Cyber Magazine October 2024 | Page 13

Enterprises rank cyber as important as AI , NIST standardises post-quantum encryption algorithms , HP Wolf Security sounds alarm on cyber risk of physical supply chains and Wiz chooses London as European HQ
WRITTEN BY : KRISTIAN MCCANN
WIZ CHOOSES LONDON FOR ITS FIRST EUROPEAN HQ
BUSINESSES FEAR PHYSICAL SUPPLY CHAINS POSE CYBER RISK
Cloud security powerhouse Wiz has announced plans to establish its European headquarters in London .
Wiz , a company that recently made headlines by declining a staggering US $ 23bn acquisition offer from Alphabet , Google ’ s parent company , has set its sights on London as the cornerstone of its European operations .
HP Wolf Security study of 800 IT and security decision-makers showed that over a third believe nation-state actors are attempting to insert malicious hardware or firmware into devices .
This is exemplified when considering the complex supply chain devices go through in the manufacturing stages .
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