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July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23
EU formally grants data adequacy to US

The European Commission has formally granted the US data adequacy, allowing companies and organisations to freely transfer personal data across the Atlantic via the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. But privacy activist Max Schrems has already committed...
July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23
Horizon inquiry adjourned as Post Office disclosure failures threaten to ‘derail’ proceedings

Statutory public inquiry into Post Office Horizon scandal adjourned because of Post Office disclosure failures, ‘retraumatising’ victims of a scandal that destroyed the lives of thousands of people
July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23
Peer calls for every Post Office prosecution to be reviewed

Post Office prosecutions should be reviewed in light of damning evidence laid bare by statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, says peer James Arbuthnot
July 10, 2023 10 Jul'23
Post Office inquiry must examine rule on IT evidence if miscarriages of justice are to be avoided

Public inquiry must examine role of court rules around use of computer evidence that enabled Post Office to prosecute innocent people

July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23
Biometrics watchdog calls for public space surveillance review

The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner is calling for a review of public space surveillance to gain a clearer picture about the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technology across the public sector, but warns against applying double...
July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23
Coping with the ongoing chip crisis in the UK

China has imposed export restrictions on key semiconductor compounds, so how will the UK's National Semiconductor Strategy cope?
July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23
How Maxeon is forging the path to SASE

Maxeon Solar Technologies is building out its security service edge capabilities with an eye on a SASE implementation that combines best of breed offerings from different suppliers
June 30, 2023 30 Jun'23
NHS data stolen in Manchester Uni ransomware attack

The ransomware gang behind the cyber attack on the University of Manchester appears to have got its hands on an NHS dataset being used by the university for research purposes
June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23
The Finnish Food Authority uses AI to accelerate research

Researchers have reduced the time taken to get critical insights into potential public health crises and address issues in real-time, through artificial intelligence
June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23
Scottish government tech accelerator opens latest funding round

The Scottish government’s CivTech accelerator is seeking technology businesses to help develop new tools to improve public services, as well as to address pressing social and environmental issues

June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23
Oracle shifts database support goalpost

Oracle has updated its maintenance and support across its relational database family – we explore the implications
June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23
UK pension scheme expands relationship with IT services giant TCS

Tata Consultancy Services retains contract with UK pension scheme for another decade after extending a contract that was first signed in 2011
June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23
Lloyds Bank to open tech centre in India

UK bank taps into Hyderabad tech ecosystem by opening a tech centre focused on improving digital experiences for customers
June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23
Co-op Group adds nearshore engineering resources

Manchester headquartered Co-op group adds additional engineering resources as competition for talent in the UK ramps up
June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23
Mizuho Financial Group trials generative AI for development and maintenance

Japanese bank is working with Fujitsu to explore potential for using generative artificial intelligence technology in system development and maintenance
June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23
ServiceNow’s Bill McDermott: a ‘work in progress’

Bill McDermott, president and CEO of ServiceNow, speaks to Computer Weekly about his vision for the company and the technology industry, which he believes to be in the throes of exponential change
June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23
Post Office will not oppose potential Horizon conviction appellants

Post Office CEO told MPs that the organisation is telling some subpostmasters it won't oppose them if they appeal
June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23
Union chief calls for outsourced services to be brought in-house

Unison general secretary calls on Labour to bring outsourced public sector contracts in-house if they fail to meet certain tests
June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23
Jordan’s Ahli Bank launches app on cloud-native platform

Middle East bank launches app on latest cloud-native banking platform from Google-inspired company
June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23
Visa takeover means economic turmoil won’t slow Tink’s progress

Tink is one of the pioneers of the open banking sector, and under Visa’s light-touch ownership is continuing to think like a startup
June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23
BBVA uses AI and analytics services from AWS

BBVA invests in Amazon Web Services cloud platforms to help transform itself into an organisation driven by AI and data
June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23
Enterprise software price hikes risk derailing digital transformation

Buying software and cloud services for strategic initiatives is all very well as long as the price is stable. But costs are escalating, which is impacting value
June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23
Clop begins naming alleged MOVEit victims

Clop uploaded details of 12 new victims to its dark web leak site late on 14 June, many of them likely linked to the ongoing MOVEit cyber attack
June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23
No zero-days for June Patch Tuesday, but plenty to chew over

On the face of it, Microsoft’s monthly round of updates is a lighter-than-usual load for security teams, with no zero-days in evidence, but there are still plenty of issues needing attention
June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23
Belgian bank leaps forward in digital transformation through core banking outsourcing deal

Online bank moves to a software-as-a-service core banking platform to ‘leapfrog’ in-house development
June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23
GoCardless cuts jobs and wants its ‘startup spirit’ back

Payments fintech unicorn GoCardless will cut its workforce in the UK as part of a 15% reduction in its global workforce
June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23
Umbrella market regulation: Government seeks contractor guidance on how to proceed

