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• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Growing awareness of mobile security risk

  There is a growing awareness of mobile security risk among members of the information security community, but most admit accessing corporate data from personal devices or public Wi-Fi

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Equifax defends against scathing Senate report

  Equifax chief says firm did take cyber security seriously in a response to a scathing Senate report on the credit rating agency’s 2017 data breach, which experts say highlights failings around open source software

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  How supercomputing is transforming experimental science

  NERSC lead data scientist Debbie Bard talks about how large-scale data analytics using super computers is making new types of science possible

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Half of government IT jobs in 2023 do not exist today

  Widespread digital transformation in the public sector means government CIO responsibilities will change rapidly in the next four years and many of those future roles do not yet exist, says Gartner

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  ICO head still in top three of DataIQ data leader list

  The UK’s information commissioner remains in the top three data leaders after claiming top spot in 2018 in the DataIQ 100 list of most influential data leaders, but GDPR is not the only focus in the industry

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Machine identities for sale on dark web, business warned

  Academics and security professionals are warning businesses that certificates used to establish trust and privacy on the internet are being weaponised and sold to cyber criminals bundled with other services

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Ministry of Justice concludes prison biometrics pilots

  Use of iris scanning and facial recognition software is part of a wider crackdown on drug trafficking in UK jails

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  US government ban unconstitutional, says Huawei

  Huawei’s lawsuit accuses Washington of violating the US Constitution by banning it from government contracts

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Tech under spotlight at High Court in second subpostmasters versus Post Office trial

  The second trial in a court battle between the Post Office and the people who run branches analyses alleged bugs in the computer system they use

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Zuckerberg commits to Facebook becoming privacy-focused

  After a storm of controversy and criticism over the way Facebook fails to protect users’ privacy, the company’s chief says he plans to transform it into a privacy-focused platform

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  UK military robotics get multimillion-pound boost

  A budget of £66m from the Ministry of Defence's Transformation Fund has been allocated to a project that will see mini-drones and autonomous vehicles deployed to the battlefield

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Government must prioritise replacement of legacy IT, MPs told

  Science and Technology Committee inquiry into digital government told that Treasury needs to offer funding in next spending review to eliminate ageing technology in Whitehall

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  US doubles down on Huawei fears as Chinese prepare to sue

  US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has reinforced his attacks on Huawei as the firm apparently prepares to sue the US government over its federal-level ban

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Santander latest bank to tap Google experience

  Spanish banking giant is tapping IT skills from Google through its latest senior tech appointment

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  GDS cut expected benefits of troubled Gov.uk Verify system by 75%

  In a highly critical report, the National Audit Office says it is 'difficult to conclude' that past decisions to continue with the flagship digital identity system have been justified

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  UK among most expensive countries for mobile data

  The UK ranks 136th in the world for the average cost of 1GB of mobile data, according to new statistics

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Cyber awareness of UK boards found wanting

  Boards of many of the UK’s biggest firms must do more to be cyber aware, according to a government report.

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  RSA Security bets on digital risk management

  RSA Security chief predicts that managing digital risk is set to become increasingly important to organisations as they complete their journeys to digital transformation

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Danske Bank builds on machine learning to predict IT failures

  Danish bank is using artificial intelligence to help it prevent IT outages that could damage its reputation with customers

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Clearer North Korean link to global infrastructure malware campaign

  Researchers have uncovered clearer links between a North Korean hacking group and a cyber espionage campaign targeting government, defence, nuclear, energy and financial organisations around the world

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Fresh data analytics tool slashes Openreach’s Ethernet delivery times

  Openreach discusses its work with analytics partner Qlik, which is giving its teams new insights into Ethernet and enterprise fibre network service delivery data, and says it has seen significant service improvements in doing so

• March 02, 2019 02 Mar'19

  Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg invited one of the chancellor’s children to Facebook’s office as part of a intensive lobbying programme to influence European data protection legislation

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  Facebook facing 10 GDPR investigations in Ireland

  Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has revealed it has 10 active probes into Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as Apple, LinkedIn and Twitter, on its books

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  Microsoft Azure gains ground on AWS in public cloud

  RightScale report suggests Microsoft Azure is closing the gap between it and public cloud market leader AWS in the enterprise, while Google is attracting increasing attention from the C-suite

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  IBM deal to drive Nordea’s IT-led transformation

  Nordea is expanding its relationship with IBM through a deal that will give it access to the skills and resources required to keep pace with the digital revolution in banking

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  Teen becomes first millionaire through HackerOne bug bounties

  A self-taught teen hacker from Argentina has become the first bug bounty hacker to become a millionaire by hacking to create a safer internet

