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Exponential-e cuts carbon footprint by 68%

ISO 14001 and 50001 certifications make British cloud and network provider one of the most highly certified technology companies

London, U.K.: British cloud and networking provider, Exponential-e, has been awarded two ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) certifications recognising energy and environmental management across its business. Between May 2015 and May 2016, Exponential-e reduced its carbon footprint by a total of 68%. The ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 Standards are an addition to Exponential-e’s five existing certifications across security, business continuity, quality and service management, making the company one of the only technology providers to hold this many ISO certificates.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 30 June 2016 11:54

What does Brexit mean for the UK tech industry?

Following the result of the EU referendum this morning, Aftab Afzal, SVP & GM EMEA at NSFOCUS IB reacts: "Brexit will have impact on the industry as a whole. However it is too early to speculate on this being positive or negative. The coming weeks and months will be a telling time. Cyber security is a global challenge and not EU specific. With the vote being so close, the unrest will translate into some increased cyber attacks and organisations at the forefront should take extra caution. As many cyber security vendors report dollar revenues, currency market volatility could see some prices increased.

: SECURITY EXPERT; Talking Point; Posted On Thursday, 30 June 2016 11:51

High-severity bugs in 25 Symantec/Norton products imperils millions - expert comments

Researchers are warning that much of the product line from security firm Symantec contains multiple vulnerabilities that expose millions of consumers, as well as small and large businesses, to self-replicating attacks that take complete control of their computers. Tavis Ormandy, a researcher with Google's Project Zero, has warned that the vulnerability is unusually easy to exploit, and allows the exploits to spread virtually from machine to machine over a targeted network.

: SECURITY EXPERT; Talking Point; Posted On Thursday, 30 June 2016 11:44

79 percent of businesses see value in outside security expertise

LONDON, UK: Alert Logic has announced the findings of a Forrester Consulting study that details the struggles that security teams face to adequately secure applications running on cloud computing platforms. The study, based on a survey of 100 IT professionals responsible for cloud security infrastructure in the U.K. and U.S., finds that businesses are often challenged to recruit the staff and secure the financial and technical resources required to support an in-house Security Operations Centre (SOC).