The government has published the results of its long-awaited consultation into the inner workings of the umbrella market, and followed it up with another one that seems to suggest sector regulation is moving one step closer
June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23
Ofcom data stolen in MOVEit cyber attack

Communications regulator Ofcom says data on employees and regulated communications companies was stolen by the Clop gang
June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23
Progress Software releases patch for second MOVEit Transfer vulnerability

Progress Software releases a patch for a second MOVEit Transfer issue, which was uncovered by third-party security specialist Huntress Security during post-incident code scanning
June 09, 2023 09 Jun'23
Extreme Networks emerges as victim of Clop MOVEit attack

Network equipment and services supplier Extreme Networks has revealed its instance of Progress Software’s MOVEit tool was compromised in the ongoing Clop cyber attack
June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23
CDEI publishes portfolio of AI assurance techniques

The UK’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has published a variety of case studies to show how different assurance techniques can build and maintain trust in artificial intelligence systems
June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23
Sweden’s Ikano Bank outsources core banking to TCS

Ikano Bank moves to cloud banking platform from Indian IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services
June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23
Vulnerability exploitation volumes up over 50% in 2022

Data from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 threat intel specialists reveals insight into the scale of vulnerability exploitation in the wild
June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23
Clop may have been sitting on MOVEit vulnerability for two years

The Clop cyber extortion gang may have been keeping the MOVEit SQL injection vulnerability they used to penetrate the systems of multiple victims secret for two years
June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23
Government and industry figures meet to discuss AI regulation

Tech industry figures are broadly supportive of the need for artificial intelligence to be regulated, but despite growing consensus, there is still disagreement over what effective AI regulation looks like
June 07, 2023 07 Jun'23
Welsh ambulance service upgrades life-saving communications

Welsh ambulances going through major communications upgrade as part of wider NHS programme
June 07, 2023 07 Jun'23
Clop cyber gang claims MOVEit attack and starts harassing victims

The Clop cyber extortion and ransomware operation is demanding organisations pay a ransom to avoid data stolen via an exploited vulnerability in a file transfer product being leaked
June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23
Victims of MOVEit SQL injection zero-day mount up

The BBC, Boots, and British Airways are among the victims of cyber incidents arising from a recently disclosed vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer, exploitation of which is spreading fast
June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23
Netherlands makes case for harmonisation of cloud security standards

Harmonisation of cyber security standards is necessary to reduce the regulatory burden on Dutch SMEs – and regulators need to cooperate better
June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23
ESA uses NetApp as-a-service for space data ‘hot’ archive

The European Space Agency collects data from millions of miles away. It must get storage right when there’s no chance of a u-turn to take more photos or re-record data
June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23
TechUK publishes ‘UK tech plan’ for next government

Technology businesses are calling on UK politicians to devise a ‘comprehensive, forward-thinking strategy’ to realise the benefits of technology ahead of the next general election
May 30, 2023 30 May'23
Downstream breaches of Capita customers spreading

As many as 90 organisations that used Capita services have now reported data breaches arising from various security incidents at the outsourcer
May 24, 2023 24 May'23
Australian government IT spending to grow 8.4% in 2023

The Australian government will increasingly look to digital investments, particularly automation, to drive efficiency opportunities and improve service delivery, according to Gartner
May 23, 2023 23 May'23
Aston Martin gets F1 pole position with NetApp storage

AMF1 race team tracks hundreds of car sensor metrics for raceday and post-event analysis that has seen it surge forward in recent Formula One rankings with NetApp NVMe storage
May 22, 2023 22 May'23
Post Office scandal – cover-up a ‘dark chapter’ in government, corporate and legal history

Third phase of public inquiry into Horizon IT scandal reveals extent of Post Office and Fujitsu cover-up of software problems that went on to write ‘as dark a chapter in our governmental, corporate and legal history as can be imagined’
May 18, 2023 18 May'23
Eticas outlines approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing

Algorithmic auditing firm Eticas speaks to Computer Weekly about its approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing, including its strengths and limitations, and how the process works
May 17, 2023 17 May'23
Home Office pushes for more police facial-recognition deployments

An independent report commissioned by the biometrics commissioner of England and Wales reveals that the UK policing minister is pushing for wider adoption of facial-recognition technology by police, and further criticises the government’s proposed ...
May 17, 2023 17 May'23
CTO interview: Europe benefits from energy gains in AMD chips

AMD’s chief technology officer explains how the latest chip technology can help European organisations solve the energy puzzle facing IT departments
May 17, 2023 17 May'23
CIO interview: Ravi Malick, Box

Ravi Malick has always been a technologist at heart, and via political science, startups and consultancy, landed in his current role at Box
May 16, 2023 16 May'23
Plexal launches Cyber Runway 3.0 accelerator programme

The latest iteration of Plexal’s government-backed cyber security startup accelerator will run four work streams to boost startups at various stages of maturity and growth