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Cisco commits to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 for global Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2025 .
Other near-term targets will cover the company ’ s most-material Scope 3 categories , such as use of sold products and supply chain emissions and will be public as they are finalised later in 2021 . The new greenhouse gas reduction goals will follow the latest climate science and Cisco will report progress on these targets in its annual Corporate Social Responsibility Impact Report .
Cisco has announced that it is committing to reaching net zero for greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions across all scopes by 2040 , 10 years ahead of when climate scientists
say the planet must reach net zero to avoid the worst impacts of climate change . Cisco ’ s net zero goal will be supported by ambitious near-term targets , including to reach net zero
This announcement marks a major milestone in Cisco ’ s journey to Power an Inclusive Future for All . Cisco ’ s efforts to advance this purpose will encompass investments and initiatives related to closing the digital divide , advancing social justice , building partner ecosystems of impact and setting and achieving ambitious sustainability goals like net zero commitment .
Viasat introduces next-generation data-at-rest encryption storage device
Viasat UK , a subsidiary of global communications company , Viasat , has announced a next-generation encryption storage solution , the data-at-rest cryptography solid state drive ( DARC-SSD ).
This is the latest addition to Viasat ’ s hardware encryption family , providing secure data protection for government and defence agencies around the world .
Data-at-rest technology safeguards against when a device is stolen , lost or attacked , enabling the data to be entirely protected and secure , even without the device on hand .
With threats increasing from adversaries , new encryption technology is critical to maintaining secure control over Intellectual Property ( IP ), personal and financial data , as well as protecting sensitive mission information that could put military operations at risk .
Andrew Dobson , Chief Technology Officer , Viasat UK , said : “ Our continued investment and innovation in encryption and data-atrest cryptography aims to help customers stay ahead of modern adversaries and have solutions that meet evolving device and operating system security needs .”
Unlike previous Viasat encryption solutions , the DARC-SSD uses a Non-Volatile
Memory Express ( NVMe ) interface , which offers increased compatibility and integration with the latest Commercial- Off-the-Shelf ( COTS ) devices . Its small hardware footprint is designed to offer defence customers advanced data-atrest encryption capabilities for protecting sensitive information on smaller , more compact laptops , tablets and Small Form Factor ( SFF ) machines .
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