A US government’s security agency has added 17 vulnerabilities currently being actively exploited in the wild to a database of bugs that federal agencies must fix. The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog was launched in November last year as part of Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01, designed to make civilian federal government agencies more cyber-resilient. An initial list of just over 300 CVEs, some of which dated as far back as 2010, has been steadily added to since….

Data architecture definition Data architecture describes the structure of an organization’s logical and physical data assets and data management resources, according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). It is an offshoot of enterprise architecture that comprises the models, policies, rules, and standards that govern the collection, storage, arrangement, integration, and use of data in organizations. An organization’s data architecture is the purview of data architects. Data architecture goals The goal of data architecture is…

The world of the UK CIO is a dynamic one. It’s not unusual to find tech leaders facing new, challenging roles where they can bring their experience and digital transformation vision to fruition. Here, we bring you all the relevant announcements from the movers and shakers of the CIO UK community. Do you have any appointment or job news to share? Let us know! Charlotte Baldwin. Bupa Insurance Charlotte Baldwin has joined Bupa Insurance as…

Kubernetes is the popular container orchestration platform developed by Google to manage large-scale containerized applications. Kubernetes manages microservices applications over a distributed cluster of nodes. It is very resilient and supports scaling, rollback, zero downtime, and self-healing containers. The primary aim of Kubernetes is to mask the complexity of overseeing a large fleet of containers. It can run on bare metal machines in an on premise data center as well as on private or public…

Last year was another tough one for CIOs. New procedures had been put in place to deal with the challenges COVID-19 had thrown up, but the pandemic was far from over. As we enter 2022, many of the same challenges to business resilience remain, but technology continues to evolve. This year, CIOs in the Middle East will have to manage the acceleration of tech projects sparked by the pandemic, as well as a hybrid approach…

Decentralized Finance is changing the way we borrow and invest. Flash loans, a type of uncollateralized lending, have gained in popularity, as well as bad press. Flash loan attacks are a common threat that enables hackers to steal massive amounts of cryptocurrency reaching up into the hundreds of millions. By Kiril Ivanov, Founder and Technical Lead, Bright Union What is a flash loan? A flash loan is an ultra-fast, unsecured loan, where the whole lending…