All articles by Tom Ball

Tom Ball

TfL to take 4G underground for the Tube in 2019

This huge breakthrough is now in sight, no longer will commuters face pangs of anxiety at seeing their device rendered dumb.

NHS remedies cybersecurity weakness with £20m hacker unit

The NHS is planning to bring ethical hackers on board to monitor the threat landscape, a move that could ultimately benefit health care generally.

Cash is still king in Europe despite contactless revolution

Cash proves to be unshakable at the point of sale, with a majority using it in countries including Germany and Austria.

Oxford and Cambridge Club hit by data breach as thieves break in

Remember to ensure physical security for your data is robust, hackers are thieves and often they will revert to traditional methods.

The History of Cloud

The thinking that brought cloud technology to life was first noted in the 1960s, and now the major enterprises of the world are ready to commit to it.

The Dark Web – drugs, guns, & $500,000 antique paintings?

Will the painting listed on the Dark web prove to be the real 133 year old Gottfried Lindauer painting?

Firefox to flag breached sites to boost user security

The plan is to provide notifications to users of recent and past data breaches, increasing transparency for heightened security.

Black Friday cyberattacks to break records as hackers enlist bots

Identity is central to this increasing problem, and it is available in abundance due to the massive data breaches that have rocked the world in 2017.

Symantec selects AWS for global cloud security delivery

Symantec is looking to leverage scale, analytics and machine learning by working with Amazon Web Services.

Hull – The City of Culture and cryptocurrency innovation

Hull is set to be the home of a new cryptocurrency project aimed at benefitting the local community, and it could spread nationwide.