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IT risk management

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  Singapore to hold CII boards accountable as AI reshapes OT threat landscape

  The Cyber Security Agency’s first update to its critical infrastructure code of practice since 2022 will make boards directly answerable for cyber resilience

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  Middle East faces new cyber reality: attackers logging in, not breaking in

  Geopolitical tensions, stolen credentials and increasingly rapid attacker movement are reshaping the Middle East’s cyber threat landscape, putting pressure on organisations to look beyond traditional, alert-driven security models

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Jisc recommits to academic cyber collaboration network

  Academic IT services network Jisc re-signs a collaborative MoU with partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Kanishka Narayan takes on AI sovereignty in Burnham cabinet

  AI minister will attend cabinet meetings held by UK prime minister Andy Burnham, with focus on ownership of UK tech

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  Singapore spells out how personal data can be used in GenAI

  Advisory guidelines clarifying when organisations can scrape and reuse personal data to build GenAI models are among a raft of announcements at the inaugural Singapore Data Festival

• July 16, 2026 16 Jul'26

  Palantir: Can anyone else do what it does?

  Palantir is a US defence-intelligence company, born from the CIA's venture arm that now operates inside the UK public sector. We examine the claim that its technology does what no other supplier can

• July 15, 2026 15 Jul'26

  Chaotic July Patch Tuesday threatens to overwhelm defenders

  Another mammoth Patch Tuesday update, likely topping 600 flaws in total, sends defenders into the weeds

• July 15, 2026 15 Jul'26

  Australia launches Office of AI to drive world-first national framework

  Prime minister Anthony Albanese establishes Office of AI to coordinate binding standards for the technology, promising the world's first single national AI framework

• July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26

  AI impacting stress levels among cyber professionals

  AI is affecting the day-to-day careers of cyber security pros in regard to stress levels, but respondents to an ISC2 data-gathering exercise are split over whether or not their stress levels are going up or down

• July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26

  DMCC launches cyber security hub as UAE accelerates development of digital resilience ecosystem

  DMCC Cyber vertical brings together more than 200 cyber security firms under the DMCC Tech platform, reinforcing Dubai’s ambition to become a global technology and cyber innovation hub

• July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26

  Interview: Lucie Audibert, solicitor in MP Jess Asato’s Grok case

  AWO solicitor Lucie Audibert speaks with Computer Weekly about representing Labour MP Jess Asato’s legal claim against xAI’s chatbot Grok, its nudification capabilities and how this case may define what liability for developers of AI tools look like

• July 13, 2026 13 Jul'26

  Cyber body Crest launches AI security charter

  Crest’s industry-backed AI charter commits signatories to supporting responsible AI adoption and aims to foster trust in AI-enabled security services.

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  Cyber field doubts promise of Cyber Shield

  The NCSC has shared more details of its national AI Cyber Shield initiative, but experts say the project faces serious delivery challenges

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  UK’s largest businesses dangerously exposed to cloud outages

  British businesses, particularly those in the FTSE 100, are dangerously dependent on large cloud providers, with hypothetical large-scale outages at AWS or Azure regions likely to cause major economic damage, according to the Cyber Monitoring Centre

• July 08, 2026 08 Jul'26

  European Central Bank demands AI security ‘action plan’

  European Central Bank gives banks deadline to outline their plans to defend against artificial intelligence-based security threats

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  M&S among first businesses to sign UK government’s resilience pledge

  Marks & Spencer joins the likes of Accenture, Microsoft and Vodafone by committing to take practical steps to improve cyber standards through the government’s voluntary Cyber Resilience Pledge

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  Complaint urges ban on ‘unlawful’ Europol processing of personal data

  Migration campaign group Front-Lex has filed a complaint to Europe’s data protection watchdog, calling for a ban on Europol’s data processing operations that do not comply with EU law, following an investigation by Computer Weekly, Solomon and ...

• July 06, 2026 06 Jul'26

  UK regulator publishes ‘landmark’ AI review

  FCA review of the use of artificial intelligence in retail finance follows MPs’ criticism of regulators

• July 06, 2026 06 Jul'26

  Middle East urged to prioritise prevention as cyber workforce gap hits 300,000

  As cyber attacks accelerate and organisations expand their digital footprints, security leaders are being urged to prioritise prevention and zero-trust architectures over expectations that AI will close the region’s growing skills gap

• July 03, 2026 03 Jul'26

  Breach of IBM-managed environment exposes personal data of 70,000 in Singapore

  Unauthorised access to a development and testing environment managed by IBM has exposed the names, NRIC numbers and property addresses of about 70,000 people held by the Singapore Land Authority

• July 03, 2026 03 Jul'26

  SAESL turbocharges aircraft engine maintenance with data and AI

  The world’s largest supplier of Rolls-Royce engine maintenance services is working with Kyndryl to modernise its IT infrastructure, build a single source of truth for data, and scale up the use of AI across its business

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  Bank of England explores trading ‘kill switches’ to contain AI meltdowns

  UK central bank’s deputy governor outlines challenges facing regulators as artificial intelligence reshapes the finance sector

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  Data dive: Kill switch and catch-up – can Europe close the sovereignty gap?

  As the US demonstrates it can wield an AI ‘kill switch’, the EU and UK unleash a wave of sovereign tech measures. Can state-led industrial policy bridge a $2tn revenue chasm?

