Exclusive: German draft IT security law strives for consensus on telecoms vendor risks

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Cyber Security in the SMB Market: Survey of Telecoms Operators” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Security is seen by telecoms operators as a large adjacent opportunity for their business divisions. This report explores operators' plans for security, their views on vendors and how vendors could improve. This report is based on a survey of 34

The EU’s new ePrivacy regulation is a strange beast. It’s important, designed to complement the EU’s GDPR. Where the GDPR is concerned with personal data “at rest” – how it is stored and processed – the ePrivacy Regulation can be thought of as dealing with personal data in motion. Despite that importance, it is largely unknown, except to people working in this area. That low profile is particula

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered a raft of new security regulations for telecommunications providers, including rules on equipment and software suppliers and a

PE-backed network aggregator completes deal to purchase PSU Business Technology Former Rigby Group business FluidOne has acquired PSU Business Technology. PSU was established over 30 years ago and is a 6m-revenue business. It specialises in managed services, Mitel unified comms, connectivity and mobile and telecoms services. It is based in Cheltenham and has a headcount of 38. FluidO

Bears, scares and ransomware Well, what a year it's been. 2020 kicked off as it meant to go on, with news emerging from China of a new virus which lead to a swiftly imposed lockdown in the city of Wuhan. Looks grim, we thought, but it will probably peter out like previous viruses before it. How wrong we were. To coincide with our Deskflix Cyber Security event, here’s a look back at t

Toy manufacturer Mattel has admitted that it was hit by ransomware attack that temporarily impacted some of its business functions but did not lead to any data theft. The Barbie manufacturer, which is also behind brands as Fisher-Price and Hot Wheels, disclosed that the ransomware attack had taken place on 28 July 2020. In a quarterly report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Ma

November 4 update: Vote counting continues in the too-close-to-call US election, with president Trump already threatening legal action if the result doesn’t go his way. Below, a reminder of where both candidates stand on science and technology. As the US awaits an outcome to its election, the two candidates’ approaches on science and technology couldn’t be further apart. Former vice president J

The 2020 presidential election is tomorrow. After over a year of political mudslinging in debates, commercials, and on social media, we’re finally about to find out if President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden will lead the nation for the next four years. Not only does this year’s election have health, political and economical implications, but it also reaches deep into the techno

US delegates have dubbed it “madness” to use Huawei for 5G networks in Britain, but they need to offer an alternative, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared. American delegates are in the UK to discourage the government from using Huawei technology in 5G networks. The US said using Chinese products would be detrimental to security as it would leave networks at risk of espionage, though it als