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• European Parliament heads for showdown with US over Privacy Shield

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 18 Jun 2018

By Kevin Cahill The Justice Committee of the European Parliament has set the scene for a major showdown with the US over data transfers between the EU and the US by setting a Sept 1st deadline for ...

• European Court hearing into EU-US data transfer system will not happen for at least 18 months

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 08 Jun 2018

By Kevin Cahill The European Court of Justice may not have a hearing into crucial questions about the legality of the EU-US data transfer system for at least 18 months according to a spokesperson ...

• Why journalists and whistleblowers need to understand infosecurity

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 27 Apr 2017

An online training initiative promises to make information security accessible and understandable to journalists, confidential sources and whistleblowers.

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• The Lizard Squad. Serious hackers or random gamers ?

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 28 Jan 2015

The Lizard Squad are as mysterious as their logo; a large bow tied frog, monocled, smoking a pipe and sporting a Santa hat. They are accused of having brought down Facebook, Microsoft, Sony and ...

• Have you got the 7 security essentials in your budget?

  Warwick Ashford - Security Editor 24 Oct 2013

Mobile and cloud security services firm Neohapsis has published a list of 7 essential elements in any security budget. There is little surprise to see perimeter defences, spam and email content ...

• Mobile, social, cloud and big data spell more money for IT, says Software AG

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 21 Oct 2013

Mobile computing, social media, cloud and big data, are top of CIOs priorities says Software AG COO.

• The Value of Benchmarking when Choosing an IT Solution Provider

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 14 Aug 2013

CompTIA is aiming to allow the world of ICT to do the same, by providing an internationally recognised benchmark which shows solution providers meet an industry approved level of service and ...

• How colour can influence the success of your website

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 23 Oct 2012

Thanks to Nathalie Nahai, The Web Psychologist, for this guest blogpost. You don't need to be a designer to understand the impact that colour can have on first impressions.Whether it's the ...

• Groundhog Day for Data Protection

  Warwick Ashford - Security Editor 19 Oct 2012

With the ongoing breaches of personal data by public sector organisations and resultant calls by the privacy watchdog for greater penalties, it seems the UK is making no progress on data ...

• BYOD versus BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch)

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 11 Oct 2012

As someone who regularly struggles to bring my own lunch to the office (despite numerous New Year's resolutions and Tupperware pEnglish: iPad with on display keyboard:iPad with on display keyboard ...

• Twitter can be dangerous to business: sport celebs show why

  Warwick Ashford - Security Editor 18 Jul 2012

Twitter and other social media are increasingly popular in business, but sports celebrities have shown just why business users need to be careful and think before they tweet. Most recently, Rio ...

• Will you be cut off from the Web today?

  Warwick Ashford - Security Editor 09 Jul 2012

An estimated 20,000 PCs in the UK could be cut off from the web today as a consequence of the DNS Changer virus. Infected machines will no longer be able to access websites, e-mail, chat or social ...

• ICO to lift veil on "cookie" warning letter

  Warwick Ashford - Security Editor 24 May 2012

For at least the past year, the ICO has maintained that its enforcement of the "cookie" law will be complaint-led, but in the past week it has fired of what have been described as "nasty letters". ...

• Autonomous car: A Security risk?

  Warwick Ashford - Security Editor 09 May 2012

Google is set to step up its road testing of the company's autonomous cars now that the vehicles have passed the Nevada driving authority test, but security experts warn of potential dangers. ...