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AI to manage 37% of corporate travel spend by 2028

Security concerns are rising as firms prepare to let software handle almost two-fifths of travel budgets, though controls are still patchy.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

UK small firms race to build AI tools without oversight

Governance is lagging as 25% of AI-using UK small firms now prototype their own systems, with 24% finding unauthorised tools in-house.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Yesterday

Customer Relationship Management

UK businesses warned over ghost AI governance risk

Rising concern over AI oversight is pushing firms to audit overlooked systems that may still hold access to sensitive company data.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

UK finance leaders back AI but struggle to prove value

Nearly a third of UK finance leaders cannot quantify AI's benefits, highlighting a gap between enthusiasm and proof as liquidity teams face rising pressure.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Space

CyberFest 2026 secures sponsor backing for North East

Backing from national and international sponsors will help draw more than 1,000 delegates to CyberFest 2026 in the North East this October.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Hitachi Vantara wins security certification for VSP One

Government buyers may find procurement easier, as the VSP One Block storage platform has gained independent security approval valid through 2031.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Data Security stories

Endpoint Protection

Europe cybersecurity spending shifts to compliance

Companies are diverting more cyber budgets to compliance and training as pressure grows to prove risk controls and financial resilience.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today

Risk & Compliance

Dext launches AI Connector for accounting practices

The read-only feature lets firms query client cash positions and compliance data in plain language, while keeping records unchanged.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

It's time to embrace our robot overlords

Agentic AI can already handle bookings, bills and reminders for users, but its growing access to personal data raises fresh hacking and privacy fears.

By Donovan Jackson • 8 min read • Last week

Hybrid Cloud

SUSE unveils sovereign AI platform with NVIDIA tie-up

Enterprises will be able to keep AI agents and proprietary data inside their own infrastructure under the new SUSE-NVIDIA sovereign AI stack.

By Mara Sugue • 5 min read • 2 days ago

Security Information and Event Management

Securonix launches behavioural analytics for AI threats

With AI agents widening the attack surface, security teams need to spot abnormal activity across human and machine users before damage is done.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

CyberFOX buys Optimize365 to bolster Microsoft 365 security

The deal adds continuous Microsoft 365 monitoring for smaller IT teams struggling to track configuration drift and security changes across limited staff and budgets.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Risk & Compliance

Targa Telematics rolls out on-premise AI for developers

About 150 engineers can now use generative AI tools without sending proprietary code or data outside Targa Telematics' own systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Network Infrastructure

Extreme previews on-prem AI zones for enterprise networks

Enterprises could keep AI workloads on site and still use cloud models where allowed, as Extreme targets tighter data control and lower latency.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Cohesity names Datacom APJ MSP Partner of the Year

The recognition boosts Datacom's standing across Australia and New Zealand as customers demand stronger cyber resilience, data protection and recovery support.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week