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IT operations management and IT support
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January 28, 2021
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Jan'21
Apprenticeships may be a solution to cyber skills shortage, say insiders
Cyber security professionals are open to new approaches to finding sorely needed talent, according to a poll
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January 28, 2021
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Jan'21
End of Emotet: A blow to cyber crime, but don’t drop your guard
The takedown of Emotet is a huge event with repercussions that will reverberate across the cyber criminal world, but unfortunately that’s not to say there will be much of a long-term impact
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January 27, 2021
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Jan'21
Pandemic response has improved privacy posture, says Cisco
Data privacy seems to be ‘coming of age’ to some extent and organisational responses to Covid-19 may be partly responsible, according to a report
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January 27, 2021
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Jan'21
Mimecast breach was work of SolarWinds attackers
Mimecast’s investigation into a January 2021 breach of its systems turns up evidence that the culprit was the same group that targeted SolarWinds in December
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January 27, 2021
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Jan'21
NHS Scotland uses ServiceNow to power vaccination and contact-tracing
ServiceNow is at the heart of NHS Scotland’s digital response to the coronavirus, supporting the mass vaccination programme
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January 27, 2021
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Jan'21
How Nottinghamshire County Council saved loads of money on SAP
The council was paying £100,000 a year just to keep ECC patches up to date and needed to find savings to support frontline services
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January 27, 2021
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Jan'21
After a push at the start, Mencap’s automation journey is gathering pace
UK charity was helped out by a bank at the start of an automation investigation that is now a project sweeping across the organisation
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January 26, 2021
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Jan'21
Australia’s IT spending set to bounce back in 2021
IT spending in Australia will grow by 4% this year, reversing a decline of 1% in 2020 as organisations seek to grow their digital chops
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January 26, 2021
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Jan'21
Customers turn to cash as IT issue hits card payments at major supermarkets
IT problem at payment processing company has forced shoppers to resort to cash in Morrisons and Co-op stores
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January 26, 2021
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Jan'21
Saudi IT spending to hit $11bn in 2021
Saudi Arabian organisations will spend about $11bn on IT this year, with emerging technologies high on shopping lists
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January 25, 2021
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Jan'21
Inside Grab’s DevOps practices
A senior software engineer at Grab offers a peek into the DevOps practices at one of Southeast Asia’s technology unicorns
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January 25, 2021
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Jan'21
Are banks overburdened with responsibility for money lost to online scams?
Bank boss calls for cross-industry cooperation to reduce scams that trick people into making instant payments online
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January 22, 2021
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Jan'21
Sepa data leaks as agency resists ransom demands
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is resisting extortion demands from a ransomware gang, but has suffered a data leak in retaliation
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January 21, 2021
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Jan'21
Two-thirds of CISOs say they’ll be cyber attack victims this year
Security professionals are ever alert to the threats they face, but some still seem to think it is unlikely they will be attacked
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January 21, 2021
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Jan'21
Interview: Tony Porter, chief privacy officer, Corsight AI
Tony Porter speaks to Computer Weekly about the changes in facial-recognition during his time as surveillance camera commissioner, the ethics of using the technology, and his new role as chief privacy officer at Corsight AI
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January 21, 2021
21
Jan'21
Incompetent cyber criminals leak data in opsec failure
Even cyber criminals need to pay attention to their information security posture, as this cautionary tale uncovered by Check Point reveals
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January 21, 2021
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Jan'21
Digital knowledge must be integral part of Dutch police training
Research reveals gaps in digital knowledge among Netherlands police, with calls for a training ‘roadmap’ to get officers up to speed to tackle cyber crime
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
Should I be worried about MFA-bypassing pass-the-cookie attacks?
Malicious actors bypassed multi-factor authentication using so-called pass-the-cookie attacks, but how worrying is this and what is the risk to organisations?
