETSCOUT.

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Securing an ever-evolving platform: cybersecurity challenges in the cloud

Cybersecurity is a worry for cloud users. Market research company Vanson Bourne, in conjunction with Nutanix, found that 60 per cent of companies cite security as the biggest factor impacting future cloud strategies. Increasing complexity and evolving technology promise to exacerbate security worries for cloud users, but a strategic approach to security and partnerships can keep data and applications safe. By Craig Tavares, Head of Cloud, Aptum.

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Videos

Eric Eppe, Head of Portfolio & Strategy, HPC/AI/Quantum at Eviden, Atos Group and also the UEC Secretary, discusses the formation of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium to deliver on Ethernet-based open, interoperable, high-performance full-communications stack architecture to meet the growing network demands of AI & HPC at scale.
Tamsin Ashmore, CFO at Ultima, discusses her career to date - the challenges she has met along the way and how she has achieved success; and shares some brilliant insights as to women working in the tech space – how companies can support and progress their careers and, importantly, how to improve gender diversity within the industry.
Gisli Kr., Chief Sales Officer at AtNorth. discusses the carbon footprint AI explosion, suggesting that finding the right sustainable data centre to host these AI applications can help contribute to the circular economy. He also provides updates on the company’s third Icelandic data centre, some new hires, and record revenue levels – which in part can be contributed to atNorth’s strong sustainability credentials.
David Walker, Field CTO, EMEA, Yugabyte, the leading open source distributed SQL database company, warns of the problems associated with legacy databases, discusses the importance of database modernisation - covering the requirements, benefits and potential pitfalls of the migration process - and outlines the many advantages of migrating to open source cloud native databases.

News

Independent study finds that 96% of respondents would find value in a connectivity cloud approach.
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Raxio Group lays the foundation stone for the construction of Angola's first independent Tier III state-of-the-art neutral data centre.
Leading intellectual property firm reveals soaring AI patent applications across Europe as use cases for AI increase in the physical economy.