APeJ security spending poised to grow in 2024
Security hardware, services, and software spending in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) is expected to increase 12.3% over the previous year and reach $36 billion in 2024, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide. IDC projects security spending to grow at a five-year CAGR of 12.8% from 2022 to 2027 and reach USD 52 billion […]
Singtel collaborates with Cisco, Fortinet, and Nokia to build quantum-safe solutions
Singtel signed three Memoranda of Understanding with Cisco, Fortinet, and Nokia, to provide quantum security solutions to enterprises through its Quantum Safe Network (QSN) The collaboration allows enterprises to strengthen cybersecurity by maximising Cisco’s routing platform, Fortinet’s firewalls, and Nokia’s optical devices. Fortifying resilience Last year, the Infocomm Media Development Authority appointed Singtel to develop Singapore’s first nationwide QSN by mid-2024 to fortify its […]
Readying for that AI-led cyberattack
Former cybersecurity consultant, now freelance writer and author, John Meah, wrote on Techopedia that besides the potential benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity defence, the very same technology can be used by threat actors to carry out evasion of security measures to automating scans for weakness to executing attacks directly. In the 2021 MIT […]