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INDUSTRYNEWS NEWSNEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS BT and University of Warwick enter 5G collaboration University of Warwick and Warwickshire County Council are collaborating to bring 5G innovation and co-development to the University campus and the wider region, stimulating regional economic growth and post Covid-19 recovery. This innovation alliance has enabled BT to switch on the UK's first dedicated public 5G network for a connected campus, bringing ultrafast 5G mobile coverage to University students, staff and visitors across the 720-acre site and to people in surrounding areas through its EE mobile network. The installation of a public 5G cell site on University of Warwick's main campus will mark the university as an early adopter of 5G technology and a testbed for research, industry and consumer 5G use case development. As a leading research University with over 30,000 students and staff, EE's public 5G network will further enhance Warwick's research and student learning and experience whilst also bringing 5G's faster speeds, reliability and response times to people in neighbouring areas. Working From Home IT support launched London IT support provider Totality Services has launched WFH IT Support to service the millions of workers affected by the latest lockdown regulations. The new offering has been launched with the aim of offering teams of all sizes the level of IT security and support previously reserved for large officebased operations, servicing the needs of the nation's work from home employees. WFH IT Support offers a full IT support package to businesses with displaced workers working remotely or from home on a rolling monthly contract starting at £14.99 per machine, per month. The new offering works in partnership with Mimecast, and businesses signed up to WFH IT Support will also have access to 100% secure hard disk encryption, which works alongside DNS protection to fend off 'man in the middle' attacks. Boosting productivity during the pandemic UK firms are investing in digital infrastructure to boost their productivity during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research from Brother UK. The findings, taken from interviews with 500 IT decision makers, show that more than eight in ten (84%) companies have ramped-up efforts to boost productivity since March, with more than half saying it is now vital to deliver cost savings (59%) and higher profits (54%) for their businesses. Respondents said that legacy working practices (35%), such as excessive meetings, and poor IT infrastructure (33%) are the biggest barriers businesses face. Modern hardware, such as printers and tablets, (98%), collaboration software, such as project management platforms and video conferencing, (98%), and remote working tools, such as cloud-based technologies, (96%), top IT decision makers' lists for technology that will deliver the greatest productivity gains. Brother says that an average business of 250 employees could stand to save nearly 52,000 hours of workers' time a year - worth an estimated £776,000 - just by implementing simple, cost effective updates across their IT operations. Five UK tech and network providers head to North Five pioneering UK technology, networking and safety & security providers have come together to form a new company with ambitious growth plans, having secured a £30m plus forward order book since the Covid-19 emergency began. Glasgowbased Boston Networks, Wales-based Pinacl and Pinacl GDA, North Shields and Birmingham-based 2020 Vision Systems and London-based PEL Services have united to rebrand as North. The five companies had been brought together via a series of acquisitions and mergers, as part of the specialist investment fund Aliter Capital's strategy to build a modern and progressive network infrastructure, smart buildings, IoT and safety and security business, delivering innovative and specialist services to its clients. 1 in 4 pen tests reveal critical IT weaknesses Penetration test data from 2020 has revealed that critical flaws found in business infrastructure and applications have increased since the previous year (where it was 1 in 5), with underinvestment in cyber defences and lack of security culture cited as the main causes. This is according to the 2021 Cyber Security Industry Report 2021 from Bulletproof. The report reveals that attackers continue to take advantage of the current global crisis by targeting organisations with poor security, using tried and tested techniques well understood by the security industry. 06 NETWORKcomputing JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 @NCMagAndAwards WWW.NETWORKCOMPUTING.CO.UK
INDUSTRYNEWS By analysing data from penetration tests and proactive monitoring, as well as compliance insights and research, Bulletproof identified that intelligence is often not good enough and provides a false sense of security. Remote workers are at a higher risk of falling victim to phishing campaigns as attackers have increased their use of this tactic and been successful. Key findings include: • Out of 9,000 IP addresses identified as belonging to bad actors hitting the honeypot, only 158 (1.7%) were in the top commercial and open-source threat intelligence feeds • Critical flaws found during penetration tests has increased since last year, suggesting security is still uninvested and/or misunderstood • Bulletproof's penetration testing activities uncovered an increasing trend of homogenisation in underlying web technologies, presenting often overlooked risks to businesses • 33% of companies have out of date systems, validated by the penetration test statistics which show 32% of companies are vulnerable due to out of date components • 23% of companies are failing audits due to endpoint malware protection tests, raising concerns for businesses with remote workers Connexin to launch UK's first IoT network nationwide Connexin has announced that it will expand its IoT network nationwide, providing carrier-grade roaming long range wide area networks (LoRaWAN) connectivity and infrastructure to customers all over the UK for the first time. The new national low cost wide-area network rollout lead by Connexin is a strategic investment aimed at supporting the increasing demand for smart networks throughout the UK. The universal connectivity will lower the barriers to entry and better enable every type of organisation across the UK to adopt IoT solutions to provide further insights that will address future challenges, promote a better quality of life and create environmental improvements for all. "With a low cost wide-area networking solution becoming available to all organisations across the UK, it opens up opportunities for those looking to deploy IoT solutions for a fraction of the cost of existing cellular infrastructure solutions," said Furqan Alamgir, Founder & CEO of Connexin. "Not only does this promote the development of new IoT-based technology but it allows existing solutions to be rolled-out nationwide to encourage further adoption and will allow more people to utilise and benefit from affordable, carrier-grade IoT connectivity." KnowBe4 launches new PhishER Security Roles KnowBe4 has launched a new email security feature, PhishER Security Roles, making the company PhishER email quarantine security measures more efficient. It allows cybersecurity professionals to assign custom permissions for the exact incident response roles and responsibilities that they need in their organisations. Therefore, each member of the security team handles an email analysis component that best suits their skillset. "With phishing attacks continuing to escalate, sophisticated features for defence tools like PhishER are needed to combat these ever-present threats," said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. "Having a way to determine specific roles across security teams will strengthen defences and help each person better manage their workload as it continues to grow." New Netgear multi-gig switches are ready for WiFi 6 Netgear has announced the availability of the MS510TXM and MS510TXUP multi-gig switches. These innovative switches support speeds up to 10G and have optional cloud management. The MS510TXUP Ultra60 PoE++ model additionally supports up to 60 Watts of PoE power on each port. The new multi-gig offerings can connect devices at a multitude of speeds for sustained end-to-end performance. Each port on the MS510TXM or MS510TXUP can auto-negotiate to speeds of 100Mb, 1G, 2.5G, 5G or 10G, thus enabling WiFi access points, network attached storage systems, servers, and IoT devices to be connected at the most optimal speed. The MS510TXM and MS510TXUP are suited for businesses wanting to improve their WiFi performance with a network of WiFi 6 Access Points (such as NETGEAR’s newly announced WAX610 or WAX218, both of which support communication speeds of 2.5G). With these new switches, speeds of up to 5G can be achieved with CAT 5E, thus protecting a business’s investment in cable infrastructure. The MS510TXM is available now priced at £429.99, with the MS510TXUP priced at £579.99 NEWS NEWSNEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS WWW.NETWORKCOMPUTING.CO.UK @NCMagAndAwards JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 NETWORKcomputing 07
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