All articles by Tom Ball

Tom Ball

1 in 4 UK business leaders lack basic cybersecurity understanding

With GDPR on the horizon there is no excuse for such a widepread lack of cybersecurity awareness among UK business leaders.

JPMorgan, HSBC, AmEx buy into malware defence technology

All industries have experienced the impact of malicious cyber activity, but none more so than financial services, routinely hit by the most attacks.

Uber loses Sheffield license as grip on UK weakens

Uber has blamed a council administrative error and expects to be back up and running soon.

VMware and Carbon Black forge data centre security alliance

The alliance is set to provide a platform that will allow organisations to leverage automated threat detection.

$60m Bitcoin heist potentially hits cryptocurrency mining site

The bitcoin price is currently soaring, but will investors be disinclined by this major example of vulnerability?

High profile cyberattacks prompt cybersecurity spend increase – Gartner

In addition to the major breaches of 2017, GDPR is also applying pressure to organisations to increase cybersecurity spending.

Vmware ‘no-brainer’ integrates vRealize Suite & Cloud Foundation to ease hybrid migration woes

VMware is engaged in work with major organisations including Dell EMC, Rackspace, Intel and Fujitsu.

UK banks keep FCA in the dark about cyberattacks

The nearing of GDPR should remind all organisations that cyberattacks must be reported as soon as they are discovered.

Pivotal embarks on new Cloud Foundry era and works with IBM

Pivotal is gaining a great deal of attention in the world of cloud, with the likes of Accenture and IBM working with the influential startup.

100% cyberattack explosion predicted in next two years

This prediction places a spotlight on the critical cyber skills shortage, and raises awareness to the potentially impending IoT security crisis.