In today’s digital economy, it is essential that companies of every size can collect, store and adequately protect customer data and proprietary secrets.

The WannaCry ransomware attack was, at the time, one of the most devastating and widespread cybersecurity incidents recorded. By exploiting a known vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, attackers were able to compromise public and private-sector organisations around the world with apparent ease, despite a patch being available for two months. In the UK, 34% of NHS trusts were affected, as well as more than 600 primary care organisations.

Violent attacks on ATMs, cyber intrusion, jackpotting, malware attacks, card skimming, black box attacks, and social engineering are just some of the threats being discussed at ATM & Cyber Security 2018

TBC Bank supports the country’s first cloud bank powered by Mambu

Work180 brings new level of transparency to UK recruitment  

A new jobs network is launching in the UK which is set to raise the bar for women working in the technology sector.

Work180- which has already established new standards for gender recruitment in Australia ­ connects employers with female talent through a unique, transparent pre-screening process.

Women are able to review companies¹ traditionally private policies and make educated decisions before applying to work at the company.

Newest offering addresses GDPR data security standards; includes industry-first approach for securely archiving and recovering critical data from ransomware attacks

Online seasonal shopping to surge despite half of consumers mistrusting discounts

This July, retailers will be preparing for what’s tipped to be the UK’s biggest ever online spending splurge: Black Friday 2018.

In 2017, consumers spent a huge 515% more online than the average Friday, according to Ingenico’s payment data, with the Wednesday through to Monday recorded as the six busiest shopping days of the year.

Huobi expands European operations with London office and OTC trading service

Huobi Group, the leading blockchain asset solutions provider, announced today the opening of its London office and the appointment of Lester Li as European Exchange Director and Josh Goodbody as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Huobi UK. These new senior level hires come at a time of rapid expansion by Huobi in Europe and high demand from the digital asset trading community.

Charles Stanley Direct has rolled-out a new version of the App that it launched in October 2017.  The latest version is compatible with Android, iPhone and iPads and incorporates new functionality for users that includes the ability to trade in over 4,000 Funds and instant account access thanks to a new biometric log-in process utilising face or fingerprint recognition.

Fintech business lender Spotcap recently expanded its C-Suite to include two newly created roles.

Linh Bergen-Peters joins the company as Chief Marketing Officer and Martin Gawlak as Chief People Officer. These new roles will be instrumental in ensuring Spotcap’s continued growth. The company increased its gross revenue by more than 100 percent between May 2017 and May 2018, and doubled the size of its loan book during the same time period.