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• Top 10 skills to include in your IT CV

  Find out what skills and keywords you should include on your CV to stand out as an IT professional in a competitive market  Continue Reading

• The harsh reality for newspapers in the fight against Facebook, is that people won’t pay for news

  The Australian media is the latest to try to get Facebook and Google to pay for using their news stories. That only exposes the fact that not enough readers want to do so  Continue Reading

• EC publishes approach to human and ethical implications of AI, but what will UK do?

  The European Commission has published a guide to the EU’s approach to the human and ethical effects that artificial intelligence might bring  Continue Reading

• We can’t allow fake news and disinformation to upend our democracy

  Fake news, misinformation and cyber attacks are part of our political process – now is the time to act  Continue Reading

• The super-resilient IT function

  IT functions don’t have to continue taking the blame for organisational failures, they can take the lead in transforming the business  Continue Reading

• The five software testing techniques every software developer should know about

  Five simple testing techniques that will help developers test their software systematically, thoroughly and quickly  Continue Reading

• Businesses need to keep investing in tech and hope to avoid a no-deal Brexit

  A no-deal Brexit could have serious consequences for the UK tech sector and skills base, making it more difficult to recruit technology specialists and hire freelancers  Continue Reading

• Why the rise of IT managed by the business is driving creative thinking

  Organisations that encourage business units to implement and run their own IT systems have an edge over competitors that rely entirely on the IT department, research from Harvey Nash and KPMG reveals  Continue Reading

• Goliath vs Goliath and the complexities of 5G intellectual property

  Is Apple the good guy or the bad guy? It has violated patents and had its wrist slapped by the courts (bad), yet its products are still available for adoring fans to buy (good)  Continue Reading

• Making the move to cloud work for you

  Getting the best out of a move to the cloud means getting the size right, turning off what you don’t need, smart purchasing and continuously decluttering your new environment  Continue Reading

• Can we live without passwords?

  Can you imagine a future in which we can be secure online without having to remember an unwieldly list of passwords? Solutions are emerging that could make passwords redundant, but there will be other security problems to resolve  Continue Reading

• Douglas Engelbart, the forgotten hero of modern computing

  Half a century ago, Douglas Engelbart demonstrated an experimental computer that laid the foundations for modern computing. His vision to use computing power to solve complex problems in all areas of human activity has become reality, but not in the...  Continue Reading

• Agile becomes mainstream

  There are clear parallels between the conditions that led the IT industry to adopt agile approaches and the challenges facing business today  Continue Reading

• More effective digital transformation through the power of your own people

  The old model of escalating decisions up and down the management chain does not work any more. Business leaders need to delegate responsibility for projects to business and technology specialists and eliminate the fear of failure  Continue Reading

• Customers need to be at the centre of GDPR plans

  Responding to a breach is not just about data, it is about taking care of, and protecting, customers  Continue Reading

• From Aberdeen to Brighton: Investing in the UK’s digital future

  More investment in the UK’s broadband infrastructure is critical to ensure the UK’s future success in technology in a post-Brexit world  Continue Reading

• What the ICO's Facebook fine teaches us

  Legal expert Alexander Egerton considers whether the ICO’s planned £500,000 fine for Facebook is the precursor of a spate of increased fines across the board, or if it shows the ICO’s stance has not changed and will continue to target certain ...  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Understand data for risk-based protection

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it is shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this?  Continue Reading

• Big data skills shortages – and how to work around them

  Businesses are finding it hard to recruit enough people with big data and analytics skills, but for CIOs there are alternative strategies to consider  Continue Reading

• Tier 2 visas – a challenge for the tech sector

  With staff shortages already being reported in the technology sector and Brexit potentially adding to the problem, tech departments need to get their Tier 2 visa applications right  Continue Reading

• Taking the quantum leap: What is quantum technology for business?

  Quantum computers are many years away, but the first applications of quantum technology will arrive in only one or two years – so businesses need to be ready  Continue Reading

• It’s not too late to get GDPR ready

  With the GDPR compliance deadline on 25 May 2018, there is little time to get ready, but it is not too late, according to the IAPP, which provides a checklist to help organisations ensure they are in the best position possible for the deadline  Continue Reading

• Hacking the internet of things just got easier – it’s time to look at your security

  Are you taking security for internet-connected devices seriously enough?  Continue Reading

• Outsourcing is not dead or dying – it just needs to be done properly

  The collapse of Carillion and the profit warning at Capita have created a false sense of fear about the stability of the outsourcing sector  Continue Reading

• Protecting your intellectual property in a digital world

  Your business is creating innovative computer code, slick user interfaces, and is using digital technology to solve new problems. How do you protect your investment?  Continue Reading

• The seven levers of digital transformation

  Organisations that embark on digital transformation projects often run into difficulties. Following the seven principles of digital transformation will help them reap the benefits of digital technology  Continue Reading

• Why businesses must think like criminals to protect their data

  Cyber criminals use three main methods of operation to steal commercial data. Understanding their mindset can help organisations put the right defences in place  Continue Reading

