Entries by Wingman

These Are the Top Five Cloud Security Risks, Qualys Says

Cloud security specialist Qualys has provided its view of the top five cloud security risks, drawing insights and data from its own platform and third parties. The five key risk areas are misconfigurations, external-facing vulnerabilities, weaponized vulnerabilities, malware inside a cloud environment, and remediation lag (that is, delays in patching). The 2023 Qualys Cloud Security […]

Microsoft yanks internal Windows 11 testing tool soon after release

Microsoft yesterday released then quickly pulled an internal tool for enabling experimental Windows 11 features. The StagingTool app was offered to Windows Insider fans in a Microsoft Bug Bash quest. These quests essentially invite users to try out specific features or functionality and see if they can hit a bug and report it, presumably so […]

Report outlines causes of cyber security skills gap

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has published a new report that investigates the level of cyber security skills in the UK, including the public sector. In the Cyber security skills in the UK labour market 2023 report, which was researched by Ipsos, it was discovered that there is a significant skills gap across the public sector. One […]

Cloud Computing – Understanding The Jargon Around Cloud Technology 

In our last article we introduced the cloud and explored some of the myths that business owners have had about cloud computing. Much of the apprehension around it is misplaced, but we also stressed that choosing a dedicated provider that offers genuine post-sale support is important, as not all providers are serving equally, even if […]

AI scaremongering is rife, but creatives should fear not

You’ve all seen it. The media is awash with articles and commentary about how AI is going to take all of our jobs and leave only a small fraction of the population with hope of remaining in the careers they know and enjoy. More research emerged recently which predicts that advertising agencies will replace 7.5% […]