The challenge of keeping businesses safe from cyberthreats is yet again in the news, this time in Qatar, where a leading telecommunications and ICT provider has announced a cybersecurity deal.
Automated threats and cloud resilience are set to dominate the 2026 security agenda, forcing leaders to abandon human-speed responses. For an enterprise security leader, the operating environment is becoming less about prevention and more about surviva…
India has announced that, in future, all mobile phones will need to be preloaded with a government app called Sanchar Saathi (meaning Communication Companion) to ensure cybersafety.
Fragmented security regulation costs mobile operators billions, diverting resources from threat mitigation toward administrative compliance. For security execs in the telecoms sector, the remit has expanded well beyond securing network perimeters. A ne…
Children across Africa are coming online faster than anywhere else in the world – but with this rapid connectivity surge comes heightened exposure to cyberbullying, harmful content, misinformation, and exploitation.
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a previously undocumented state-sponsored Chinese hacking group dubbed Phantom Taurus. A new report from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 threat intelligence team details a multi-year investigation into Phantom Taur…
We’ve been hearing whispers about a national digital ID from the UK Government for years, and now it has a name: ‘BritCard’. On the surface, the pitch sounds tempting: a simple way to access services, prove who you are, and make…
A new report from cybersecurity firm NETSCOUT shows that a record over eight million global DDoS attacks were launched in H1 2025, with attackers timing assaults to coincide with major political events and cause maximum chaos. Nation-states and hacktiv…
Ukraine’s vast experience fighting a major cyber war against Russia would be invaluable to an alliance with the UK and EU to defend Europe. A paper by Dr Nataliya Tkachuk for the NATO CCDCOE calls for the creation of a ‘Cyber Alliance’ between Ukraine,…
A new heavyweight has entered the business telecoms market of the UK with the launch of Virgin Media O2 Daisy. Born from the merger of Virgin Media O2’s business division and the Daisy Group, the pitch is to become the sole telecoms partner a UK busine…