Esteban Prieto

2023 was a ground-breaking year for cyber security advancements and attacks, with new developments making headlines globally. In 2024, we can expect to see increasingly advanced phishing campaigns leveraging the capabilities of AI, and more sophisticated and frequent attacks as a result. Already in 2024, we have seen a number of breaches and attacks … Leer más

OpenUK’s State of Open Con 24 London conference has highlighted the challenges governments face when procuring software to support policymaking. Whether it’s central or local government, public sector bodies have tended to be cautious when procuring technology platforms that need to be built to support their strategy. However, delegates attending the government stream at … Leer más

The UK government has reaffirmed its commitment to not bring forward legislation to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) until absolutely necessary, as the tech industry welcomed this approach for striking the right balance between safety and innovation. Following the publication of its AI whitepaper in March 2023, the UK government opened a … Leer más

Four months to the day after a Hamas incursion across the Israeli border in Gaza sparked a war that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of Israelis and tens of thousands of Palestinians, Microsoft has shared new intelligence on how threat actors linked to or backed by the government of Iran have ramped … Leer más

The government has said it is funding two semiconductor “information and knowledge centres” in a bid to deliver chip innovation to market. Building out the Department for Science Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT’s) UK National Semiconductor strategy, the Innovation and Knowledge Centres in Southampton and Bristol are each receiving £11m of funding. The government has … Leer más

London-based identity verification unicorn Onfido is likely to be bought by Entrust, a US-based payments, identity and data security specialist, for an as-yet undisclosed sum, after the two organisations agreed to enter exclusive discussions. The acquisition, which at this stage is described as “contemplated”, would see Entrust add artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning … Leer más

As it continues its commitment to make a massive, multi-year enhancement of its network architecture that consolidates, simplifies, and modernises its core and access networks, in particular through virtualised and open radio access network (RAN) technologies, communications giant Verizon has now deployed more than 130,000 capable radios complying with the O-RAN standard. Verizon sees … Leer más

Improving trust and confidence among business leaders in existing and emerging technologies in the face of significant and sophisticated cyber threats will be the focus of the UK government’s newly-launched McPartland Cyber Security Review. Led by Stephen McPartland, Conservative MP for Stevenage in Hertfordshire, the review will see a team drawn from among government … Leer más

As it kicked off its flagship EMEA customer, partner and developer event in Amsterdam, attracting 16,000 people from 99 countries, Cisco has unveiled a series of products and services enriched by business context that it said will ensure business transformation as chief information officers and tech leaders’ jobs change dramatically. Opening Cisco Live! EMEA … Leer más