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
More subpostmasters’ prosecutions sent to appeal for wrongful conviction
Four more subpostmasters are to have their appeals against criminal convictions heard in the appeal courts
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
HSBC closing more branches as customers turn to digital channel
Bank announces branch closures as it reshapes its network for the digital age
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
Malwarebytes also hit by SolarWinds attackers
The nation state group that attacked SolarWinds in December got inside Malwarebytes by exploiting privileged access to its Microsoft Office 365 tenant, the firm reveals
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January 19, 2021
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Jan'21
CIOs blame siloed IT teams and tools for misalignment
The inability of teams to see a single version of the truth is leading to a lot of time wasting among IT departments and businesses
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
Stolen Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine data leaked
Data dump understood to include screenshots of emails, peer review information, PDFs and PowerPoint presentations
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January 13, 2021
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Jan'21
European IT outsourcing spend up in 2020 after cloud boost
IT outsourcing sector growth is an indication that businesses are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic disruption it has brought
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
Critical zero-day features in first Patch Tuesday of 2021
Microsoft releases fixes for 84 bugs on the first Patch Tuesday of 2021, including a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender
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January 11, 2021
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APAC firms’ ‘future readiness’ a mixed bag
Led by firms in China, Singapore and Australia, just over a quarter of businesses in APAC fit the bill as a future-ready business, study finds
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January 11, 2021
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Jan'21
New SolarWinds CEO sets out rescue plan
Customers can expect to see more regular and thorough checks on SolarWinds products, alongside greater engagement with the security community
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January 11, 2021
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Jan'21
Jobs in fintech bounce back after brief lockdown lull
Fintechs and payments companies need to make staff recruitment a priority as talent pool shrinks
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January 11, 2021
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Jan'21
Kaspersky claims link between Solorigate and Kazuar backdoors
Researchers say they have found specific code similarities between the Solorigate/Sunburst malware and the Kazuar backdoor, suggesting some relationship
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January 08, 2021
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Jan'21
British Gas tackles omnichannel customer correspondence
Utility firm hopes to map out customer communications to help deliver a better customer experience and improve the business
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January 07, 2021
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Jan'21
Hackney Council data leaked by Pysa ransomware gang
Council data stolen in October is leaked online in a double extortion attack
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January 07, 2021
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Jan'21
Robust member administration system indispensable for Dutch Coeliac Society
Organisation had to find a dedicated member administration system to support existing members, new members and countless volunteers
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January 06, 2021
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Jan'21
SolarWinds attack almost certainly work of Russian spooks
Investigations into the far-reaching SolarWinds Solorigate attack did not let up during the holidays
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January 06, 2021
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Jan'21
NHS trust says appointment processes robust despite criticism of role for Post Office scandal CEO
NHS trust defends its director appointment process following an external review of its recruitment of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells
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January 05, 2021
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Jan'21
Banking trade body calls for increased contactless payment limit
UK Finance proposes an increase in the limit on spending using contactless cards
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January 04, 2021
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Jan'21
Caerphilly council delivers free school meals through automation
Welsh council expands its robotic process automation project, which has successfully helped the council deliver free school meals during the Covid-19 pandemic
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December 30, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
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December 24, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East stories of 2020
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December 23, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
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December 23, 2020
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Dec'20
Wipro acquires IT units at German wholesalers
German wholesaler Metro has sold IT units to Indian IT services company Wipro, as part of a long-term agreement
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December 22, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 end-user computing stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 end-user computing stories of 2020
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December 21, 2020
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Dec'20
Nordic CIO interview: Åsa Melvanius, Lund municipality
For Åsa Melvanius, CDO at the Swedish municipality of Lund, created a “robot factory” that has saved the city more than 6,500 hours by automating routine processes
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December 21, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories of 2020
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December 21, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2020
AI has moved beyond a tool for web giants and internet startups to something mainstream businesses should take seriously
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December 20, 2020
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THKD taps SAP and Azure to improve patient experience
Malaysian healthcare group THKD is deploying new SAP systems and plans to tap Azure’s cloud infrastructure to enhance patient experience
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December 18, 2020
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Dec'20
Prepare for bringing people back to the office with the Nordic tech startup blueprint
Business can learn lessons from Nordic tech startups to prepare employees to return to the office after Covid restrictions
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December 18, 2020
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Dec'20
Utility supplier People’s Energy has entire customer list stolen
All 270,000 customers of People’s Energy, a renewable energy startup, have had their details compromised in a major data breach incident
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December 18, 2020
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Dec'20
SolarWinds cyber attack is ‘grave risk’ to global security
More victims of the SolarWinds Orion Sunburst cyber attack are being identified as the massive scale of the Russia-linked cyber espionage campaign becomes more clear
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December 17, 2020
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Post Office suffers latest court defeat in Horizon IT scandal
Court of Appeal indicates subpostmasters can pursue appeal route that could do more damage to Post Office’s reputation
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December 17, 2020
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Dec'20
Dodgy browser extensions put social media users at risk
More than three million users of third-party browser extensions for Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo and others have been infected with malware, according to Avast