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Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily

The number of businesses attaining the NCSC Cyber Essentials certification continues to increase, but much more can be done to raise awareness of the scheme.
M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts

The UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre has published its first in-depth assessment of a major incident, reflecting on the impact of and lessons learned from Scattered Spider attacks on M&S and Co-op
Oxford City Council election workers’ data stolen in breach

Oxford City Council election workers had personal information stolen by cyber attackers in an attack over the weekend of 7-8 June. The council has stated that most disrupted systems are back online
UK data reforms become law

UK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy
European satellite operators take comms services to higher orbit

Kyivstar advances direct-to-cell services in Ukraine with Starlink integration and regulatory approval for testing, while Constellation Technologies and Operations announces the imminent launch of its first regenerative 5G mmWave payload
Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty

The Netherlands’ ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance

Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the public sector

In the first of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil in public sector IT procurement, the particular challenges faced by public sector procurement, and how the cloud and pay-as-you-go can help
IBM reorients storage to cloud, containers and as-a-service

Storage profile: We look at Big Blue’s storage offer, which spans file, block and object, on-premise, in the cloud, and mainframes, while also embracing containers and the cloud
Are we normalising surveillance in schools?

Children and teenagers are subjected to a vast array of surveillance technologies in schools. These are intended to keep them safe, but are we normalising surveillance for young people?

Platform Engineering - Perforce Puppet: Taming chaos in DevOps teams - CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Margaret Lee, manager of product management at Perforce Puppet. The full title of this piece is “Taming chaos in DevOps ... Continue Reading
A G7 AI roadmap lacking IP protection is one with potholes- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

The G7 meeting of world leaders is a clear indication of how the leading economies see AI. With the stagnation of economic growth alongside rising costs of maintaining existing public services, ... Continue Reading
Reversing the A to Z of fragmented AI, Domino adds Zero-to-AI - CW Developer Network

Domino Data Lab has updated its enterprise AI platform and data science offerings to now introduce a more unified system for productivity, governance and delivery. The promise from Domino is: a ... Continue Reading
Rebuilding Social Resilience in the On-line World- When IT Meets Politics

Internet access has plateaued since the surge during covid . Digital inclusion programmes need to be complimented by people contact to coax the most vulnerable on-line and/or enable neighbours and ... Continue Reading

How data laws quietly handed power to government

The UK is at risk of becoming an ‘algorithm state’ as the government hands more power to Big Tech and reduces the rights of individuals
Should we trust Humphrey to boost public sector efficiency?

Labour is betting on Humphrey, an AI toolkit named after a Yes Minister character, to drive public sector efficiency
Fortifying retail: how UK brands can defend against hacks

The recent spate of cyber attacks on UK retailers has to be a wake-up call to build more cyber resilience into digital supply chains and fortify against social engineering attacks