• 3, 2, 1, GDPR: How to be prepared on 25 May

  There are seven key areas organisations should review to ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, and even though the deadline is less than four months away, it is still not too late to start  Continue Reading

• How to futureproof your career as a CIO

  Many CIOs have yet to earn the right to be on the board. How can IT leaders upgrade their business acumen, to benefit their own careers and the health of their employer?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Three things to do differently to secure websites in the cloud

  What are the main web security challenges for organisations and how are they best addressed?  Continue Reading

• Why Europe’s GDPR privacy regulation is good for business

  Organisations will need to become more sensitive about the way they handle personal information, but the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also makes good business sense  Continue Reading

• Embrace the new normal – re-platform your cloud services

  Huge improvements in cloud technology are opening up markets and solutions that previously didn’t exist. But complacent suppliers often don’t offer these innovations to long-established customers  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Web security down to good risk management

  What are the main web security challenges for organisations and how are they best addressed?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Approaches to effective web security

  What are the main web security challenges for organisations and how are they best addressed?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Look at full security development lifecycle to reduce web threats

  What are the main web security challenges for organisations and how are they best addressed?  Continue Reading

• Newspaper woes show that when technology changes, everything changes

  Traditionalists bemoan the declining finances of newspapers, but those old sources of revenue aren't coming back – technology has changed everything  Continue Reading

• How creative and innovative can technology made in China be?

  China's IT industry is becoming more Silicon Valley-like and, as a result, more attractive to the CIOs of western enterprises  Continue Reading

• Why GDPR is so relevant to the business

  The GDPR is not only relevant to CISOs and DPOs, and has a massive impact on businesses  Continue Reading

• Managed crowdsourcing model: Another ‘made in China’ idea

  Chinese suppliers are using managed crowdsourcing to help them provide high-volume services to their customers  Continue Reading

• In an age of uncertainty, now is the time to rethink your outsourcing strategy

  Brexit and Trump are not only creating challenges but also opportunities in the outsourcing sector, and outsourcing deals will need to be flexible to exploit them  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Minimise data to cut costs and comply with GDPR

  How can organisations maintain usability and keep support costs low without compromising on security?  Continue Reading

• Most companies wide open to “cataclysmic” hack, especially after M&A

  Companies are leaving themselves wide open to cyber crime, especially after M&A, so companies need to start enabling cyber-security professionals before they face serious problems  Continue Reading

• Why Azure developers need security skills

  The unprecedented adoption of Microsoft Azure is a huge opportunity for developers, but they must keep their security skills updated  Continue Reading

• Building business value with IT4IT

  To reinvent IT, CIOs must go beyond current process-based approaches and equip their teams with the right information and tools, completely automate end-to-end workflows, and provide the business with the controls to govern IT  Continue Reading

• How AI is disrupting the role of call centres and call centre staff

  Artificial intelligence could eliminate many white-collar jobs in coming decades. Its effects are already being felt in the call centre industry, but there is still no substitute for the human touch  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Business should arm against rise in DNS server attacks

  What are the main security risks associated with DNS and how are these best mitigated?  Continue Reading

• The future of diversification in the mobile sector

  Diversification will take a vital role in the mobile market in 2017, with the realisation that mobile operators can no longer be a ‘dumb pipe’  Continue Reading

• The digital opportunity for CIOs

  CIOs have a unique opportunity to lead the digital strategy in their organisations, but they have to move quickly to make sure they have the right skills and infrastructure in place  Continue Reading

• Self-sovereign identity on the block – ideal or no deal?

  There’s a rumour out there in the IT and business world that blockchains could be the magic elixir when it comes to users’ full control and power over their own digital identities. But is that really so?  Continue Reading

• A new nearshoring game is emerging

  Countries selling themselves as nearshore business services locations need to change their sales pitches to avoid becoming like all the other countries doing the same  Continue Reading

• UK tech firms spend less, deliver more on training

  Survey shows technology firms spend 46% of the national average on learning and development per employee, but deliver an above-average number of hours’ training  Continue Reading

• Six essential processes for keeping data secure

  Data security is increasingly vital for organisations as the countdown begins for compliance with new rules imposed by the EU’s general data protection regulation  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: How infosec pros should influence prep for GDPR

  What is the role of information security professionals in ensuring organisations comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by 25 May 2018?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Key GDPR issues for infosec pros to address

  What is the role of information security professionals in ensuring organisations comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by 25 May 2018?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Information security professionals have key role in GDPR compliance

  What is the role of information security professionals in helping organisations to ensure they are compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by 25 May 2018?  Continue Reading

• EU moves towards digital single market with online content portability

  Lawyers Chris Watson and Tom Scourfield explain how the EU is moving towards the creation of a digital single market with its proposal for online content portability  Continue Reading

• Life on the edge: The benefits of using micro datacentres

  Enterprises are demanding faster access to applications and ever more processing power. Could edge datacentres fill the gap?  Continue Reading

• Creating a CIO legacy beyond the systems

  So much of what a business does today needs to be technology-driven that CIOs have a choice between leading and lagging behind  Continue Reading

• Are you exposed? Lessons from Ashley Madison

  Data breaches are only a matter of time so companies need to know what to do to prevent, respond and contain breaches when they happen  Continue Reading

