When IT Meets Politics
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Your election choice: Protectionist Stagflation or Radical (Technology enabled) Change
- Winsafe Ltd 30 Nov 2019 -
Labour breaks an emerging consensus on Broadband Policy?
- Winsafe Ltd 24 Nov 2019 -
Has ISOC sold .Org for 30 pieces of silver? - Update 15th November
- Winsafe Ltd 14 Nov 2019
We are promised forests of magic money trees instead of plans to use technology to do more for less ... Meanwhile most on-line health systems are "As user friendly as a cornered rat"
No one size fits all needs. Every smart community (let alone "City") will probably need at least one Internet Exchange to handle local inter-operability. The UK as a whole will probably need more ...
The Internet Society has sold the Public Interest Registry (.Org) to a purpose built Venture Capital firm whose domain name was itself registered by an advisor to the Chinese organised World ...
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Making sense of the current UK Cybersecurity Skills scene
- Winsafe Ltd 05 Nov 2019 -
Insurability is the key to Cybermaturity
- Winsafe Ltd 03 Nov 2019 -
Turbocharging Full Fibre/5G Broadband
- Winsafe Ltd 05 Oct 2019 -
A Cybercommunity Safety Partnership to address On-line Harms and Abuse
- Winsafe Ltd 12 Sep 2019 -
The UK's leading employer bodies call for Apprenticeship Levy to be opened up
- Winsafe Ltd 02 Sep 2019 -
Towards a joined-up Cybersecurity Policy
- Winsafe Ltd 29 Aug 2019 -
From Action Fraud to Action Plans
- Winsafe Ltd 19 Aug 2019
But that is for the future. For the here and now I strongly recommend participation in the DPA cybersecurity skill sub-group in order to make sense of what it happening and ensure that your needs, ...
Most organisations are uninsurable. They spend large amounts on security products and services technology but they are not doing that which reduces the risk of a successful cyberattack, limits the ...
The INCA Conference provides an opportunity to "help" DCMS put flesh on the announcement of £5 billion for broadband at the Conservative Party Conference
We need voluntary co-operation to join up cybercommunity safety across silo boundaries without waiting for governments, regulators and lobbyists
An open letter to the Chancellor The Recruitment and Employment confederation has pulled together a coalition of business organisations, representing tens of thousands of employers and millions of ...
It is not enough to have policies that satisfy the conflicting requirements of the EU and US for data protection, including notification to attract fraudsters to the victims of a breach, like ...
1 Action Fraud had an impossible task The Times undercover investigation at Action Fraud has led to a rash of publicity, both tabloid and professional . The only surprise is that it has taken so ...
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A new look at the Cybersecurity Skills Market
- Winsafe Ltd 13 Aug 2019 -
The restructuring of digital markets has begun
- Winsafe Ltd 29 Jul 2019 -
How long before the shareholders break up BT?
- Winsafe Ltd 20 Jul 2019 -
Help set the forward agenda for Schools and Skills
- Winsafe Ltd 15 Jul 2019 -
Why I will be voting for Jeremy Hunt
- Winsafe Ltd 02 Jul 2019
Hence the need to address the cyberskills for justice and deterrence , not just those for cyberwarfare, protection and surveillance. And the more widespread those skills, the more dangerous the ...
Change is accelerating, making attempts to predict the future in order to regulate it ever more impractical - although that does not appear to stop some regulators from trying.
The BT share price looks set to drift down to under a £pound. That would leave it unable to invest other than from cash flows and Government subsidies. It would also be unsaleable because of the ...
Current UK digital skills policy is disjointed and unsustainable. Help set the agenda for harnessing our native talent instasd of relying on imported skills.
Three years ago I blogged on why I made the mistake of voting Remain. I would still prefer the UK to be a member of a reformed, multi-track, democratically accountable European Union. But that is ...