Solomon Klappholz
Solomon Klappholz is a Staff Writer at ITPro. He has experience writing about the technologies that facilitate industrial manufacturing which led to him developing a particular interest in IT regulation, industrial infrastructure applications, and machine learning.
Before he joined ITPro, Solomon graduated from the University of Warwick in 2021 with a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics which included an intercalated year studying Philosophy at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
Outside of the office, Solomon enjoys reading, visiting new art exhibitions, and playing football.
Latest articles by Solomon Klappholz

National Public Data breach: Lawsuit claims failed to protect billions of personal records
By Solomon Klappholz published
News A breach at background check company National Public Data allegedly left billions of sensitive personal records exposed on the dark web

Three things you need to know about the US National Security Memorandum on AI
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The US Government has identified three core objectives to advance its leadership in AI, but the program will require significant investment to meet its ambitious goals

Everything you need to know about the ‘mass exploitation’ of FortiManager appliances
By Solomon Klappholz published
News A missing authentication flaw could allow an attacker to use a compromised FortiManager device to move laterally to other Fortinet devices and target enterprise environments

This new AI jailbreaking technique lets hackers crack models in just three interactions
By Solomon Klappholz last updated
News A new jailbreaking technique could be used by threat actors to gradually bypass safety guardrails in popular LLMs to draw them into generating harmful content

Jensen Huang just issued a big update on Nvidia's Blackwell chip flaws
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has confirmed that a design flaw that was impacting the expected yields from its Blackwell AI GPUs has been addressed.

Exploitation of Docker remote API servers has reached a “critical level”
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Hackers are targeting Docker’s remote access API as it allows them to pivot from a single container to the host and deploy malware with ease

Hackers are stepping up ‘qishing’ attacks by hiding malicious QR codes in PDF email attachments
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Malicious QR codes hidden in email attachments may be missed by traditional email security scanners, with over 500,000 qishing attacks launched in the last three months.

Why experts are warning businesses to prepare for quantum now – or face critical cyber risks when it arrives
By Solomon Klappholz published
In-depth Quantum computing will threaten the foundational encryption techniques underpinning digital trust everywhere, so businesses have a limited time window to prepare

Cisco confirms attackers stole data, shuts down access to compromised DevHub environment
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The tech giant insists that no sensitive customer information has been compromised

‘Tool sprawl’ is burning budgets and wasting employees’ time
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis Leaders and employees alike report redundant software is squandering budgets while making organizations less secure

Sophos acquires Secureworks for $859 million
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Sophos will look to integrate Secureworks’ Taegis XDR platform while combining the pair's threat intelligence capabilities

Cyber criminal underground “thriving” as weekly attacks surge by 75% in Q3 2024
By Solomon Klappholz published
Cyber attacks reached another all-time high this quarter as digital crime continues to be a highly profitable industry for threat actors

NIS2 is now in force around the EU – can business keep up with new compliance obligations?
By Solomon Klappholz published
The EU’s flagship cyber resilience framework NIS2 is finally here, but research indicates businesses are not ready, with compliance officers facing a herculean task

Why storage architectures must change to meet the needs of AI
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis Sluggish innovation in storage architectures could be holding back AI’s true potential

Huawei targets ‘intelligent industrial transformation’ with AI-ready infrastructure
By Solomon Klappholz published
News As the spread of Industry 4.0 continues, powered by next-generation technologies like AI and 5G, Huawei thinks it can help accelerate the intelligent industrial transformation

Marriott’s FTC charge underlines danger of ‘inheriting’ data breaches during acquisitions
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Experts warn businesses should learn from the hotel chain’s failure to properly assess the implications of acquiring an entity that has glaring security issues

AI agents are here to stay – and Boomi thinks it can be a market leader
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis Boomi World Tour had a heavy focus on how the company is orienting itself to take full advantage of the agentic future of AI, including a new registry to help businesses manage agents

Industry unprepared for AI agent security challenges, experts warn
By Solomon Klappholz published
News As organizations face widespread AI agent adoption, leaders will need to address concerns over letting autonomous systems roam free in sensitive environments

Shared fate vs shared responsibility: What’s the difference and how can your business benefit?
By Solomon Klappholz published
Explainer Knowing where your obligations end and your cloud provider's begin isn't always straightforward in the cloud – but it is essential for proper security and compliance

Cyber expert suggests American Water cyber incident was a ransomware attack
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The attack left 14 million customers without access to a service portal, disrupting billing processes, though the firm said it does not believe its water facilities were impacted

Venafi’s new life under CyberArk is all about end-to-end identity management
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis The veteran machine identity management provider could be the missing piece of the puzzle for securing growing attack surfaces

How CISOs are navigating the “slippery” AI data protection problem
By Solomon Klappholz published
Security executives are concerned about generative AI as users always find a way to get around access controls

NetApp lands its ‘intelligent data infrastructure’ rebrand at Insight 2024
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis The data veteran is keen to do for AI what it did for hybrid cloud – and is calling in all its hyperscaler connections to get there

Where does NetApp stand in the ongoing VMware whirlwind?
By Solomon Klappholz published
Despite releasing its own VMware auditing and migration service, CEO George Kurian says it will continue to provide cost-effective solutions for customers looking to stay put

NetApp is on a mission to drive hybrid cloud adoption – but first, the data silos have got to go
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis NetApp customers took to the stage to talk about their AI journey, how hybrid works for them, and why siloed data architectures are still a major stumbling block
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