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Britains telcos face fines if they use suppliers deemed high-risk like Huawei

October 7, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s telecoms companies could be fined up to 10% of turnover or 100,000 pounds a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday. The Telecommunications (Security) Bill will boost the security standards of the UK’s telecoms networks and remove the threat of high-risk vendors, the government sa

Podcast Episode: Control Over Users Competitors and Critics

October 7, 2020

Episode 004 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet Cory Doctorow joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss how large, established tech companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook can block interoperability in order to squelch competition and control their users, and how we can fix this by taking away big companies' legal right to block new tools that connect to their platforms – tools

Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical publishes curated container images to help secure software supply chains

October 6, 2020

A good deal of software development now relies on open source images, but it can be hard for businesses to know if they’re introducing security flaws by using them. Canonical – the company behind Ubuntu Linux – is addressing this by publishing the LTS (Long Term Support) Docker Image Portfolio, a curated set of secure container application images, on Docker Hub. LTS Images are built on trusted i

Huawei ban: UK networks breaking new law face big fines

October 5, 2020

The Telecommunications Security Bill bans the involvement of Huawei in the UK’s 5G mobile network.

ECS Group acquired by US consultancy firm

October 4, 2020

London-based services firm will retain brand and leadership under new ownership London-headquartered ECS Group has been acquired by US consultancy firm GlobalLogic. Founded twenty years ago in California, GlobalLogic has a workforce of 16,000 and specialises in “digital product engineering”. The acquisition of ECS Group is part of the US organisation’s European growth strategy and wi

The high price of Brexit - the 16 billion cost of the UK not securing a data adequacy deal with the EU and it impacts US firms as well

October 4, 2020

The high price of Brexit - the £1.6 billion cost of the UK not securing a data adequacy deal with the EU (and it impacts US firms as well) Stuart Lauchlan Tue, 11/24/2020 - 02:09 Summary: The UK and the EU have yet to reach an adequacy agreement that will keep data flowing to and from one another - and that’s something that ought to concern US firms based in Brexit Britain.

UK telcos could be fined 100000 a day for breaching Huawei ban

October 3, 2020

The UK government has introduced a new bill which could see telecommunications companies fined up to £100,000 a day or 10% of their revenues if they violate the ban on Huawei equipment. The Telecommunications Security Bill aims to improve the UK’s security standards as well as diminish the threat of operators using high-risk vendors such as Chinese tech giant Huawei, which was banned from being us

UK telecom companies face big fines under new security law

October 3, 2020

Telecom companies in Britain face hefty fines if they don’t comply with strict new security rules under a new law proposed in Parliament on Tuesday that is aimed at blocking high-risk equipment suppliers like China’s Huawei.

ZTE is still a threat to the US says the FCC

October 3, 2020

Back in October 2012, a draft report issued by the U.S.House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee said that following an 11 month investigations. that the FCC has agreed that ZTE should continue to be designated as a U.S. national security threat. The U.S. communications agency is concerned that telecom gear produced by ZTE can be used to spy on American companies and consumers.While many

Operators could be fined 100000 per day for failing to comply with Huawei ban

October 2, 2020

In July, the Government announced that – despite previously permitting Huawei a limited role in providing equipment for the non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network – it would be entirely shut out of the networks, along with other vendors considered to be “high-risk”. Mobile operators will have until 2027 to remove all Huawei equipment from their 5G infrastructure. The government’s decision to formal

Telecoms security law introduced in UK for cyber threat protection

October 2, 2020

Originally written by Aaron Hurst on Information Age Telecoms companies have been called upon by the government to play a bigger role in […]

UK considers Huawei ban by September 2021

October 2, 2020

A draft bill proposes tough penalties on firms that breach the ban on Huawei gear The UK government is considering a ban on installing Huawei's 5G equipment as soon as next year, to pacify politicians who are pressing for tougher restrictions on the Chinese telecom giant. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the ban could come as early as September 2021. Con

WAPDropper malware hooks you up to premium telecoms services

October 2, 2020

A newly discovered malware strain has been identified in the wild that unwittingly registers victims for premium services provided by legitimate telecoms firms. Named WAPDropper, the malware downloads and executes a payload, dropping a wireless application protocol (WAP) premium dialer which subscribes its victims to premium services in Thailand and Malaysia without their knowledge or consent. Th

Dynabook Portg X50-G-10V: Too much for too little

October 1, 2020

It’s been a hectic time for Toshiba’s laptop business, which was partially purchased by Sharp in 2018, renamed to Dynabook, and then bought outright by Sharp in August. Now that’s all out of the way, this organisation is getting its focus back – and producing laptops like the £1,419 exc VAT Portégé X50-G-10V. Dynabook Portégé X50-G-10V review: Design The X50 is made from black magnesium alloy, and

US Congress passes bipartisan act to improve IoT security

October 1, 2020

And it only took them three years The US Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that aims to bolster the security of IoT devices for government use. Bill H.R.1668 - the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 - mandates minimum security requirements for IoT devices purchased by the American federal agencies. Under the new legislation, the National Institute of Standards an

Vectra improves cloud services to protect complex hybrid networks

October 1, 2020

With more people working remotely, plus high numbers of IoT devices accessing corporate and cloud networks, traditional network security solutions struggle to cope and are blind to activity and data in cloud applications. Network threat detection and response company Vectra has launched a new range of cloud services with broader and deeper cloud capabilities to track and link accounts and data in

Comtech Awarded $1751 Million Contract for Statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 Technologies and Services

September 30, 2020

MELVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–November 23, 2020 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), a world leader in secure and highly reliable location, public safety, navigation and communication technologies, announced that its Safety Security Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a statewide contract valued up to $175.1 million to design,

CyberArk Improves IoT Security with Forescout and Phosphorus

September 30, 2020

NEWTON, Mass. & PETACH TIKVA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #IoT–CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in privileged access management, today announced it is working with Forescout and Phosphorus to enable organizations to secure the increasing number of IoT devices and technologies resulting from digital business transformation. Customers can significantly reduce risk using the joint integratio

ExtraHop Revealx 360 Named Finalist in 2020 CRN Tech Innovator Awards for Innovative IoT Security

September 30, 2020

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Award–ExtraHop Reveal(x) 360 Named Finalist in 2020 CRN Tech Innovator Awards for Innovative IoT Security

Orange Business Services Forms Global Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services to Accelerate Customers Innovation in the Cloud

September 30, 2020

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orange Business Services has announced a global strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation and leverage the benefits of the cloud to adapt quicker to market changes and user needs. Orange and AWS will work together to deliver new solutions in the areas of modernization and migration, data anal

Telcos could face huge fines under new security laws

September 30, 2020

UK government pays $500 million for stake in space startup OneWeb

September 30, 2020

OneWeb’s emergence from bankruptcy means buyout by the UK government and Bharti Global can go ahead. Broadband satellite constellation firm OneWeb announced last week that it had completed all relevant regulatory approvals to allow the sale of the company to a new group led by the UK government and Indian conglomerate Bharti Global. As part of the deal, the British government and Bha