Amazon Kendra has been Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessed at the PROTECTED level. Now, you can meet the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) control objectives while using Kendra.

AWS Config now supports AWS Backup resource types (AWS::Backup::BackupPlan, AWS::Backup::BackupSelection, AWS::Backup::BackupVault and AWS::Backup::RecoveryPoint) in all AWS Regions. AWS Config provides a detailed view of the configuration of AWS resources in your AWS account. This includes how the resources are related to one another and how they were configured. This enables you to see how the configurations and relationships have changed over time. For example, you can now use AWS Config to monitor changes to your backup plan that defines when and how you want to back up your AWS resources, monitor the resource assignment to the backup plan, track changes to the backup vault configuration or monitor changes to the recovery points for different resource types.

The staycation racket is even more lucrative than the PPE and PCR scams, Ed confides to his diary. With considerable foresight Greaser and I set up L3 (Luxury Lodge Living) plc in the Spring to take advantage of the unspent savings of people who were put off from going abroad by the quarantine and isolation …

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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has become the UK’s space regulator. The regulator is open for business to any UK or international company that wants to operate under a UK space licence. As part of its new responsibilities, the CAA is launching a fully tested digital application system that has been developed to allow space …

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Digi-Key Electronics has introduced a series of videos focused on advancements in industrial automation. They look at how edge computing can help factories deploy and run field-based machines without the need for central networking The distributor is launching the three-part video series with Banner Engineering, a manufacturer of industrial automation products, and Weidmüller, a specialist in …

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Q2 smartphone sales grew 13.2% y-o-y to 313.2 million units with Xiaomi overtaking Apple to tske the No.2 slot, according to IDC. In the US,  Motorola, TCL, and OnePlus experienced year-over-year gains beyond what they have seen in recent years due to LG’s departure. In China, it’s Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, and Apple that continue to …

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Trevor Milton (pictured) founder of electric truck company Nikola, has been charged with misleading investors about the company’s technology. Milton was taken into custody in New York at the weekend charged with securities fraud and wire fraud. It is alleged that Milton used social media, TV, print  and podcasts to persuade ‘retail investors’ – i.e. …

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2.2 million homes and businesses in 26 counties in England are set to get 1Gbps broadband connections in the government’s £5 billion Project Gigabit. 60% of all households are to have access to gigabit speeds by the end of this year and 85% by 2025. 480,000 premises in Shropshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcestershire, Hampshire and the Isle …

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Ron Black, who resigned as Imagination CEO when Chinese investors attempted a takeover, is reported to be involved in an investor group considering a bid to buy Newport Wafer Fab. The U.K. National Security Adviser is currently looking into whether Nexperia’s bid for the fab is against the public interest. However the government cannot block …

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Got a chance to design and print a quick lens holder to try the 16mm separation which I calculate should be the correct spacing for the mounted Cree XP-P led and Gaggione LLC15E that have arrived. DesignSpark Mechanical used (still too far down the learning curve to risk FreeCAD), and I knocked some holes in …

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