Security News

New cybersecurity research continues to reinforce the imperative of protecting our systems and data amid proliferating security threats. The 2021 Thales Global Cloud Security Study reports that 40 percent of organizations have experienced a cloud-based data breach in the past 12 months. Despite increasing cyberattacks targeting data in the cloud, the majority of businesses are still failing to encrypt half of the sensitive data they store in the cloud, raising even greater concerns as to the impact cyber criminals can have.

New products and services are addressing this need. Among other key headlines, AT&T launched an integrated, managed cybersecurity solution to help U.S. federal agencies modernize and protect their IT infrastructure in compliance with Trusted Internet Connection 3.0 cybersecurity guidance. AT&T Government Trusted Internet brings together software-defined wide area networking technology, security capabilities and fiber connectivity in a 24/7 managed solution through a single provider. Fortinet is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft to deliver the industry’s first next-generation firewall and Secure SD-WAN integration with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN. Quantum Xchange and Thales are partnering to provide network security that protects data in motion through quantum-safe and crypto-agile capabilities. The solution enables end-users to future-proof the security of their data and communications networks; overcome the vulnerabilities of present-day encryption techniques and protect against man-in-the-middle, harvesting, and future quantum attacks. And BT has developed an epidemiology-based cybersecurity prototype, 'Inflame,' which uses deep reinforcement learning to enable enterprises to automatically detect and respond to cyber-attacks before they compromise a network. Using the spread of viruses in human populations as a model to inform its AI, Inflame is a key component in BT's recently-announced Eagle-i platform.

Leaderboard, Transformation, and Innovation News

In innovation news, self-driving cars are taking steps toward commercial reality. Aurora, which focuses on self-driving, has built key partnerships across logistics, rideshare, and manufacturing verticals with FedEx, Uber, Toyota, and North American OEMs to transform how goods and people move through the world. These are key steps toward commercializing self-driving technology. Qualcomm announced the extension of its collaboration with BMW to bring the latest advancements in driver assistance technologies, and products of its Snapdragon Ride Platform, to BMW Group's next generation of advanced driver-assistance systems and automated driving platforms. And Anritsu and Toyota shared the development of the world’s first 5G OTA1 RF text system, a step toward realizing the simultaneous communications with near-zero latency that self-driving vehicles will require.

C.P. Group and Telenor Group have inked an alliance to explore the creation of a new telecom-tech company comprising True and dtac. Orange has inaugurated its Open RAN Integration Center, dedicated to Open RAN technology, a reference technology for future mobile networks. This testing and integration space, which will enable companies from the Open RAN ecosystem to test and validate their products and services, and thus accelerate the development of this technology, is the first of its kind to open in France.

In acquisitions news, Verizon has completed its previously announced acquisition of TracFone Wireless and its family of brands. Ericsson will acquire Vonage for $6.2 billion to spearhead the creation of a global network and communication platform for open innovation.

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