When you start out in business it is difficult to know whether to be a sole trader (self-employed) or a limited company. And many will wonder what the difference is and whether there are advantages of one over the other. A few years ago it was said that it was more tax efficient to be […]
Archives for 2018
Google to offer G Suite cloud identification tool separately to developers
News 15 Oct, 2018 Clare Hopping Businesses apparently want access to highly secure agile, mobile work environments
Do You Know What Should Be In Your General Ledger?
As your business grows, any bookkeeping system that includes a shoebox full of receipts just won’t cut it anymore. Keeping accurate financial records is essential for everything from preparing taxes to assessing the health of your business. One of the first financial tools a maturing small business needs to establish is a general ledger. Think […]
ICANN’s internet DNS security upgrade apparently goes off without a glitch
So far, so good. That’s the report from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as it rolled out the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS) on Oct. 11. The change is central to ICANN’s project to upgrade the top pair […]
Regulating the IoT: A conversation with Bruce Schneier | Salted Hash Ep 49
Security expert and author Bruce Schneier talks with senior writer J.M. Porup about that widespread use of connected chips — allowing hackers to access cars, refrigerators, toys and soon, even more home consumer items.
How secure are electronic voting machines? | Salted Hash Ep 48
With the midterm elections looming, electronic voting machines are getting increased scrutiny. J.M. Porup, senior writer at CSO, sits in the hosts chair this episode, breaking down the security risk with content producer Juliet Beauchamp.
Talking DerbyCon, spy chip whispers and Google’s data breach | Salted Hash Ep 47
Steve Ragan and J.M. Porup catch up post-DerbyCon conference to discuss psychological issues in the infosec community, supply chain security and whether it’s time to make China the boogeyman again, as well as Google’s recent data breach.
Amdocs Teams Up for SDN, NFV Orchestration Package
News Amdocs Teams Up for SDN, NFV Orchestration Package By David Ramel 10/11/2018 Amdocs has teamed up with Fortinet and Versa Networks to offer a new multi-domain, service provider SD-WAN, software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) orchestration solution. The solution integrates the Amdocs NFV technology — powered by the open source Open Networking […]
Mingis on Tech: Data breaches in a world of ‘surveillance capitalism’
Facebook and Google recently acknowledged data breaches affecting millions of users. This won’t be the last time that happens. CSO’s J.M. Porup and Computerworld’s Ken Mingis examine what’s really going.
London’s Zoological Society fights species extinction with Google Cloud
News 11 Oct, 2018 Bobby Hellard Machine learning on Google Cloud Platform is helping to monitor and save wildlife around the world