• July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26

  Japan revises AI strategy amid frontier AI threats

  Just six months after releasing its national AI framework, Tokyo is updating its guidelines to address the weaponisation of frontier AI models capable of finding and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities

• July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26

  Self-harm and cyberflashing added to online safety offences list

  The Online Safety Act has been updated to include ‘self-harm’ and ‘cyberflashing’ as ‘priority offences’, meaning online service providers will need to update their risk assessments of both categories

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Singpass to roll out passkeys in fight against phishing scams

  The passwordless feature will launch for iPhone users on 1 July 2026 with a device-bound model to avoid the security risks of cloud-synced passkeys

• June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26

  British public won’t tolerate cyber disruption any more

  The British public’s tolerance for cyber disruption, particularly at high-profile organisations such as retailers, is wearing thin, according to a TalkTalk Business study

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Former ICO boss found using ‘vulgar’ language with female staff

  An independent investigation into UK’s former information commissioner John Edwards uncovers his use of ‘highly sexualised’ language with staff, days after his resignation

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Metropolitan Police chief warns against law updates amid substantial tech expansion

  The Metropolitan Police is to significantly expand use of AI, drones and facial recognition to ‘regain the advantage’ over criminals, but warns progress could be held back by legislation and data integration issues

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Secure Code Warrior CEO on surviving the AI ‘vulnerability apocalypse’

  As enterprises embrace agentic AI and vibe coding, Secure Code Warrior CEO and co-founder Pieter Danhieux warns that code-generating models are still producing critical security flaws

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Risk management firm Optro opens Singapore hub

  The AI-powered governance, risk and compliance platform aims to disrupt the underserved Asia-Pacific market and help customers such as Singapore’s OCBC Bank modernise their audit functions

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  UK’s cultural institutions failing on cyber security, warns PAC

  The UK’s national museums and galleries have failed to heed the lessons of high-profile cyber attacks and remain highly vulnerable. The Public Accounts Committee is calling on DCMS to do more to help

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Digital surveillance tech facilitates ‘arbitrary’ border abuses

  Outsourcing migration processes to third countries via the transfer of powerful digital surveillance technologies is entrenching an ‘arbitrary and deterrent’ approach to border management that is hard to scrutinise and ultimately undermines the ...

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Overwhelming support for Microsoft SMS designation in CMA responses

  Some 25 organisations back Strategic Market Status for Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, while the Open Cloud Coalition estimates £60m in annual public sector costs

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Cisco: Legacy networks can no longer support the new AI workforce

  At Cisco Connect 2026 Singapore, tech leaders and policymakers warn that businesses must modernise their IT infrastructure and governance frameworks to pave the way for agentic AI

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Trump directs US government focus to quantum

  In an Executive Order, president Trump directed the US government to work to establish a cohesive, collaborative approach to the development of quantum technology

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  nLighten CEO Dawn Childs on edge datacentres and sovereignty

  We talk to the CEO of nLighten about the limits of the UK power grid, why that makes ‘edge’ datacentres a good idea, and navigating contemporary data sovereignty requirements

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Australian government cloud mandate sparks migration warnings

  As Australia prepares to enforce its whole-of-government cloud policy, industry experts warn agencies against rushed migrations, supplier lock-in and treating AI readiness as an afterthought

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  AI-powered cyber attacks may be just months away, warn Five Eyes

  Frontier AI models will pose a greater cyber security risk to governments and businesses than previously thought, putting them at risk within months

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited

  Digital rights groups map out ‘minimum, necessary’ human rights protections to be included in UK government’s upcoming legal framework for police facial recognition

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Chilling effects of surveillance threaten democracy, UN finds

  United Nations study finds the chilling effects of pervasive digital surveillance in modern life undermines an entire web of interconnected and interdependent human rights, representing a systemic threat to democratic norms and political ...

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  US suspension of Anthropic models prompts AI sovereignty calls

  The US government’s control order to suspend access to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models raises concerns about the UK’s over-reliance on American tech

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  Gulf CIOs shift focus from recovery to cyber resilience as regional threats intensify

  Commvault’s Yahya Kassab says organisations across the Gulf are reassessing recovery strategies, AI risks and cloud investments amid growing cyber threats

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  OpenAI deepens Japan footprint with Hitachi deal

  Hitachi will use OpenAI’s Codex agent to unpick ageing mission-critical systems and gain early access to its frontier AI models in a slew of high-profile Japanese partnerships for the US AI lab

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  NPL to run world’s first quantum standards network

  National Quantum Standards Network will be overseen by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory, with the aim of establishing the rules of the road for quantum computing and accelerating British innovation

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  2026 World Cup billed as ‘largest entertainment attack surface in history’

  With the tournament underway across North America, Palo Alto Networks warns that temporary supplier ecosystems, vulnerable municipal infrastructure and geopolitical tensions are creating risks for enterprises and fans

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach

  The Scottish government has confirmed its intention to ensure police use of facial recognition is lawful before deployments start taking place, unlike in England and Wales where the technology has been rolled out in a ‘legal vacuum’ without any ...

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  MPs call for UK government to back sovereign IT

  Amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill calls for the government to publish a ‘digital sovereignty strategy’ to promote domestic technology

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  UK data regulator slammed over lack of action on complaints

  The UK data regulator is being threatened with legal action after it was accused of ‘ignoring’ thousands of data protection complaints, with critics describing its new approach to complaint triage and investigation as akin to a ‘digital bin’ for the...

• June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26

  Labour MP Jess Asato launches legal action over Grok deepfakes

  After xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices