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IT management

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Interview: Frankie Kay, interim director general for data capability, ONS

  The Office for National Statistics’ interim director general for data capability talks about how data plays an important role in the battle against Covid-19 and how the pandemic has unearthed new ways of collaborating

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Machine learning wards off threats at TV studio Bunim Murray

  TV studio behind reality hits including The Real World and Keeping Up With The Kardashians turned to Darktrace’s Antigena email protection service to keep its people safe from Covid-19 threats

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Benefit fraud: Underground trade in stolen identities revealed

  A roaring underground trade in stolen identities is undermining the Universal Credit system and could potentially defraud it out of millions of pounds

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  NHS whistleblowers’ anonymity at mercy of inadequate trust IT policies and processes

  They were clapped in the streets for their bravery at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, but some NHS staff who raise workplace concerns are suffering abuse as a result

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  Financial services business leaders and CIOs disagree on IT infrastructure

  IT leaders and senior business executives need to align their technology infrastructure priorities as businesses attempt to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  CTO interview: David Rafalovsky, Sberbank Group

  Russia’s Sberbank is well into its digital transformation journey, with artificial intelligence and supercomputing now at the centre of its plans

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  TikTok CEO clocks off

  TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has resigned from the firm after just three months

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  UK government publishes new insights on transport tech attitudes

  The latest wave of the study investigates public attitudes on innovations such as autonomous vehicles and drones

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Ministers urge local councils to lead on broadband and mobile

  Digital minister Matt Warman and local government minister Simon Clarke want local councils to do their bit to help ensure better access to connectivity during the Covid-19 recovery

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Avaddon ransomware operators having a go at double extortion

  The operators of the Avaddon ransomware seem to be tooling up to leak the data of their victims in addition to holding it to ransom, Cofense researchers confirm

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  HPE sees IT spending increase – expect server prices to rise

  Organisations are buying more tech to keep operations running, but DRAM shortages will lead to server price increases

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Unwired Planet wins patent licensing case against Huawei

  Landmark ruling goes in favour of Unwired Planet and Conversant Wireless and may define the future of telecoms patent licensing

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Amazon UK boss to help select new government CDO

  Outgoing Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr is on the selection panel to assess candidates for the government chief digital officer role, which offers a salary of up to £200,000 per year

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  CIO interview: Steve Otto, chief technology officer, The R&A

  When the coronavirus pandemic caused The Open to be cancelled, The R&A’s tech team took the UK’s flagship golf tournament online

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Covid-19, demographic shifts to drive automation

  Businesses will need to shore up their productivity through technology and automation to cope with the pandemic and a shrinking workforce, says an industry expert

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Microsoft wins on public cloud trust

  IT spending set to grow in 2021, with many organisations buying more public cloud services. Security and trust are top buying criteria

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  North Korea’s Lazarus targets cryptocurrency vertical

  APT group behind the infamous WannaCry incident is targeting cryptocurrency operators, according to new research

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Obituary: Lord Harry Renwick – a parliamentary pioneer for IT interests

  Lord Harry Renwick, once a key influencer for technology policy in Parliament, and a long-standing friend of Computer Weekly, passed away this month

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  TikTok takes Trump to court

  Under-fire video app TikTok files a formal complaint in the federal courts challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to ban it in the US

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Gartner: Enterprise sales of smartphones show low 5G uptake

  There is little demand for new devices and 5G technology, as enterprises focus on saving cash rather than upgrading corporate smartphones, says Gartner

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  Dutch Alzheimer’s app developed to aid interaction for dementia patients

  An app aimed at helping dementia patients and their families has been developed by the Alzheimer Society in the Netherlands.

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  Government makes digital leadership changes

  The government has begun recruiting for a chief digital officer at permanent secretary level and Government Digital Service director general Alison Pritchard is leaving to join the Office for National Statistics

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  CCS to launch £800m NHS IT framework

  Collaborative framework agreement will cover a range of IT management services for use by NHS Digital and other public sector health and social care organisations

• August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20

  Loan charge: Tax compliance charity demands criminal fraud investigation into scheme promoters

  Tax compliance think tank TaxWatch is calling for a criminal fraud investigation to be launched into the promoters of disguised remuneration schemes to curb the continued proliferation of new tax avoidance arrangements

• August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20

  TikTok’s GDPR compliance probed amid accusations of data misuse

  Dutch privacy organisation SOMI claims TikTok falls short in protecting young users, and that it is likely violating GDPR

