NEWS
Natilik moves Barratt Developments to
the cloud with SD-WAN
to improve performance by reducing bottlenecks,
mitigating the risks of downtime while continuing
to maintain a secure network as more services
are consumed via the cloud. This is achieved
while providing the Barratt network team with full
visibility and control of the network through a single
user interface.
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atilik has announced it is extending its relationship with Barratt
Developments with a five-year Wide Area Network contract,
built on Cisco’s industry-leading Software-Defined Wide Area
Network technology.
Barratt Developments is one of the UK’s largest housebuilders.
This new investment will provide Barratt with the agility to quickly
respond to business demands while maintaining an intelligent
security position for its workforce.
The agreement covers 37 sites across the country, deployed on
the UK’s largest Ethernet network, provided by Exponential-e,
Natilik’s long-term connectivity partner. The solution allows Barratt
Ade Brant, Group IT Director from Barratt, said:
“Implementing innovative SD-WAN technology is key
to our IT transformation in order that our offices, developments and
field-based workers have fast and reliable access to our increasingly
cloud-based applications. Natilik has proven over the years to be
a high-performing and trusted partner and I’m looking forward to
working with it on this exciting part of our transformation.”
Alp Kostem, Channel Director, Exponential-e, said: “Barratt
Developments is the country’s most recognisable residential property
developer and we’re supporting that reputation by providing
Ethernet across 37 UK sites. Our partnership with Natilik ensures that
its industry-leading SD-WAN solution is being buoyed by a strong
and reliable Ethernet network and Barratt will benefit from enhanced
agility and performance across the locations.”
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Boots suspended loyalty card payments
after cyberattack
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ttempts to hack into customer accounts
using stolen passwords meant that one
of the UK’s leading pharmacy and beauty
retailers, Boots, suspended payments using
loyalty points in shops and online.
Commenting on the issue is Chief Security
Officer at Cybereason, Sam Curry: “The
Boots breach is yet another reminder of how
it’s become almost a reflex now for retailers
to contact customers saying ‘we regret
to inform you that due to a breach, your
personal data may have been. . . .’
“The number of identity compromises by this
point is huge and yet life continues. For the
consumer, they should be working under the
assumption that their personal information
has been compromised many times over.
As an industry, until we can start making
cybercrime unprofitable for adversaries, they
will continue to hold the cards that will yield
potentially massive pay-outs.
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“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me
twice, shame on me. Fool me 10 times,
enough is enough! It’s time to really up
the ante: minimise the extent of possible
breaches and compromises, minimise
exposure when breaches like this occur.
Having customer data is a privilege, not a
right. The time to beef up security is long
past. Explanations for breaches of this sort
in the retail industry demand a little more
than a form letter and business as usual. If
crime actors find a new way to compromise
data, the numbers shouldn’t be in the 10s
of millions and the stories of how it’s done
should be getting more sophisticated. If
not, it’s like hanging a sign outside saying
‘jobs wanted’ by the fraudsters and that’s
not acceptable in 2020.”
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