Category: Technology

“This separate crypto core is a very rudimentary chip. It’s not like a big processor, so it doesn’t really know who it’s talking to or what’s going on in the broader context,” Red Balloon’s Skipper says. “So if you can tell it the right things that you observed the processor telling it, it will talk […]

Beazley, a London-based specialist insurer, said it has launched the first-ever cyber catastrophe bond, marking a milestone in the history of the sector.  The $45 million bond gives Beazley indemnity for all risks in excess of a $300 million catastrophic event. The company said there is potential for additional tranches to be released in 2023 […]

Dive Brief: Most insurance companies will increase or maintain current tech spending levels in 2023, according to a Gartner report published Monday. The analyst firm surveyed more than 2,200 CIOs, including nearly 100 in the insurance industry. That spending will shy away from revenue-growing efforts in favor of improving CX technologies, modernizing legacy applications and expanding […]

If you need a mesh system capable of serving fast Wi-Fi to a large property, Netgear’s Orbi range should be on your list. But the 860 Series is a tri-band mesh system that sits awkwardly in Netgear’s lineup. It lacks the Wi-Fi 6E support you’ll find in the 960 Series, but it boasts a 10-Gbps Ethernet […]

Getty Images Academic researchers have discovered serious vulnerabilities in the core of Threema, an instant messenger that its Switzerland-based developer says provides a level of security and privacy “no other chat service” can offer. Despite the unusually strong claims and two independent security audits Threema has received, the researchers said the flaws completely undermine assurances […]

The most important thing in working with an offshore software development partner is to keep in mind that you are collaborating. It’s a partnership not a hierarchy of managers and employees. A lot of business owners fail to understand this just because they pay and the offshore company does the work. However, they forget that […]

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced it unanimously voted to pursue changes to how and when telecommunications network operators disclose data breaches. The current rules, under Section 222 of the Communications Act, are more than 15 years old and require organizations to notify the U.S. Secret Service and FBI of breaches within seven days. […]

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Cloudflare will launch a monitoring dashboard, providing IT leaders with predictive, historic and real-time insight around application outages, network issues and performance slow-downs, the company announced Monday. The cloud-based web security company will deploy three […]

When I (Adrienne) travel for work, I typically carry a Tom Bihn bag, and the clamshell Synik 22 is my favorite. It has a lot of pockets, and they’re all thoughtfully designed. For example, the zippered water bottle pocket is located in the middle of the backpack instead of on the side, so it won’t […]

Cathryn Grothe, a research analyst at Freedom House, a US government–backed nonprofit that works on human rights, says she has seen a shift in Iran in recent years away from a reliance on informants and physical patrols toward forms of automated digital surveillance to target critics. Like Alimardani, she has received reports from people using online platforms […]