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• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  IT contractor charged over cyber attack on property valuation firm

  Australian police charge 49-year-old man with stealing and posting more than 170,000 data records belonging to ASX-listed Landmark White on the dark web

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  NatWest bank uses artificial intelligence to predict the future

  NatWest is using artificial intelligence to help it paint a more accurate picture of future trends

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Government issues Brexit guidance for technology firms

  Ten-point checklist released to help firms prepare for leaving the European Union without a deal

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Why data-driven applications need a governance framework

  Data is the new oil – but without tight control, how can business determine that the data is valid? Data catalogues are back in vogue

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  LogRhythm touts unlimited data plan for SIEM systems

  SIEM supplier introduces three-year, term-based pricing plan that lets enterprises ingest as much data as they want without breaking the bank

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Local authorities hit by 800 cyber attacks every hour

  Local authorities and councils in the UK have reported being hit by more than 263 million cyber attacks in the first six months of this year

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Post-Brexit passport checking tool to start pilot

  The government is looking for companies that can carry out large-scale tests of the Document Checking Service, which will allow organisations to digitally check the validity of passports

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  New threat group behind Airbus cyber attacks, claim researchers

  Context Information Security’s threat intel and response teams says it has evidence that the recent supply chain attacks on Airbus are the work of a newly identified group called Avivore

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Southern Water embarks on £15m datacentre modernisation programme

  Southern Water has enlisted the help of service provider MTI Technology to revamp its datacentres, with a greater emphasis on the use of software-defined processes and hyper-converged technologies

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  IR35 reforms: Lloyds Bank contractors to get deadline on future employment status

  Lloyds Banking Group is the latest large firm set to end engagement of IT contractors through personal service companies due to impending IR35 tax reforms

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Cyber war as big a threat as nuclear war, says ex-RSA head Coviello

  Former RSA chairman Art Coviello has been speaking about the devastating potential of cyber weapons, and warned that humanity must learn from history in order to control them

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  How Qlik is driving the data revolution in Australia

  Australian firms are using data management software from Qlik to speed up data analysis while grappling with how to make data more accessible under a new consumer data-sharing regime

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  British Heart Foundation £10m data science centre set in train

  The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Health Data Research UK have set up a £10m data science centre

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  John Lewis Partnership sells its automation to business

  The John Lewis Partnership will expand its use of automation technology as its early projects bear fruit

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  Future Decoded: AI-powered data revolutionises software development

  Microsoft believes artificial intelligence will drive an entirely new way to develop software that can take advantage of massive data growth

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  HMRC extends contract with Capgemini but embeds flexibility

  Department’s technology sourcing programme seeks to access the services of more tech providers, including SMEs and startups

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Citrix looks to grow APAC footprint with the intelligent workspace

  Citrix is looking to expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific – particularly in Japan, where firms are starting to warm up to flexible work arrangements

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Dutch group works on digitising collaborator archives created in aftermath of World War 2

  Experiments have been carried out to ascertain the best technology to open up the analogue archives of the Central Archive of Special Justice in the Netherlands

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  IR35 reforms will prompt Barclays to re-engage contractors on PAYE terms, 'leaked email' suggests

  Barclays is understood to have notified line managers via email on 30 September 2019 of its plans to phase out use of limited company contractors, ahead of the IR35 private sector reforms coming into force in April 2020

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  UK government readies bus open data portal

  The government’s bus data service is part of plans to provide better information to get more people to use bus services

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Intel previews Optane persistent memory, QLC SSD and even PLC

  Intel sets out roadmap for second-generation Optane persistent memory – between SSD and DRAM – as well as QLC SSD, with talk of PLC (penta-level cell) after that

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Healthcare and technology have cultural similarities, says NHSX CEO

  Common factors in healthcare and technology could help bring about a shift in attitudes, says Matthew Gould

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Future Decoded: How AI plus automation adds up to transformative change

  Robotic process automation combined with artificial intelligence is a recipe for digital transformation, and new research suggests businesses that use AI are gaining a competitive advantage

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  A security breach is inevitable, IT leaders warned

  No matter how much IT security tech and training is in place, sophisticated, targeted attacks are going to breach company defences, Carbon Black warns

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Interview: James Smith, director of digital, Nationwide Building Society

  James Smith says heading up the digital unit at Nationwide Building Society is the best job in the business

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Polaris Transportation digitises with RPA and hyperledger tech

