[Vanguard] The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a significant surge in daily data usage, with a 39% increase from last year, averaging 336 gigabytes per second.
[Nigeria Health Watch] Despite ongoing efforts to empower more African women to join the technology sector, and some promising recent signs of a surge of female-led businesses, the digital health sector in Nigeria, like the digital health sector globally, is still largely dominated by men.
[Daily Trust] A former Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Bashir Gwandu, has called on African representatives to the ITU's World Radiocommunications Conference 2027 (WRC-27) to stand united in securing spectrum allocations critical for mobile connectivity in rural areas.
Juan Zarate, CBS News Senior National Security Analyst, discusses new airport security measures implemented after intelligence concerns over hidden explosives.
Juan Zarate, CBS News, Senior National Security Analyst, discusses reports ISIS beheaded a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and the upcoming NATO summit.
Erika Janes, Senior Pregnancy Editor for American Baby Magazine, gives tips and insider strategies of infant sleep coaches to get your baby to sleep.
[This Day] Shell will continue to power progress in the drive for energy security in Nigeria through its businesses in the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream and Renewables sectors, Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria and Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC,) Osagie Okunbor said yesterday in Lagos.
[Egypt Online] Treasurer of the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Head of the Qalubeya Chamber, Mohamed Attia El-Fayoumi, stated that the roadmap for the public business sector began with Law No. 203 of 1991, marking the sector's first steps toward full privatization.
How is cloud adoption transforming federal agencies and driving mission success?
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Learn how continuous monitoring and cloud security advancements are transforming cybersecurity strategies across federal agencies.
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Gil Vega, chief information security officer for Veeam, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to explain why federal IT officials should update their data security strategies.
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ThreatLocker CEO and co-founder Danny Jenkins joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss cybersecurity. zero trust software, and issues brought up by the Log4j cyber attack.
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Bob Stevens of GitLab joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the entire process of the software development life cycle and provide guidelines on ways to incorporate testing in all aspects of project completion.
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Some groups congratulated President-elect Trump on his win. Many expressed concerns for the possible return of former Trump policies that would “harm” feds.
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Craig Martell, whose outside-government gigs have been with LinkedIn, Dropbox and Lyft, is joining Cohesity as its chief technology officer.
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Secret Service is like a Navy ship that's run aground. The commander may not have had his or her hand on the wheel, but that's where responsibility rests.
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Funding shortfalls will have serious consequences in the final quarter of this fiscal year because of unexpected bills related to security at the Capitol, National Guard officials warn.
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Eric Goldstein, the executive assistant director for cybersecurity for CISA, will leave his role after three plus years in June.
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This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to give us an update on how the security clearance process is being affected by the federal restrictions put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, executive director of Women of Color Advancing Peace & Security, talked about the organization's mission, and projects the group is pursuing to address national security and international affairs issues.
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Transporeon, a Trimble Company, has expanded into the transportation logistics sector in Turkey and has appointed a seasoned, local-language country manager to lead its operations and services in the country.
Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding government agencies for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown.
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Real-time data capture, printing, mobility and voice-directed solutions specialist Dakota Integrated Solutions has been ranked 79th in the latest Tussell Tech200 list of the top 200 fastest-growing public sector technology companies.
Gigi Schumm welcomes Kathleen McInnis, an international security specialist at the Congressional Research Service — where she works to help Congress address national security and defense strategy issues.
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Life is all about priorities, protection and being present. Gigi Schumm welcomes Assiya Ashraf-Miller from the State Department's diplomatic security bureau.
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KnowBe4 has announced the results of a survey conducted at Infosecurity Europe 2024 (4-6 June) among 201 cybersecurity professionals to better understand and gauge the sentiment around trending cybersecurity issues.
TSA's proposed cybersecurity regulation aims to ensure "higher-risk" pipelines and railways are defended from cyber attacks.
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By Alex Edwards, Head of Communications EU, Protolabs.
It’s fair to say that the past five years have stress-tested the UK manufacturing sector. Not only have manufacturers had to deal with a global pandemic, but they’ve also faced geopolitical uncertainty, a cost of living crisis and the after effects of Brexit.
"There is power in quantity, but how we talk about our return on the nation’s investment is an area I’m looking to try to work on," Michael Sulmeyer said.
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The Great South West Partnership has released its anticipated report on the region’s high value manufacturing sector, positioning the area as a key player in the UK's renewed Industrial Strategy.
Portnox, provider of cloud-native, zero trust access control solutions, today unveiled the results of its latest survey, ‘CISO Perspectives for 2025’, revealing critical insights into the challenges faced by Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) at large enterprises.
Make UK, the UK organisation for the manufacturing and engineering sector, and the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), the trade association for the healthcare and assistive technology sector, have announced their new partnership, aimed at fostering collaboration and growth for UK healthcare manufacturing companies.
By Harriot Elmes, freelance writer.
The healthcare landscape is constantly evolving, blending technology and care in ways that were once unimaginable. In situations where traditional hospitals cannot reach, mobile hospitals help the healthcare industry to be nimble in their response. These modern marvels showcase how medical services can extend beyond the constraints of brick and mortar, reaching patients no matter where they are.
New global research from SOTI has revealed that transportation and logistics (T&L) workers are each losing 13 hours of productive time per month, as a result of device-related issues.
The aviation industry is vital to the health of world trade and logistics. Manufacturers rely on airlines daily to get their products and people where they need to be. Over the past few decades, there has been a significant shift in the use of security seals on aircrafts.
The global impact of the COVID pandemic has been dramatically felt by the global aerospace sector, which almost overnight suffered a catastrophic collapse in demand, which resulted in an 80 percent decline in air traffic and over 60 percent of the global airline fleet grounded. The impact on the airlines and its key component supply chain has been immediate and is expected to remain in place for some time.
Manufacturers in the rail, marine, defence and household good sectors can now benefit from more than 25 years of automotive and aerospace quality excellence as G&P is undergoing a proactive diversification drive across adjacent sectors.
In the recent 2-3 years, an increasing number of malls and retail chains have adopted real-time video analytics and facial recognition to enhance security, customer experience and footfall analysis.
Alexandria Phounsavath, director of DHS S&T’s Data Analytics Technology Center, is exploring new approaches to solving some of the biggest challenges in data.
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A new project aimed at exploring the role drone technology can play in improving yield, fruit quality and forecasting in UK strawberry production is a pivotal step towards enhancing food security.
The Supreme Court has stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has undergone a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and has resumed duty after temporarily transferring power. He is continuing to deal with bladder issues that arose in December following his treatment for prostate cancer. The Pentagon says the procedure Friday was successful, elective and minimally invasive, “is not related to his cancer diagnosis and has had no effect on his excellent cancer prognosis.” Austin has returned home, and the Pentagon says no changes in his official schedule are anticipated, including his participation in Memorial Day events.
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Rising inflation is expected to lead to a sizeable increase in Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for the year 2022
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Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022
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The Secret Service's director says the roof where a shooter opened fire at Donald Trump's rally was identified as a potential vulnerability before the event.
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Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, faced growing calls to resign.
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A chief architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration.
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Newer technologies like automation and AI may offer new solutions to this age-old cybersecurity problem, but they can also be double-edged swords.
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By implementing an infrastructure for observability, federal security teams can make better decisions about access and identity-based threats.
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New benchmarking report details how companies are — or could be — using AI to strengthen proposals, fill pipelines and generate revenue.
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