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Veritas Technologies, the secure multicloud data management provider, has released Veritas Data Insight , which allows organisations to assess and mitigate unstructured and sensitive data compliance and cyber resilience risks, as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Dark data, which is data with unknown value, makes up roughly 52% of the average organisation’s unstructured data estate. In addition to containing redundant, obsolete and trivial (ROT) data that costs organisations millions of dollars in unnecessary storage, such data may also contain sensitive information posing significant regulatory compliance and cyber resilience risks, Veritas Technologies explained. Veritas Data Insight offers in-depth data visibility, context and analysis across multicloud infrastructures to help resolve the cost, compliance and security risks associated with unstructured, dark and sensitive data. It also plays a key role in helping organisations respond to cyberthreats such as ransomware by high...

by Jasie Fon, Regional VP of Asia, Ping Identity Source: Ping Identity. Fon. When one talks about Singapore's remarkable digital transformation journey, the country's National Digital Identity (NDI) Initiative - featuring Singpass - immediately springs to mind. Singpass is a cutting- edge platform that enables citizens, residents and businesses to transact with the government and private service providers. It allows them to access government and business services through a single login, using methods like fingerprints, facial verification, multi-user SMS two-factor authentication (2FA), and SMS one-time passwords (OTPs). These not only provide additional security for users’ personal data but also give them a diversity of choices to best fit their needs. This kind of adaptable seamlessness is the future of customer experience (CX). According to ZenDesk , about 70% of brands recognise a direct correlation between CX and performance. In addition to immediate financial gains, a ...

Fortinet, the global cybersecurity provider driving the convergence of networking and security, has found that nearly a third (31%) of operational technology (OT) organisations reported more than six intrusions in the last year, up from 11% the year before. The findings come from its global 2024 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report . The research represents the current state of operational technology (OT) security and highlights opportunities for continued improvement for organisations to secure an ever-expanding IT/OT threat landscape. While this year’s report indicates that organisations have made progress in the past 12 months related to advancing their OT security posture, there are still critical areas for improvement as IT and OT network environments continue to converge, the company said. Highlights from the global survey include: Cyberattacks that compromise OT systems are on the rise In 2023, 49% of respondents experienced an intrusion that im...

Kominfo, Indonesia's Ministry of Information Communication and Technology, reported that a Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) had been affected by ransomware since 20 June 2024, causing several cloud-based public services including immigration services to be disrupted. The National Cyber and Password Agency (BSSN) head, Hinsa Siburian said that BSSN discovered that the security features of W indows Defender had been deactivated on June 17, 2024. Malicious activities began on June 20, including the installation of malicious files, deleting of important file systems, and the disabling of active services. Files related to storage, such as: VSS, HyperV Volume, VirtualDisk, and Veaam vPower NFS stopped working or crashed. Investigations are under way, though somewhat hampered by encryption of files from the ransomware, Brain Cipher from Lockbit. "This becomes important for lessons learned and mitigation efforts so that similar incidents do not happen again," said Hins...

Source: Sabre. Siyam Water World. Maldivian-owned and founded hospitality group Sun Siyam Resorts has picked technology from Sabre, a software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, to grow both reach and revenue. Sun Siyam Resorts owns and manages five luxury private island properties in the Maldives and a boutique beach retreat on the east coast of Sri Lanka, Sun Siyam Pasikudah. Sabre Hospitality’s SynXis Central Reservations System (CRS) will serve as the cornerstone of Sun Siyam’s distribution infrastructure. With the addition of SynXis Channel Connect , global distribution system (GDS) connectivity and SynXis Booking Engine , Sun Siyam Resorts will be able to seamlessly distribute its room inventory on its direct channel, as well as to an extensive network of travel agencies worldwide, 600+ global OTAs, global distribution systems including Sabre’s own, and major global meta search engines such as Google, TripAdvisor and Kayak . The brand has also sub...

Huawei has unveiled a number of solutions for financial customers, including the Xinghe Intelligent Financial Network Solution, an AI-powered solution that is designed to boost the resilience, user experience, and security of financial networks. Source: Huawei. Executives from Huawei pose to commemorate the launch of a Digital Intelligence Financial Services solution. Gao Qianying, VP of Enterprise Service Solution, said in a blog post, "The resilience of financial data centres needs to be considered from the perspective of planning, construction, and daily operations. This includes the overall architecture design that can support smooth evolution, data migration that does not affect service operations, secure and reliable disaster recovery (DR) management, risk prediction and detection, accurate fault location, and quick processing. The digital and intelligent services enhance the resilience of financial data centres and ensure robust service operations." A digital intell...

Qlik, a global provider of data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), has unveiled Qlik Talend Cloud , delivering no-code to pro-code, AI-augmented data integration capabilities, and and Qlik Answers , offering AI-generated answers with full explainability from unstructured data. Together, they represent Qlik's commitment to providing comprehensive, end-to-end solutions to leverage AI technology for competitive advantage. Both solutions will be available this summer. "Qlik is accelerating AI’s business value with the launch of Qlik Talend Cloud and Qlik Answers ," said Mike Capone, CEO of Qlik. "These innovations position us to meet market opportunity for end-to-end, technology-agnostic AI solutions. Thanks to our well-placed investments, extensive R&D, and deep partnerships, we provide a seamless, scalable path for enterprises to adopt AI, backed by Qlik's incredible customer success track record." Qlik Talend Cloud provides ...