RSS_Virtulization

Almost all (98%) US-based organizations experienced at least one cyber event in the past year, according to Deloitte’s 2021 Future of Cyber Survey. This compares to 86% of non-US organizations. The study, which surveyed 577 C-suite executives worldwide on their organization’s cybersecurity programs, also found that a huge proportion (86%) of US companies faced increased cyber-threats due to COVID-19. Interestingly, a significantly lower proportion (63%) of non-US executives reported experiencing an increased rate of attacks during the…

On August 31st, Docker announced updates to our product subscriptions — Docker Personal, Pro, Team and Business. Our CEO Scott Johnston recently joined Corey Quinn on an episode of Screaming in the Cloud to go over all the details and discuss how the changes have been received by businesses and the broader developer community.  The episode with Scott is titled “Heresy in the Church of Docker Desktop with Scott Johnston.” It’s a play on the…

This Sunday is both Halloween and the end of National Cyber Security Awareness Month – and what better way to mark the occasion than with some cyber security horror stories? In this blog, we look at three ways in which fraudsters trick victims into handing over their sensitive data. Will you have nightmares over Evil Twins or be scared straight by phishing scams? Who’s behind the mask? When you see someone wearing a ghoulish mask…

Organizations modernizing their IT strategy are standardizing on multi-cloud as the approach that offers the flexibility and agility to meet business and technology goals. But deciding on a multi-cloud strategy is only the first step to unlocking the full benefits of a dynamic IT environment.  Operationalizing multi-cloud requires a strategic approach. Organizations that are successful see reductions in operational complexity, flexibility of choice, better security, strengthened business continuity, and access to innovative new technologies.  On…

The global cybersecurity skills shortage has fallen for the second consecutive year, but the size of the workforce is still 65% below what it needs to be, according to the latest figures from (ISC)2. The non-profit accreditations body’s 2021 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study was compiled from interviews with 4,753 cybersecurity professionals and IT workers who dedicate at least 25% of their time to security tasks. It revealed the shortfall of skilled workers in the industry had sunk…

News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Service providers are transforming their RAN to architectures that are open and programmable. This provides an opportunity for developers to create innovative apps and services to be deployed across the RAN. A proponent of this wave of RAN innovation, VMware (NYSE: VMW) today announced several updates to its RAN portfolio of products and introduced VMware … Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Service providers are transforming…

News Detail VMware Telco Cloud Platform advancements enable delivery of any app on any cloud – from core and RAN, to the edge and cloud PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– To bring innovative apps and services to customers more quickly, service providers are betting heavily on the cloud. And as apps and data continue to distribute across clouds and locations, service providers require flexibility to … Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 VMware Telco Cloud Platform advancements…

The volume of ransomware attacks on UK organizations has doubled over the past year, a British spy chief has warned. Director of GCHQ, Jeremy Fleming, reportedly made the remarks at the Cipher Brief annual threat conference yesterday. “I think that the reason [ransomware] is proliferating — we’ve seen twice as many attacks this year as last year in the UK — is because it works. It just pays. Criminals are making very good money from…

Reported business email compromise (BEC) incidents have hit 4600 cases over the past 12 months, costing individuals and businesses £138m in losses, according to new figures from the UK’s National Economic Crime Centre (NECC). The government body is working with the National Crime Agency (NCA), City of London Police, banking group UK Finance and fraud prevention non-profit Cifas on a new campaign to raise awareness of the crime, also dubbed “mandate fraud” or “payment diversion fraud.”…