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Finnish Data Centres name Antti Poikola Managing Director

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Finnish Data Centre Association taps Antti “Jogi” Poikola as Managing Director to bolster the country’s growing sustainable data hub ambitions.
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UK cyberattacks surge 129%, fuelling risk & losses

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Significant UK cyberattacks jump 129%, with major incidents hitting firms’ finances, supply chains and insurance costs across the economy.
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ITSEC Asia & Infinix partner on mobile cyber defence

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ITSEC Asia teams with Infinix to pre-install AI cyber defence app IntelliBroń Aman on new smartphones, targeting 100,000 users in Indonesia.
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Ondas unveils unified defence tech at Singapore Airshow

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Ondas will debut a unified, software-defined defence portfolio at Singapore Airshow, fusing drones, counter-UAS and ground robots.
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Kingston gains FIPS 140-3 Level 3 for IronKey USBs

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Kingston wins FIPS 140-3 Level 3 for its IronKey Keypad 200 USBs, making it the first supplier with three drives at this stringent standard.
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Defence renews Kinetic IT deal for ICT & base support

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Australia’s Defence Department renews Kinetic IT deal, expanding ICT service desk and switchboard support to a national base contact centre.
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Snowflake unveils AI data tools tailored to energy firms

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Snowflake launches Energy Solutions for its AI Data Cloud, unifying IT, OT and IoT data to boost grid reliability and cut emissions.
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Snowflake unveils AI Data Cloud ‘Energy Solutions’

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Snowflake launches Energy Solutions for its AI Data Cloud, unifying energy sector data to modernise grid planning and asset management.
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Acumen Cyber appoints Derek Whigham to support UK growth

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Glasgow cyber security provider Acumen Cyber appoints veteran strategist Derek Whigham to its board to steer UK growth and services.
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BDC backs defence-sector, dual-use chip & rocket ventures

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BDC launches its Defence Platform with CAD $6.2 million for Canada Rocket Company and a pre-seed bet on AI chip startup Irréversible.
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Forward Edge-AI appoints Alan R Seid to drive global sales

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Forward Edge-AI hires Alan R Seid as vice president of international sales to spearhead global quantum-resilient cybersecurity growth.
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Cloudflare reports Q4 fall in shutdowns amid outages

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Cloudflare logs steep Q4 drop in state-ordered shutdowns, but flags more than 180 2025 outages from cable damage, storms and conflict.
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AI reshapes fire protection design for data centres

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AI-ready data centres push fire protection into early design, as liquid cooling and high-density racks reshape risk, resilience and recovery.
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Aliter unites trio as Serbus to drive UK security push

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Aliter folds three tech firms into Serbus to target UK critical infrastructure security, eyeing GBP £75m revenue within two years.
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Claroty raises USD $150m to boost CPS cyber security

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Claroty secures USD $150m Series F funding to accelerate global expansion and strengthen cyber-physical systems security platform.
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Claroty raises $150m to expand cyber-physical security

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Claroty secures $150m in fresh funding to accelerate global expansion of its cyber-physical security platform for critical infrastructure.
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EU Cybersecurity Act revamp targets high risk vendors

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Brussels moves to tighten EU cyber rules, targeting high risk foreign vendors while streamlining certification and boosting sovereignty.
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WitFoo shifts global cyber defence base to New Zealand

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US cyber security firm WitFoo shifts its global base to New Zealand, making the country the launch pad for its “Cyber Grid” defence model.
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e2e-assure launches unified OT cyber monitoring in UK

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e2e-assure rolls out 24/7 unified OT cyber monitoring in the UK, partnering with EmberOT and Trinity OT Security amid rising attacks.
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Industrial AI drives new approach to OT cyber security

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Industrial AI and IT/OT convergence are forcing factories to abandon closed networks and adopt hybrid, zero trust cyber security architectures.