• Consumer Rights Act will boost trust in digital content

  New law presents a huge opportunity for the growth in sales of online movies, music downloads, e-books, apps and software  Continue Reading

• Drones in UK skies: an increasingly crowded regulatory airspace

  With drones becoming commonplace in the UK, the law has been required to evolve and play catch-up  Continue Reading

• Sony attack raises questions about how to protect internet assets

  In the light of 2014's cyber attack on Sony Pictures, what can every company do to ensure they are more prepared for this kind cyber assault?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Use the Sony breach to plan for the worst

  In the light of the 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures, what can every company do to ensure they are more prepared for this kind cyber assault?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Lessons to be learned from Sony breach

  In the light of November 2014’s cyber attack on Sony Pictures, what can every company do to ensure they are more prepared for this kind cyber assault?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Control smart devices and apps like the rest of ICT

  What can IT security teams do to ensure users are not unwittingly synchronising sensitive corporate data to insecure cloud backup services?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Eight steps to extending IAM to third parties

  What is the best way to expand identity and access management to third-party service providers to ensure data security?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: IAM can improve security and cut costs

  What is the best way to expand identity and access management to third-party service providers to ensure data security?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: What should be in an incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Minor failings can trigger major data breaches

  It’s not just the big data breach risks that matter – ignore the near misses and the minor policy infractions and you will end up with a major incident  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Key elements of an incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Ready for your data breach moment?

  Sooner or later, you will have to deal with a data breach. Do you have an incident response plan ready that will limit the repercussions?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Three steps to effective incident response

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Incident response – prepare, test, and test again

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Planning key to incident response

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?  Continue Reading

• Cyber risk and the UK’s Cyber Essentials Scheme

  Cyber risk is on the radar as a threat to business and private life, and it is also grabbing the attention of governments  Continue Reading

• Four defensive steps to a successful World Cup

  Four cyber security defensive steps to mitigate the threat of scoring an inadvertent own goal this summer  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Automated security testing is not for all

  What is the best approach to automating information security?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Humans still at the heart of information security

  What is the best approach to automating information security?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Automation is good, assumptions are bad

  What is the best approach to automating information security?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Automation requires management, monitoring, governance

  What is the best approach to automating information security?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Do not trust the network to ensure secure collaboration

  What is the best approach to increasing collaboration without reducing security in an enterprise?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: How to share data securely

  What is the best approach to increasing collaboration without reducing security in an enterprise?  Continue Reading

• The digital CIO: The CIO is dead. Long live the CIO

  There is a new breed of CIOs who are defining what it means to be a digital leader  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Secure collaboration not just about technology

  What is the best approach to increasing collaboration without reducing security in an enterprise?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Secure and seamless collaboration key for business

  What is the best approach to increasing collaboration without reducing security in an enterprise?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Enable collaboration by putting data at the heart of security

  What is the best approach to increasing collaboration without reducing security in an enterprise?  Continue Reading

• The digital CIO: Regaining the technology high ground – one blog post at a time

  IT leaders should use blogging and social media to raise their profile and build influence in their organisations  Continue Reading

• Employee monitoring: How to avoid the legal pitfalls

  What is, and what is not acceptable in terms of employee monitoring?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Business context still missing from context-aware security

  Despite the hype around context-based security, has this technology evolved to the point where it is useful to the enterprise and is having a measurable effect?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: New sandbox tech will help enable context-aware access

  Has context-based security evolved to the point where it is useful to the enterprise and is having a measurable effect?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Cloud, mobile deepen need for context-aware security

  Despite the hype around context-based security, has it evolved to the point where it is useful to the enterprise and having a measurable effect?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Enterprise adoption of context-based security slow

  Ignoring the hype around context-based security, has it evolved to the point where it is useful to the enterprise and exerting a measurable effect?  Continue Reading

• BCS faces 'plebeian revolt' over business reforms

  The Chartered Institute for IT is haemorrhaging money and losing touch with its members, claims a member of the BCS's governing council  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: CISOs should be first stop on the way to cloud

  Hybrid cloud environments provide the most flexibility, but how can businesses decide when public or private cloud is more appropriate?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: UK firms still not entirely comfortable with cloud

  Hybrid cloud environments provide the most flexibility, but how can businesses decide when public or private cloud is more appropriate?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Choose public or private cloud with a clear head

  Hybrid cloud environments provide the most flexibility, but how can businesses decide when public or private cloud is more appropriate?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Balancing cloud risk and reward

  Hybrid cloud environments provide the most flexibility, but how can businesses decide when public or private cloud is more appropriate?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Striking the hybrid cloud balance

  Hybrid cloud environments provide the most flexibility, but how can businesses decide when public or private cloud is more appropriate?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Before cloud, engage with asset owners

  Hybrid cloud environments provide the most flexibility, but how can businesses decide when public or private cloud is more appropriate?  Continue Reading

• Where should a CISO look for cyber security answers – hardware, software or wetware?

  While users are often cited as the weakest link in cyber security, they could also be the answer to the problems faced by businesses today  Continue Reading