The Trident missile which veered off course towards mainland US was launched from HMS Vengeance, which had just completed an IT systems upgrade
Trident launch failure could have been due to faulty IT system
Month: January 2017
Industrial Strategy: Government plans £4.7bn R&D funding for AI, 5G and robotics
Also wants to ensure more people have digital skills
Oracle to lay off 450 staff
Firm reduces its Santa Clara hardware systems division, but unofficial reports suggest up to 1,800 staff being axed in total
Samsung blames two battery issues for Note 7 fires
Firm says sorry for incidents and new processes should avoid repeats in future
Apple sues Qualcomm for $1bn in royalty disputes, Qualcomm claims suit ‘baseless’
Tech giants lawyer up
No silver bullet for business IoT security
Good application design, adapting existing IT security and adopting some new ideas can protect firms from IoT threats
Lloyds Bank hit by massive DDoS attack
It has emerged that UK banks have been targeted by a DDoS campaign that affected services intermittently only at the Lloyds Banking Group
Saudi Arabian bank enables customers to print their own debit cards
Fingerprint scan at self-service units will authorise Al Rajhi Bank customers to print debit cards, statements and other documentation
Oxfam moves to Microsoft Azure to embrace cloud benefits with support from Rackspace
Cost effectiveness, scalability and resilience cited as key cloud benefits
DFAT to dole out cyber grants for Indo-Pacific projects
Calls for bids to secure up to $100,000.