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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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Next-generation secure, defined internet with SCION architecture

CloudTech News — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:31:35 +0000

The internet was built in more simple, innocent times and was seized on by a curious mixture of visionaries, educators, academics and technology geeks as a way to democratise the distribution of information. Decades later, the protocols that govern this interconnected network of private networks remain much the same, but the makeup of the inhabitants […]

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Rick Mur, GNX: Ensuring secure and seamless global connectivity

Ryan Daws — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:47:06 +0000

As businesses increasingly rely on cloud technologies, ensuring secure and efficient global connectivity is paramount. GNX, a provider of global internet and private connectivity solutions, is addressing this challenge head-on. Ahead of Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Europe, CloudTech caught up with Rick Mur, Co-Founder & CTO of GNX, to discuss the evolving landscape of […]

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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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Next generation of phishing attacks uses unexpected delivery methods to steal data

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:40:59 +0000

Netskope, a specialist in secure access service edge (SASE), has unveiled new research that shows how the prevalence of cloud applications is changing the way threat actors are using phishing attack delivery methods to steal data. The Netskope Cloud and Threat Report: Phishing details trends in phishing delivery methods such as fake login pages and […]

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EU body to investigate public sector usage of cloud services

Fin Strathern — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:26:15 +0000

The EU’s privacy watchdog, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), has launched joint investigations with 22 national regulators into public sector usage of cloud services. More than 80 public bodies from across the European Economic Area (EEA) will be investigated, covering sectors from health and education to tax and finance, to ensure compliance with privacy […]

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EU privacy body investigates use of American cloud services

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:47:00 +0000

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has launched an investigation into the use of cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft under Cloud II contracts by European Union (EU) institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs). It has also begun looking at the use of Microsoft Office 365 by the European Commission. These investigations […]

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Human rights activists urge Google to halt cloud computing work in Saudi Arabia

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 26 May 2021 11:07:06 +0000

Human rights groups and activists have called on Google to halt plans to establish a Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia until the company can publicly demonstrate how it will mitigate risks to human rights. In December 2020, Google announced an agreement with Saudi Aramco to set up a Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia and […]

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