• August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20

  MPs accuse ICO of failing to do its job on contact-tracing data

  Cross-party group of MPs say the ICO has failed to enforce data protection standards or hold the government to account over the unlawful Test and Trace programme

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  UKAS rejects ISO certification concerns

  UK’s certification body says refreshed guidance is in place to cover the possibility of lapsed ISO certifications

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Government launches anti-crime tech competition

  Government seeks technologies that allow police officers to use less lethal means to stop violent or armed offenders

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Social media data leak highlights murky world of data scraping

  A data brokerage left its database of 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profiles exposed to anybody who cared to access it

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Scotland announces £15m investment to boost connectivity

  Funding package aimed at improving internet access for 23,000 low-income households

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Linux Foundation showcases the greater good of open source

  Open source is more than something indulged in by techies who love to program – it offers collaboration that transcends cultures to solve real-world problems

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  HMRC investigates over 10,000 Covid-19 phishing reports

  HM Revenue & Customs received thousands of reports of coronavirus phishing scams exploiting its name during April, May and June

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Coronavirus: Thousands of ISO certifications set to lapse

  Delays and postponements in the auditing process are putting hard-earned security and data protection certifications at risk of lapsing

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Marriott slapped with class action lawsuit over 2018 breach

  Group action brings together millions of victims who stayed at the Starwood hotel chain over a four-year period

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Loan charge MPs urge chancellor to get HMRC to soften contractor settlements

  Co-chairs of Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group write to Rishi Sunak to seek a fairer deal for contractors caught by HMRC’s disguised remuneration policy

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  UK government needs a joined-up internet policy

  Global internet firms want government to ensure its new digital strategy has coherent policy and regulatory goals

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  Department for Transport seeks industry views on autonomous vehicle technology

  The government wants industry’s views on plans to use automation technology to take control of cars travelling at speeds of up to 70mph, keeping them safely in the lane on motorways

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  How to keep IT staff safe when they are needed on-site

  One of the challenges for IT departments during the coronavirus pandemic is that staff sometimes need to come into the office, which poses health risks

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  Carnival cruise lines hit by ransomware, customer data stolen

  Cruise ship operator is likely to be the victim of a major data breach after customer information is apparently stolen in a ransomware attack

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  Reports Oracle to enter TikTok bidding war

  Oracle may be about to make a bid to acquire the US operations of TikTok from its Chinese parent ByteDance, according to the FT

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  Oracle takes aim at hyperscalers, eyes VMware workloads

  Oracle claims it is addressing the limitations of competing services by offering better security controls, consolidated billing and global availability

• August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20

  Comms startup Element helps support secure communications during pandemic

  With the huge increase in remote working, Element is using an open, decentralised network to give organisations more control over their communications

• August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20

  The Security Interviews: How Crest is remaking the future of consultancy

  Crest president Ian Glover taught himself cyber security while working on government computing systems in the 1970s and 1980s. Now he is on a decade-spanning mission to change security consultancy models

• August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20

  DBS Bank teams up with AWS on AI skills

  Singapore’s DBS Bank is organising an AWS DeepRacer League to equip thousands of employees with skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  ICO acknowledges GDPR concerns over A-level results scandal

  Information Commissioner’s Office says it has engaged with exams regulator Ofqual after its use of an algorithm to calculate A-level grades backfired

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  UK government investigates AI labour market

  Survey will seek to discover new requirements and issues posed by artificial intelligence technology

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  US decision to file new charges against Julian Assange ‘astonishing and potentially abusive’

  Lawyer for WikiLeaks founder slams US decision to serve a second indictment at the 11th hour alleging that Assange conspired with hackers, as a potential abuse of process

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Russia’s Fancy Bear targets Linux environments with Drovorub malware

  The Russian intelligence-linked Fancy Bear group is deploying a new malware called Drovorub against Linux environments as part of a cyber espionage operation, according to US warnings

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Executive interview: Sri Shivananda, chief technology officer, PayPal

  Computer Weekly talks to PayPal’s tech head about the payment provider’s SOA, security, open source and the lockdown

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Oracle and Salesforce sued over online ad tracking

  Class action lawsuits filed in Amsterdam and London will accuse Oracle and Salesforce of breaching GDPR in their processing and sharing of personal data to sell online advertising