Public Sector stories - Page 33

Armis, a cybersecurity company, has appointed Brian Gumbel as its president to enhance its go-to-market strategies and prepare for future IPO.

Mark Thundercliffe has been appointed as an Advisor for Northern Europe at SAS, bringing 35 years of corporate, retail and business banking experience.

Gamma has officially been awarded a place on Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) new Mobile voice and data services framework (RM6261).

D3 Security hires Michael Lyons as CRO to lead sales efforts in expanding global footprint in security services, public sector and enterprise markets.

Veeam appoints Larissa Crandall as VP of Global Channel and Alliances to lead investments in partner and alliance ecosystem for data protection.

Kissflow hires Aali Qureshi as Senior VP of Sales for the Americas, expanding their low-code/no-code offering in financial services, healthcare, and more.

Kurt Greening, former Public Sector Cloud Security Leader at Palo Alto Networks, has joined Cerby as sales head to expand their target markets.

New Invicti Research has found that vulnerabilities are rising, and that government and education sectors are particularly at risk.

The British Council has admitted to falling victim to two successful ransomware attacks, resulting in 12 days of downtime over five years.

This will allow Six Degrees to offer more connectivity services such as cloud, colocation, data security and networks to UK public sector organisations.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is revolutionising the public sector, streamlining services and reducing costs while improving efficiency and service quality.

SolarWinds found the most common attacks were phishing (95%) and malware (86%), with a large step down to third place, ransomware (54%).

Sungard AS' Chris Huggett talks about the huge responsibility in the public sector, and how sovereign public cloud has the potential to offer huge benefits.

The company's Public Sector Partner Program grew almost 40% this year, with more than 800 partners now on board.

IDC says worldwide spending on industry cloud is undertaking a huge surge this year, led by healthcare providers but with growth in all other sectors.

The US government's adoption of technology is unlikely to be undone by the new administration, according to expert Chris Pennell.

Unisys launches Digital Investigator, an information management system that aids law enforcement in sharing intelligence.

The IoT market's rapid growth is set to hit USD $1.7 trillion by 2020, driven by massive investments in devices, connectivity, and IT services, says IDC.