  Transportation group has embarked on a digital transformation journey using WorkFusion and blockchain hyperledger for straight-through processing

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Marketplace push aims to get the NHS automating

  Thoughtonomy is hosting a new marketplace to encourage NHS trusts to share their intelligent automation bots

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Singapore outlines initiatives to tackle OT and IoT security

  The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore has developed a blueprint to secure operational technology systems in critical sectors, among other measures to secure cyber-physical systems and the internet of things

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Australia gets ready for open banking

  Traditional banks and fintech firms alike will need to bite the bullet in the crucial startup period if Australia’s open banking regime is to succeed

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  German police seize darkweb servers from datacentre housed in ex-NATO bunker

  Following a lengthy investigation, law enforcers in Germany have raided a datacentre in an ex-NATO bunker that is alleged to have been hosting illicit websites on the dark web

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  CIO interview: Michael Ibbitson, executive VP for technology and infrastructure, Dubai Airports

  Former CIO at Gatwick Airport took flight to the Middle East three years ago, and is using data to transform the technology and infrastructure at Dubai Airports

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Chancellor Sajid Javid set to make £5bn investment commitment to improve UK broadband coverage

  The Chancellor Sajid Javid is expected to take to the stage at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester later today, to set out the group’s “infrastructure revolution” plans, which include ramping up broadband coverage across the UK

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  UK Parliament readies cyber security change programme

  A request for information has been launched to find a consultancy firm to support and shape the Parliament’s cyber security project, which will be delivered in two years’ time

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  HPE refurbishes legacy IT assets to make money for users

  HPE Financial Services is giving old IT assets a new lease of life at its tech renewal site in Erskine, near Glasgow, as part of a promotion of the circular economy

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Dubai’s Precision Group takes manufacturing into the cloud

  Head of IT at mould and packaging company talks about leading its digital transformation programme

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Data challenges jeopardise service provision in government

  Several challenges have to be tackled to make the government’s new data strategy work and departments have “barely scratched the surface” of what needs to be done, says PAC report

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  The bots turning businesses into digital transformers

  As companies increasingly turn to robotic process automation to accelerate digital transformation, Computer Weekly takes a look at how the market is evolving

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Pure Storage APAC CTO talks up storage trends

  Flash-based storage will be around for at least two decades more, while crystal- and DNA-based storage needs a lot more work before becoming mainstream, according to Pure Storage’s CTO for the Asia-Pacific region

• September 29, 2019 29 Sep'19

  Private sector warned of ‘brain drain’ risk by putting off prep for April 2020 start of IR35 reforms

  Legal firm warns private sector companies about the risks of putting off preparations for the IR35 reforms that take effect next year

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Mayor launches guidance on building access to increase mobile coverage

  London mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new standard agreement for commercial landlords and public property owners to make it easier to access rooftops to install 5G

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  HMRC chief digital and information officer departs

  Jacky Wright, HMRC chief digital and information officer, will return to Microsoft in October after a two-year loan arrangement

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  ABN Amro investigation lends weight to anti-money laundering collaboration by Dutch banks

  Dutch authorities are investigating ABN Amro for possible failures to monitor and report potential money laundering activity

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Nodersok malware campaign is infecting thousands, Microsoft warns

  Thousands of Windows endpoints in the US and Europe have been infected by a new fileless malware campaign in the past few weeks

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  How Graphcore is putting AI on steroids

  UK chipmaker Graphcore’s intelligence processing unit may just hold the key to unlocking the full potential of artificial intelligence

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Bristol, CNRS and Oracle join forces against tropical disease

  Scientists from the University of Bristol and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Grenoble have identified a candidate synthetic vaccine against tropical disease Chikungunya, using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Five million DoorDash customers’ details lost in data breach

  Takeaway delivery service was breached in May 2019, resulting in the data of millions of users and delivery drivers being stolen

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  GDPR compliance: Whose job is it and is it really possible?

  Nobody seems to have a good handle on business GDPR compliance, how many businesses are compliant, or indeed what compliance really is, but according to security experts, it very much depends on who you talk to

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Attackers breached supplier systems to steal Airbus secrets

  Airbus has been the subject of at least four major cyber attacks in the past 12 months, with contractors and suppliers targeted through their VPNs

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Overinvestment breeds overconfidence among security pros

  CISOs have made an abundance of security investments in multiple suppliers, but this might not be the right approach

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Government launches guidelines for AI procurement

  Document intended to inform public sector buyers has been created by the Office for AI and the World Economic Forum