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A principal research scientist at Sophos offers a glimpse into the abysses of the dark web in a bid to uncover what cyber crooks are up to

The NHS CDO will report directly to NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson, get paid up to £176,750 and be responsible for a budget of around £57m

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US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation

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Retail cyber security spending ineffective as breaches rise

Cyber attacks on the retail sector are increasing, and although most retailers plan to increase cyber security spending, planned investments are unlikely to be effective, a report reveals
Deloitte’s EMEA initiative aims to close gender gap in security

Professional services organisation Deloitte expands its UK efforts to encourage more women into cyber security to cover the EMEA area
Google record fine could lead to Android fork

Amazon’s Android was one of the operating systems mentioned by the European Commission as it imposed a record €4.34bn fine on Google
Global trading firm opens office in Ireland because of Brexit

Financial services firms are attracted to Ireland as the UK prepares to leave the EU, leading to the creation of IT jobs in the Emerald Isle
CIO interview: Jon Marchant, CIO, PayPoint

PayPoint CIO describes the company’s shift to retail services and how it went from knowing very little about electronic point of sale system software to creating its own
Cyber security top priority for aircraft makers, says Airbus

There is a high level of collaboration in the aircraft industry on cyber security, but not all other industries are at the same level, according to an industry veteran at multinational aerospace and defence firm Airbus

CW500: Getting the most out of the internet of things

The IoT brings huge opportunities, but how can organisations take full advantage, and where lies the best potential? The latest CW500 Club looked at how to create the right environment for success
Data protection for containers: Why, and how to do Docker backup

Containers such as those from Docker are agile, lightweight, and can be shortlived, but they and their data often needs to be protected. We look at the key options available
Disaster recovery as a service: what you need to know

Technological advances make disaster recovery as a service possible, but Computer Weekly investigates whether it is practical option for all businesses

London Fintechs: Could Saudi Arabia be your next stage growth opportunity?- Fintech makes the world go around

Saudi Arabia is selling itself as a fintech hub with an environment for startups to flourish, but are fintechs ready to set up there? Continue Reading
What are ‘mature’ stateful applications?- Open Source Insider

BlueK8s is a new open source Kubernetes initiative from ‘big data workloads’ company BlueData -- the project’s direction leads us to learn a little about which direction containerised cloud-centric ... Continue Reading
Era of the Smart Factory: how can manufacturers get to the future quicker?- Data Matters

This is a guest blogpost by Antony Bourne, Industries President at IFS Businesses are constantly told they will go bust if they do not digitally transform and quick, but for manufacturers it’s not ... Continue Reading
A conference room for the future- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

In some ways, the recent completion of Plantronics’ $2 billion purchase of Polycom was more surprising for the amount paid than the fact that this is basically an audio headset supplier taking over ... Continue Reading

A good password policy alone is not enough

In light of the fact that complex passwords are not as strong as most people think and that most password strategies inevitably lead to people following them blindly, what actually makes a good password and when is a password alone not enough?
Cracking the code – what makes a good password?

In light of the fact complex passwords are not as strong as most people think, and that most password strategies inevitably lead to people following them blindly, what actually makes a good password and when is a password alone not enough?
Mind your drone business

Amazon is just the tip of the iceberg – companies are pouring hundreds of millions into the development of commercial drones