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Amazon to end local voice processing on Echo devices—but do people care?

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:35:33 +0000

Amazon Echo devices will stop supporting local processing of voice requests starting March 28, 2025. The update applies to the “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” feature, which was limited to certain Echo models—namely the Echo Dot (4th Gen), Echo Show 10, and Echo Show 15. According to a source familiar with the matter, the feature […]

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10 real-life cloud security failures and what we can learn from them

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:57:00 +0000

As organisations increasingly migrate to the cloud, securing sensitive data has never been more critical. While cloud computing offers flexibility and scalability, it also opens the door to a range of security risks. From simple misconfigurations to complex insider threats, cloud security breaches have cost companies huge sums of money and compromised millions of users’ […]

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Apple scraps data protection tool for UK customers

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:11:50 +0000

Apple has pulled the plug on its highest level data security tool in the UK, with it confirming that the encryption of UK customer data stored on its cloud storage service, iCloud, has come to an end. The move follows a row between the American tech firm and the UK Government, which has demanded to […]

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Filigran secures $35 million Series B to drive cybersecurity innovation

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:39:39 +0000

European cyber tech firm Filigran has recently closed a $35 million Series B funding round, led by software investor Insight Partners, joining existing backers Accel and Moonfire. The funding round follows Filigran’s US$16 million Series A investment just a few months ago, and will aid the company’s growth, expansion, and product development. The Series B […]

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Security gaps found in encrypted cloud storage services

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:01:49 +0000

Researchers from ETH Zurich have uncovered significant security vulnerabilities in several widely used end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage services. The cryptographic flaws could allow attackers to bypass encryption, compromise file confidentiality, tamper with data, or even inject unauthorised files into users’ storage. The study analysed five E2EE cloud storage providers—Sync, pCloud, Seafile, Icedrive, and Tresorit—which […]

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Wipro extends relationship with the John Lewis Partnership to complete cloud transformation

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 07:40:00 +0000

Wipro, a technology services and consulting company, has been selected by the John Lewis Partnership (JLP) to transform and modernise the firm’s IT infrastructure. The transformation project will help the UK retailer advance its industry leadership and future-proof its business to drive ongoing, sustainable growth. As part of this engagement, Wipro FullStride Cloud will extend […]

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UAE to strengthen cybersecurity with new policies

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:07:11 +0000

The UAE hopes to introduce three new policies to enhance the country’s existing cybersecurity framework. According to the Emirates News Agency, the proposed policies will concern the domains of cloud computing, data security, IoT security, and cybersecurity operations centres. Even though the inner workings of these rules are not yet known, it is safe to […]

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Delinea acquires Authomize to strengthen access management

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:26:41 +0000

Delinea, a provider of solutions that seamlessly extend Privileged Access Management (PAM), has acquired Authomize, an innovator in the detection and elimination of identity-based threats across the cloud. The continuous discovery and visibility capabilities of Authomize, married with Delinea’s industry-leading SaaS solutions for PAM, will extend the Delinea Platform’s reach for comprehensive privileged controls in […]

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ManageEngine launches cloud-native Identity platform

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:26:00 +0000

ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, has launched of Identity360, its cloud-native identity management platform that addresses identity and access management (IAM) complexities arising within enterprise workforces. ManageEngine also announced the addition of access certification and identity risk assessment functions to ADManager Plus, its on-premises identity governance and administration (IGA) solution. These two […]

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Friction between finance and tech leaders prevents companies from controlling cloud spend

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:27:22 +0000

Vertice, an optimisation platform for SaaS and cloud spend, has unveiled the results of its global survey, ‘The State of Cloud Cost Optimisation’, which reveals that organisations are being held back from controlling their cloud spending and gaining ROI because of a lack of alignment between finance and tech leaders. Amidst cloud costs rising by […]

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