Energy sector stories

CIQ rolls out Enterprise Linux compliance stack as federal cryptography, defence contractor and post-quantum rules tighten from 2026.

Claroty boosts xDome with Visibility Orchestration to turn patchy cyber-physical asset data into prioritised security tasks across critical operations.

Valliance hires former Palantir experts and launches customer review as it seeks to close the AI deployment gap in UK and Europe.

Why FIPS 140-3 validation matters as organisations face tougher cyber rules, tighter assurance demands and the need for independently tested encryption.

ADAPTOVATE taps transformation veteran Jim Cundiff as Managing Director and Partner to deepen North American growth and its AI consulting push.

OPSWAT adds millisecond AI file screening to MetaDefender, aiming to cut false positives and speed decisions in critical infrastructure networks.

C3 AI rolls out C3 Code to help business users build governed enterprise AI apps in hours, with agents handling design, testing and deployment.

AlphaSense names senior UK and Singapore hires as it steps up EMEA and APAC push, with multilingual search and content expansion.

Hiscox says UK SMEs often face repeat ransomware demands after paying, with many still forced to rebuild systems and suffer fresh disruption.

Creative ITC appoints veteran industry executive Lewis Pinner as Chief Revenue Officer to drive overseas expansion and deepen customer growth.

Quantum algorithm slashes qubit demands in fluid modelling breakthrough, as Quanscient and Haiqu run a 15-step nonlinear CFD test on IBM's Heron R3.

Radix has set out a Houston industrial AI event for 2026, aiming to help energy and manufacturing leaders turn pilots into operational gains.

Survey finds most OT outages in industry and critical infrastructure cost up to GBP £5 million, as firms fear nation-state attacks and long delays to detection.

RugGear's TCCA membership signals broader push into broadband mission-critical devices for emergency services and public safety users.

LF Energy and Microsoft back battery standard with dataset on lithium-ion cell design, aiming to make testing and ageing data easier to compare.

NIE Networks and Esri Ireland launch 24/7 map service to speed access to electricity data and reduce cable strikes across Northern Ireland.

GoCardless and Jellyfish Energy complete first live recurring Pay by Bank test, opening the open banking model to business energy billing.

TGS taps Tape Ark for one of the energy sector's biggest cloud moves, shifting 40 petabytes of seismic data into a hyperscale environment.

Rockwell Automation launches SecureOT to help Australian industry counter rising cyber attacks on critical operational technology.

SatVu's HotSat-2 is cleared for launch on SpaceX's Transporter-16 mission, as the London firm rebuilds its thermal Earth observation network.