Panoptics

01/10/2026

Social media has become central to how businesses communicate with customers, promote their brands, and build trust. But as businesses have relied more on these channels, they have also become a more attractive target for cybercriminals.

New research has found that social media impersonation and defamation have risen from the fifth greatest cyber threat last year to the top expected cybersecurity threat over the next three years. The data also revealed that employee and executive impersonation, including deepfakes, has entered the top five areas of risk for the first time.

Social media is becoming a frontline cybersecurity threat

29/09/2026

Europe is one of the world's largest markets for AI datacenter infrastructure, but its own local companies capture only a fraction of the value, because overseas suppliers dominate chips, servers, and cloud infrastructure.

According to the Global Electronics Association (GEA), EU-headquartered companies account for only six percent of the bloc's datacenter semiconductor market, seven percent of server manufacturing and assembly, and eight percent of cloud infrastructure. https://buff.ly/yeEQH4x

28/09/2026

With the adoption of flexible workforces and work-from-home policies in recent years, SD-WAN is increasingly providing a long-term business continuity solution for enterprises
Read our guide to why WFH and SD-WAN work well together.
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17/09/2026

For years, physical security sat outside most technology discussions.

CCTV, access controls and alarms were typically managed by facilities or security teams, purchased independently from the wider IT estate and reviewed only when equipment reached the end of its life.

That separation no longer reflects how organisations operate.

Modern physical security systems run on cloud platforms, connect with enterprise networks, generate vast amounts of operational data and increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to help people find information faster and respond more effectively.

They have become part of the technology ecosystem that organisations depend on every day, bringing them firmly onto the CIO's agenda.
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Why physical security is becoming a CIO priority

16/09/2026

Business separations are rarely straightforward from an IT perspective.

Systems, networks, applications, support processes and user devices are often closely connected. In many cases, the full complexity only becomes clear once the existing environment has been properly assessed and the future operating model has been agreed.

Read our case study about an ambitious IT transition programme, part of a large demerger from one of the world’s leading construction equipment manufacturers, designed and delivered within a critical 12-month migration period.
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15/09/2026

OpenClaw introduces huge risks to enterprises, but employee adoption might be inevitable - whether CISOs sanction it or not.

Here's how to enable safer deployments.

OpenClaw's hundreds of thousands of GitHub stars signal massive adoption -- and a quickly expanding new threat surface. Here's how CISOs can mitigate its significant risks.

10/09/2026

Hyperscalers are driving equipment shortages across the board, with no relief in sight this year.

But analysts, VARs, and vendors have advice on how to keep AI and other projects moving even if you have to wait for the gear you really want.

Hyperscalers are driving equipment shortages across the board, with no relief in sight this year. But analysts, VARs, and vendors have advice on how to keep AI and other projects moving even if you have to wait for the gear you really want.

08/09/2026

With up to 1,200 MHz of additional spectrum available, 6 GHz Wi-Fi effectively triples wireless capacity compared with legacy bands. It's the first major innovation Wi-Fi has seen in years, and it should be on the radar for all industries.

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With up to 1,200 MHz of additional spectrum available in the U.S., 6 GHz Wi-Fi effectively triples wireless capacity compared with legacy bands. More importantly, it provides clean, uncongested spectrum, free from many older devices that crowd the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. For enterprises, this trans...

03/09/2026

As AI initiatives, hybrid work and infrastructure demands strain lean IT teams, more midmarket CIOs are reevaluating whether Network-as-a-Service can simplify operations, reduce costs and accelerate network modernisation.

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As AI initiatives, hybrid work and infrastructure demands strain lean IT teams, more midmarket CIOs are reevaluating whether Network-as-a-Service can simplify operations, reduce costs and accelerate network modernization.

01/09/2026

For years, cybersecurity awareness campaigns have been warning executives about spear-phishing attacks and business email compromise schemes. However, new research suggests ransomware operators are increasingly focused on a new target: department managers who have access to critical business systems and sensitive data.

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New research suggests ransomware operators are shifting their focus away from senior executives to those who do more day-to-day work.