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Group to address security challenges

Sophia Antipolis, France and Dusseldorf, Germany: Security in the NFV/SDN environment is one of the major challenges the industry needs to address for 2016 but it should also be seen as an enormous opportunity. It will combine analytics with the network agility enabled by NFV and SDN to improve the resilience of networks to security threats. This was one of the key messages from a range of ETSI ISG NFV personalities speaking this week at the Layer 123 SDN & OpenFlow World Congress in Dusseldorf.

: Natasha Pearson; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 20 October 2015 12:00

'Whale' finance fraud hits businesses

It has been reported that cyber-thieves are stealing millions of pounds, with a scam based around faking email messages from company bosses. The scam, known as ‘whaling’, is said to spoof messages asking finance staff to rush through a payment to a supplier that the chief executive cannot handle because they are out of the office. Barracuda Networks comments:

: John Aduma; Talking Point; Posted On Tuesday, 20 October 2015 11:56

Deutsche Telekom partners with Wandera

Deutsche Telekom has announced a strategic partnership with Wandera to deliver its mobile gateway services to Deutsche Telekom`s business customers. The integration will enable their customers to secure, control and manage mobile data usage across employee devices. This solution is at the same time part of Deutsche Telekom´s MobileIron Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) ecosystem further enhancing the EMM capabilities of Deutsche Telekom.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 20 October 2015 11:50

Is CSR dead?

According to a recent Barclays Debate, a platform to discuss topical issues, CSR isn’t dead. But in the light of yet another scandal it is clear CSR isn’t a perfect indicator of what is actually happening behind the scenes in the corporate world. VW had been lauded even recently as a global leader in corporate social responsibility, and yet internal standards had slipped to the point where the emissions rigging scandal took place on a grand scale. If big business can’t get it right, perhaps it is time for SMEs to step up to the mark and lead the movement towards a more transparent, honest and authentic approach to business.