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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.