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• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  Jeremy Hunt to deliver tech-laden Spring Budget

  The chancellor’s 2024 Budget will cover a £800m funding package to boost public sector productivity through technology, with cash for police tech, the justice system transformation programme and the NHS

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  Amazon lobbyists banned from European Parliament

  Amazon lobbyists have had their access badges to the European Parliament revoked, following allegedly repeated refusals to engage with lawmakers on issues around working conditions and rights

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  The Security Interviews: Cyber security is about managing risk effectively

  Effective cyber security must lead to cyber resilience – that is, the ability to anticipate, protect against, withstand and recover from any adverse condition, disruption or compromise, as Kyndryl’s security practice leader explains

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  How ANZ organisations can address challenges in AI adoption

  Pure Storage's global CTO Alex McMullan discusses the data and sustainability challenges in artificial intelligence adoption, which can be addressed by centralising datasets and focusing on data quality and management

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  IT leaders focus on enterprise software to drive cost savings

  ERP and supply chain software are among the big-ticket investment areas in 2024, and managing these projects is a top priority

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  KC names Post Office staff he believes conspired to pervert the course of justice

  Leading KC names Post Office staff he believes perverted the course of justice when crushing subpostmasters in court

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  Fancy Bear sniffs out Ubiquiti router users

  The authorities have warned users of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter products to take remedial action after a number of devices were hijacked into a malicious botnet by a Russian cyber espionage unit

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  MPs demand Fujitsu be ‘nailed down’ on financial promise to Post Office scandal victims

  Select committee hears that government is talking to Fujitsu about its contribution towards the costs of the Horizon scandal but it is not yet negotiating

• March 01, 2024 01 Mar'24

  APAC firms bullish on IT spending

  More than half of organisations plan to spend more on key areas such as cyber security, generative AI and cloud in a sign of growing optimism across the region

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Home Office GPS tagging of asylum seekers breaches data protection law

  The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued an enforcement notice against the Home Office after finding its programme to tag asylum seekers with GPS monitors breaches data protection law

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Okta doubles down on cyber in wake of high-profile breaches

  Okta launches Secure Identity Commitment to shore up its technology in the wake of a damaging breach and elevate best practice around identity

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  DSIT publishes results of public digital identity trust consultation

  Report from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology shows UK public wants government to be accountable and transparent, and views trust and inclusivity as key

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Government sets out research plans for 2024

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology highlights cyber security, artificial intelligence and telecoms as areas where it would like to build evidence and bridge knowledge gaps in current research

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Windows 11: Not as big a priority in EMEA compared with North America

  Survey shows that IT decision-makers are prioritising desktop productivity and PC refreshes this year, with more in the US prioritising spending on PCs and Windows 11 upgrades

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Post Office CEO’s claim to be ‘working hard’ on Capture investigation in doubt

  The Post Office hasn’t even contacted Capture Software users brought to its attention, but CEO claimed, under oath, that the organisation has been ‘working hard’ on the cases for five weeks

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  MWC 2024: Orange Business and Cisco team to achieve net-zero goals

  Network giant and business services division of telco form collaborative partnership to accelerate progress towards greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, covering circular economy best practices

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Police arrested journalists as part of surveillance operation to identify confidential sources

  Three police forces took part in surveillance operations between 2011 and 2018 to identify sources that leaked information to journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal hears

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  New version of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware hits victims

  An updated version of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware has been spotted in the wild amid a series of attacks on American healthcare providers, prompting a new alert from the authorities

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  75% of third-party breaches target software, IT supply chains

  Data drawn from SecurityScorecard’s telemetry reveals how supply chain breaches are becoming a weapon of choice for threat actors

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  Users love their cyber teams, but find them frustrating

  Despite strong support for security teams, a good number of ordinary workers see them as obstructive to business goals, and would like to see them operate more transparently

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  IR35 reforms: PAC concerned HMRC’s ‘tough’ enforcement is harming contractors

  The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised red flags over how HMRC is policing the IR35 rules out of concern its actions might be putting public and private sector organisations off hiring contractors

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  Microsoft reinvents ERP into total enterprise integration

  Microsoft is offering a complete one-stop shop of enterprise services from infrastructure through to remote worker powered by AI

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  IT leaders spend on cutting-edge to refactor legacy tech

  Organisations carry around a huge amount of technical debt, which holds back innovation and limits application architectural decisions

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  Government urged to take a pro-innovation approach to quantum regulation

  Responsible innovation, learning from AI and the use of foresight techniques should inform policymaking

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  ‘Pathetic’ Post Office spat detracts attention and fuels ‘disdain’ for authority

  Former Post Office chair’s row with the government and Post Office cannot be allowed to deflect attention away from achieving justice and recompense for former subpostmasters

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  UC finetunes tech strategy to support digital masterplan