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  BBC reveals high frequency of UK banking outages from data mandated by the FCA

  BBC analysis of IT outages at UK banks, evident in data mandated by the Financial Conduct Authority since August 2018, reveals them to occur at least once a month at each current account provider

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Supplier consolidation tops infosec goals for 2019

  Supplier consolidation, collaboration between networking and security teams, and security awareness are the top priorities for information security professionals trying to prepare for the unknown, annual benchmark study shows

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Six out of eight key government systems unlikely to be ready by Brexit day

  National Audit Office update on the UK government’s readiness for Brexit identifies processes and IT systems that will not be finished by the 29 March deadline

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Sextortion accounts for one in 10 spear-phishing emails

  Email sextortion scams have increased in frequency and scope in the past four months, as well as evolving to bypass spam filters and trick recipients into reading the messages, research shows

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Volkswagen’s cloud-focused connected car collaboration with Microsoft gathers pace

  Car maker has confirmed its Microsoft-based Automotive Cloud setup will be extended beyond Europe into other key markets to support its push to digitise more of the driving experience for its customers

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Icann calls for community collaboration to protect the internet

  The domain name system watchdog Icann has reaffirmed its commitment to engage in collaborative efforts to ensure the security, stability and resiliency of the internet’s global identifier systems

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Chinese cyber attack group Bronze Union targeting weapons tech

  Weapons technology is among the latest targets of a highly adaptable cyber espionage group that uses a wide range of publicly available and custom attack tools, presenting a challenge to network defenders

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  NHS software deal tops public sector spending on new IT contracts in 2018

  Department of Health’s Windows 10 contract was the biggest public sector deal signed last year

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: Vodafone powers 5G with VMware

  Vodafone is using VMware’s telco cloud platform to prepare its mobile networks for 5G in 15 geographies

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Dutch companies lack knowledge of IoT’s benefits

  Many organisations in the Netherlands are missing out on the benefits of the internet of things because they lack awareness of its potential

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  M&S and Ocado announce £750m food delivery joint venture

  Deal will see M&S take a 50% share of Ocado’s UK retail business, with access to the Ocado Smart Platform

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  SME backup products offer diverse routes to the cloud

  We take the temperature on cloud-era SME-focused backup products that come as “traditional” software, replication-centric protection environments and hardware appliances

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Most UK consumers say Facebook should be regulated

  Nearly three-quarters of UK consumers feel the social platform is damaging people’s mental health, survey shows

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Interview: London Grid for Learning CEO on putting technology to work in schools

  John Jackson, CEO of the London Grid for Learning, discusses how the organisation supports technology adoption in schools

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: 5G driving telcos into the cloud, says VMware CEO

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger explained how the requirements of 5G mobile networks are helping to push more telcos into the organisation’s arms

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Security is battling to keep pace with cloud adoption

  Cloud-based business initiatives are accelerating more rapidly than security teams can secure them, a survey reveals

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Over 100 rural primary schools to get gigabit broadband

  Primary schools could become high-speed broadband hubs for rural communities if government plans reach fruition

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  All-flash and hyper-convergence star in HPE and NetApp financials

  All-flash storage lines hit high revenues and growth rates for HPE and NetApp in their latest quarter results. Hyper-converged infrastructure also does well for HPE, but NetApp keeps mum

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Cyber criminals earn $3bn a year exploiting social platforms

  Businesses urged to respond to research findings that the ready availability of hacking tools, wildfire spread of malware and proliferation of cryptocurrency mining has seen a 300-fold increase in social media-enabled cyber crimes in two years

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  TechUK: Digital ethics has to hit the boardroom this year

  UK IT industry lobby organisation releases a position paper contending that digital ethics must become a boardroom matter in 2019

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  EU gathers momentum in cyber security legislation and cooperation

  The past two years have seen a step-change in the rate at which the European Union is putting legislation in place to support improved cyber security standards, collaboration and sharing of resources, says digital commissioner’s representative

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Nordic tech is increasing diversity but more needs to be done

  The shortage of women in the boardroom is a problem in the Nordics, like other regions, but work in its tech sector means the future could be more promising

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Cyber power needs wider discussion, says GCHQ director

  The topic of cyber power needs wider discussion, says GCHQ head in a speech about the opportunities of digital innovation such as 5G, as well as the accompanying complexity and risk, with particular mention of China and Huawei

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Android now Fido2 certified

  Mobile operating system’s certification accelerates global migration beyond passwords, says Fido Alliance, which seeks to eliminate the world’s dependence on password-based security