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EU to drop threat of Huawei ban but wants 5G risks monitored: sources

The European Commission will urge EU countries to share more data to tackle cyber security risks related to 5G networks but will ignore U.S. calls ...

Autonomy founder set for $5B HP court showdown

Mike Lynch faces HP in London's High Court on Monday in a multi-billion dollar showdown over the tech giant's purchase of the Autonomy software business ...

Finland to investigate Nokia-branded phones after data breach report

​Finland's data protection ombudsman said he would investigate whether Nokia-branded phones had breached data rules.

Customers turn to MSSPs as channel rules security roost

Managed services is expected to dominate security spending in 2019, as customers turn to the channel for increased protection.

• Cisco directs high priority patches for IP phone security exposures
• Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi leverage intelligent cloud through Microsoft Azure
• Colocation providers investing billions in Australian data centres
• Facebook fixes glitch that exposed millions of user passwords to employees
• Quantum computing will break encryption in a few years
• Datto launches vendor program to reduce overheads for MSPs
• Brennan IT signs multi-year deals with fast-food and automotive giants
• When Windows 10 feature upgrades collide
• Bitdefender appoints A/NZ boss
• Unisys lands security deal with Healthscope
• Woodside invests stake in WA cyber start-up
• Microsoft draws up devices strategy for partners

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C.U.S.T.O.M.E.R: The new paradigm for doing business – Part #3: Self-Centred

At the recent EDGE Alumni breakfast, hosted by ARN, the leading voice in customer centricity and digital transformation, Nancy Rademaker, spoke about how the changing profile of consumers – their changing tastes, behaviours and attitudes – is disrupting incumbent businesses.. Read more

Features

• ICANN urges adopting DNSSEC - now

  Continuing attacks on directory name services have prompted ICANN to prompt enterprise DNS uses to push their suppliers for DNSSEC services to block some of ...

• Cisco patches serious SD-WAN software security holes

  The Cisco SD-WAN security problems were part of 23 security advisories Cisco announced on Jan. 23

• Start-up Devvio claims its blockchain can handle 8M transactions a second

  The new blockchain protocol, Devv, was demoed at CES; backers say it outperforms other distributed ledger technologies and traditional financial networks such as VisaNet. Analysts ...

• What to expect when the Internet gets a big security upgrade

  More secure keys protecting the directory name system (DNS) are ready to deploy, but for those using DNS servers that haven't been upgraded, it could ...

• Cisco pays cool US$2.3 billion for security company Duo

  Cisco says deal will help customers securely connect any user to any application on any network

• Google details how it will overturn encryption signals in Chrome

  Google has fleshed out its plans to upend the way browsers warn users of insecure websites, spelling out gradual steps the company will take with ...

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Round Table

• IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Big Data, Big Opportunities (+21 images)

  The latest ARN Roundtable was held at Sydney's Cafe Del Mar, and was sponsored by Cloudera and Veritas. The guestlist saw a VIP group of ...

• Roundtable: Security Guide for the Cloud - right here, right now

  The cloud 'security strategy' involves adopting security solutions that seamlessly span physical, virtual and private/hybrid/public cloud environments while simplifying operational and management complexities. Roundtable attendees ...

• Selling security to SMBs

  ARN pulls together industry experts to discuss how to successful sell security solutions to SMBs in today's economic climate

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Opinions

• Easy mobile security the Faraday way

  Wireless attacks are unpredictable and complicated. Here’s an easy way to block everything.

• How blockchain makes self-sovereign identities possible

  Who are you? And who decides you’re really you and can be trusted? The answer, and the systems involved, differ in the real world and ...

• Step aside, Windows! Open source and Linux are IT’s new security headache

  The Equifax breach is the latest example of attackers targeting open-source software in the enterprise.

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Reviews

• Review: Norton Security -- simpler and still a winner

  Symantec has streamlined its Norton line of anti-malware suites and combined them into a single but still-efficient package.

• Review: McAfee LiveSafe offers top Windows, Android protection

  McAfee LiveSafe provides users with protection for an unlimited number of devices -- and for a reasonable price. However, Apple users don't get much beyond ...

• Hawkeye G battles malware so you don't have to

  New product from Hexis Cyber Solutions automates the detection, prevention and removal of malware.

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