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 2018 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
The EU's 'long-arm' regulatory approach could create frosty US environment for European tech firms
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis US tech firms are throwing their toys out of the pram over the EU’s Digital Markets Act, but will this come back to bite European companies?
Mr Cooper data breach highlights scale of security failures in finance, experts claim
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The Mr Cooper data breach has laid bare serious security failures among some financial institutions
Malvertising has been out of control in 2023, and Google needs to do more to stop it
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis Google has been scrambling to contend with an increase in malvertising campaigns across the year
“Inter-cartel” strife and affiliate poaching could hamstring ALPHV in 2024
By Solomon Klappholz published
Attacks by ALPHV are up in 2023, but competition from other major gangs could impact its effectiveness next year
Intel CEO: AI PC will be "the star of the show” in 2024
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Intel isn't alone in focusing on AI PC developments in recent months
Lenovo buffs hybrid cloud offering to support customer generative AI push
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The Lenovo hybrid cloud solutions expansion looks to underpin customer generative AI deployments
Google Cloud might have found its new poster child with Mistral AI deal
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis Mistral AI’s partnership with Google Cloud could elevate it as an emerging industry heavyweight
Ransomware groups are using media coverage to coerce victims into paying
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Threat actors are starting to see the benefits of a more sophisticated media strategy for extracting ransoms
Microsoft is using AI to get its nuclear projects approved in the US
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Microsoft is using an AI model to help speed up the approval process on nuclear reactor projects
ICO issues fine for MoD data breach that put lives at risk during Afghan withdrawal
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The watchdog has issued a sizeable fine for the 2021 MoD data breach
The AI skills gap is prompting a widespread rethink on workforce upskilling
By Solomon Klappholz published
News IT leaders are accelerating efforts to upskill existing staff due to a widening AI skills gap
Everything we know so far about the rumored ALPHV 'takedown'
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Rumors' attributing the ALPHV outage to a law enforcement operation remain unconfirmed
HPE's AI democratization aims have small business potential
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis HPE’s solutions to ‘democratize AI’ reveal its confidence in a universal business case for generative AI
Arm CEO worried humans will inevitably lose control of AI
By Solomon Klappholz published
News AI systems need robust safeguards and override capabilities, according to Arm CEO Rene Haas
EU hammers out deal on AI Act, but it may have missed the mark
By Solomon Klappholz published
Some fear the EU AI Act may have negative consequences for innovation in the union
Log4j: Nearly 4,000 organizations still vulnerable two years on
By Solomon Klappholz published
News A shocking number of firms are still using vulnerable versions of Log4j despite well-publicized flaws
LockBit remains most dangerous ransomware despite fall in attacks
By Solomon Klappholz published
News LockBit accounts for a dwindling proportion of global ransomware attacks, but is still the single biggest threat to organizations in the UK
UK IT staff working nearly as much overtime as law enforcement
By Solomon Klappholz published
IT professionals are among the most overworked in the UK, and it’s affecting their wellbeing
Report: Ransomware is driving up UK inflation
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Growing ransomware attack costs are driving inflation and forcing firms to take desperate measures to cut expenditures
"Misguided" public sector security confidence placing organizations at risk
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis Public sector security professionals face significant challenges, but workers remain upbeat about their posture
The death of Windows 10 won't happen as quickly as you might think
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Organizations can extend security protections after the Windows 10 end of life deadline, Microsoft confirmed
Red Hat: AI skills gap now a leading threat to enterprise innovation
By Solomon Klappholz published
News IT managers in the UK are concerned the AI skills gap will hold their businesses back
Meta and IBM launch new AI alliance, but where's Google and Microsoft?
By Solomon Klappholz, Rory Bathgate published
Analysis The alliance will support a transparent and collaborative approach to developing responsible, safe AI technologies