  The University of Canberra is scoping a new project to determine data, integration and multicloud strategies to support its long-term digital roadmap

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  CCS accused of pricing G-Cloud SMEs out of framework with £20m insurance cover hike

  The Crown Commercial Service’s commitment to helping SMEs win more government cloud deals is being called into question again, following news that it is planning to up the insurance cover required by G-Cloud 14 suppliers by £20m

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  How TeamViewer is charting its growth beyond remote connectivity

  TeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil outlines the company’s efforts to build on its remote connectivity and control capabilities to support emerging use cases such as smart factories

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs exploiting ConnectWise vulns

  More ransomware gangs have been observed exploiting two dangerous vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect software, prompting new warnings for users to get patching

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  VulnCheck bug listing to help track new threats quicker

  Exploit intelligence firm VulnCheck launches a proprietary Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in hopes of improving end-user access to intel on emerging threats and reaching those that the likes of CISA do not

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Government should face legal deadlines on paying Post Office victims

  The government should face a legal deadline on paying Horizon scandal victims and unfair previous settlements should be reopened, MPs have been told - amid further boardroom controversy at the Post Office

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Birmingham sets aside £25m for Oracle transformation

  Council’s budget report shows that £5.3m is needed to continue support and manual intervention on troubled Oracle system

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Majority of UK employees ‘willingly gamble’ with security

  Human-centric threats originating from employees continue to damage organisations both financially and reputationally, according to a report

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Executive interview: David Wong, Thomson Reuters

  We speak to the chief product officer of Thomson Reuters about working with artificial intelligence and embedding Microsoft Copilot for Word

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Hycu uses AI to develop APIs for SaaS application backup

  SaaS applications don’t usually come with built-in data protection, but Hycu plans to tackle that gap in the market with AI to generate the connectors needed to backup user data

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  CIO interview: Nigel Richardson, European CIO, PepsiCo

  The food and drinks giant is targeting customer engagement, supply chain improvements and greater sustainability as it works on its digital transformation plans

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Microsoft president commits to Azure open platform for AI

  Brad Smith sets out Microsoft’s ambitions to make Azure the best platform to host foundational AI models, and train and run AI applications

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Cozy Bear and other APTs changing tack as cloud adoption increases

  A change in APT tactics has been observed resulting from greater adoption of cloud-based services, according to the NCSC

• February 26, 2024 26 Feb'24

  LockBit bids to save face after NCA takedown

  The LockBit gang’s ringleader resurfaces with new infrastructure and new victims, claiming to have shrugged off a multinational police sting

• February 26, 2024 26 Feb'24

  Storage and backup spend in 2024 targets risk and resilience

  The TechTarget and ESG spending intentions survey finds big bias towards averting risk and building organisational resilience, but on-premise storage a significant planned outlay

• February 26, 2024 26 Feb'24

  Birmingham looks into reimplementing troubled Oracle ERP

  City council audit committee meeting shows Birmingham City Council plans to follow Oracle best practices

• February 26, 2024 26 Feb'24

  Post Office scandal roundup: Fourth Estate in full throttle

  January saw mainstream media take hold of the Post Office scandal, and while that first month saw much regurgitation of old news, February saw large media outlets take story forward

• February 26, 2024 26 Feb'24

  Secret court hears claims of police surveillance against journalists

  Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey argue that the use of covert powers by the police to identify their confidential sources represents an attack on press freedom

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  King Charles strips disgraced Post Office CEO of her CBE

  Disgraced former Post Office CEO, central to the Horizon scandal, has her CBE formally stripped

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  ConnectWise users see cyber attacks surge, including ransomware

  ConnectWise ScreenConnect users who have yet to patch against a critical vulnerability are now being targeted by a barrage of cyber attacks, including ransomware

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  NCA trolls under fire LockBit gang leaders

  The NCA has teased details of the identity of LockBit's main admin via the gang’s compromised dark web site, and hinted that he has been engaging with law enforcement

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  Home Office signs tech and data sharing deal with Frontex

  The UK’s deal with the EU border agency is intended to improve operational cooperation, and will expand British authorities’ access to technology and data that can be used to reduce small boat crossings of the English Channel

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  IR35 legislative tweak to remedy settlement offset issue by April 2024

  Long-standing issue with how IR35 rules work to be resolved in April, thanks to Finance Act change

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  CIO interview: Craig Donald, CIO, The Football Association

  England men’s and women’s football teams have had a good few years – and like any successful organisation, they are supported by technology. We meet the IT chief behind football in England and Wales

• February 22, 2024 22 Feb'24

  Cyber experts alarmed by ‘trivial’ ConnectWise vulns

  The disclosure of two dangerous vulnerabilities in the popular ConnectWise ScreenConnect product is drawing comparisons with major cyber incidents, including the 2021 Kaseya attack