Cloud Security News this week - 8 September 2021

• Verizon, a multinational telecommunications giant and Microsoft have teamed up to bring on-prem, private 5G edge cloud computing to business. Their offer is a cloud platform that puts compute and storage services at the edge of the network at the customer premises. This has the potential to offer lower lag time and high bandwidth for demanding applications such as virtual and augmented reality and machine learning.
• In Australia, as part of Macquarie bank path to be  100% cloud for IT infrastructure by 2022, they are embedding a 'secure by design' ethos. Secure by design is an approach to software engineering that is about creating code that is foundationally secure. Read more about Macquarie Bank Cloud Strategy here + here
• The FBI sent out a notice warning companies in the food and agriculture sector to watch out for ransomware attacks aiming to disrupt supply chains..  Cyber criminal threat actors exploit network vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data and encrypt systems in a sector that is increasingly reliant on smart technologies, industrial control systems, and internet-based automation systems. Acces the full document on our website www.cloudsecuritypodcast.tv - FBI Document here
• Lenovo has launched Global Everything-as-a-Service Strategy, bringing all of its as-a-Service offerings under one umbrella that makes everything from the pocket to the cloud available via a single contract framework. Read more about it here
• IBM has launched new generation of IBM Power servers for frictionless, scalable hybrid cloud. The new IBM Power10 processors are designed specifically for hybrid cloud environments. In a statement IBM has stated that the servers come with security enhancements and Red Hat hybrid cloud capabilities. The servers are meant to respond faster to business demands, protect data from core to cloud, streamline insights and automation and maximize availability and reliability.