Week ending 14 December 2025 saw UK and EMEA teams focus on security, enterprise components and cloud. We’ve pulled out a handful of stories with clear architecture and procurement implications - and what partners should do next.
Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly
What happened.
The Register (Security) reports: Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly. PLUS: Crims could burn your AI budgets thanks to weak defaults; CISA's top 25 vulns for 2025; And more Infosec In Brief The UK's National Cyber Security Centre … [1]
So what.
Partners should translate policy into controls that survive real phishing and ransomware drills. Hammer Distribution supports managed SOC roll-ins plus data protection and Microsoft 365 backup to harden recovery points.
- Run a restore test from an immutable backup set and measure RTO.
- Map MFA coverage and conditional access to high-risk apps.
- Stage a 30-minute phishing drill with run-book timings.
Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program
What happened.
The Register (Security) reports: Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program. Critical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under 'in scope by default' move Microsoft is overhauling its bug bounty program t… [2]
So what.
Component lead times and write endurance still shape total cost. Hammer Distribution stocks enterprise components - SSDs, drives and memory - to de-risk refresh windows.
- Validate SSD endurance (DWPD/TBW) against write patterns.
- Pre-stage spare drives and memory for the next quarter’s change plan.
AWS DataSync increases scalability and performance for on-premises file transfers
What happened.
AWS What’s New reports: AWS DataSync increases scalability and performance for on-premises file transfers. AWS DataSync Enhanced mode now supports data transfers between on-premises file servers and Amazon S3 … [3]
So what.
Cloud teams need guardrails that align spend, identity and data paths. Hammer Distribution helps define landing zones and FinOps policies so architecture and cost controls ship together.
- Codify a baseline landing zone (identity, network, logging) and roll it to all accounts.
- Enable budget alerts and anomaly detection; assign owners.
- Right-size or schedule off non-prod instances before month-end.
AWS Shield network security director now supports multi-account analysis
What happened.
AWS What’s New reports: AWS Shield network security director now supports multi-account analysis. Today, AWS Shield announces multi-account network security management and automated network analysis for network security director… [4]
So what.
Partners should translate policy into controls that survive real phishing and ransomware drills. Hammer Distribution supports managed SOC roll-ins plus data protection and Microsoft 365 backup to harden recovery points.
- Run a restore test from an immutable backup set and measure RTO.
- Map MFA coverage and conditional access to high-risk apps.
- Stage a 30-minute phishing drill with run-book timings.
Amazon EMR Managed Scaling is now available in 7 additional AWS regions
What happened.
AWS What’s New reports: Amazon EMR Managed Scaling is now available in 7 additional AWS regions. We are excited to announce that Amazon EMR Managed Scaling is now available for EMR on EC2 customers in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia… [5]
So what.
Partners should translate policy into controls that survive real phishing and ransomware drills. Hammer Distribution supports managed SOC roll-ins plus data protection and Microsoft 365 backup to harden recovery points.
- Run a restore test from an immutable backup set and measure RTO.
- Map MFA coverage and conditional access to high-risk apps.
- Stage a 30-minute phishing drill with run-book timings.
How we picked these stories: we scanned UK/EMEA enterprise feeds and official vendor advisories, filtered for architecture and procurement impact, and kept items with clear actions for partners. We cap references to five to keep focus.
References
- The Register (Security) - Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly
- The Register (Security) - Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program
- AWS What’s New - AWS DataSync increases scalability and performance for on-premises file transfers
- AWS What’s New - AWS Shield network security director now supports multi-account analysis
- AWS What’s New - Amazon EMR Managed Scaling is now available in 7 additional AWS regions