When IT Meets Politics
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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
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 -
Who is serious about On-line Harms?
- Winsafe Ltd 28 Jun 2019 -
Is the internet destroying Western Liberal Democracy?
- Winsafe Ltd 18 Jun 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 ...
1) DCMS kicks the can down the road - again The deadline for submissions to the DCMS consultation on On Line Harms is July 1st. The NAO report politely savaging the UK failure to join up its ...
There is an irony in the appointment by the House of Lords of a committee to explore the impact of digital technologies on democracy. The Internet is now, however, global. The majority of users ...
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A hospice for a dying HE/FE funding regime - A review of the Augar Report
- Winsafe Ltd 07 Jun 2019 -
Passing the baton on Cybersecurity Skills
- Winsafe Ltd 31 May 2019 -
IT in the Tory Candidates' Manifestos
- Winsafe Ltd 29 May 2019 -
5/10 for the IfA Digital Apprenticeships Standards Review
- Winsafe Ltd 25 May 2019 -
Are you proud or ashamed to work in IT?
- Winsafe Ltd 19 May 2019
The report of the Independent Panel to the Review into the funding of Further and Higher Education was not just about Student loans and University Funding . But most of the 370 submissions came ...
This year will be the first time I visit Infosec with no agenda. Or to be more precise I will have a Community Safety rather than a Cybersecurity Skills Agenda. This has caused me to take a cool ...
I added a comment on Dominic Rabb's inclusion of degree apprenticeships in his call for Fairness and Choice to my recent blog on the IfA apprenticeship review. In his opening campaign letter Rory ...
The Statutory Review of the Digital Apprenticeship standards inherited by the Institute for Apprenticeships answers less than half the question. Much of the question (e.g. allowable costs) is ...
I like the Tech UK response to the Doteveryone report but we also need the 80% of optimists to also join the political party of their choice and work to produce policies that will: Address the ...