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AI and machine learning are being used to fight cyber-attacks. How useful is the technology and where can it be applied? Artificial intelligence (AI) and its subset machine learning are being hailed by experts as a means to fight cyber-attacks. Currently, the technology can flag anomalies for a security analyst to look into, saving time and cutting overall businesses costs. AI and machine learning are developing quickly, with experts suggesting they could be applied to several sp …

In today’s complex network environments securing your network routers can be a daunting task, especially when there are so many CLI commands and parameters with different security implications for your Cisco router device. Thankfully, since Cisco IOS version 12.3 and later, Cisco provides an easy way for administrators to lock down their Cisco router without entering complex commands and parameters. This feature was smartly introduced to help remove the complexity of the task and ensure …

Cyberwarfare refers to the use of digital attacks -- like computer viruses and hacking -- by one country to disrupt the vital computer systems of another, with the aim of creating damage, death and destruction. Future wars will see hackers using computer code to attack an enemy's infrastructure, fighting alongside troops using conventional weapons like guns and missiles.A shadowy world that is still filled with spies, hackers and top secret digital weapons projects, cyberwarfare is an increas …

Hyperconvergence combines compute, storage and networking in a single system. Enterprises can choose an integrated HCI appliance from a single vendor, or hardware-agnostic hyperconvergence software.Hyperconvergence is an IT framework that combines storage, computing and networking into a single system in an effort to reduce data center complexity and increase scalability. Hyperconverged platforms include a hypervisor for virtualized computing, software-defined storage, and virtualized network …

As technology evolves around us, so unfortunately do the clever criminals who exploit it. I am not a cyber-security expert, but I move in the IT consultancy circles and have many friends who are cyber-security experts. There is a new buzzword that these experts are using. It is called Air Gap defence, which is a really strange expression, until you understand what it means. Essentially, an ‘Air Gap’ defence layer is the absence of a wireless connection into your computer equipment …