Opinion

Opinion

• Security Think Tank: Benefits of GDPR compliance

  What strategies can information security professionals use to shift focus from General Data Protection Regulation fines to enabling business gains and success, changing the way data is used, and aligning data privacy with business purpose?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Embrace data protection as a necessary business process

  What strategies can information security professionals use to shift focus from GDPR fines to enabling business gains and success, changing the way data is used, and aligning data privacy with business purpose?  Continue Reading

• Why Facebook’s Libra digital currency could run rings round the regulators

  Facebook’s cryptocurrency isn’t really a cryptocurrency, nor is it really a money transfer network, but it’s been formulated in such a way that regulators might not be able to do anything to stop it  Continue Reading

• Will artificial intelligence be a recruiter’s new best friend?

  AI and machine learning are being introduced into corporate recruitment to save time and money, but employers need to understand the legal risks  Continue Reading

• Opening a path into a tech career for anyone

  The technology sector needs new talent and must get better at appealing to people at all stages of their life and career  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Business needs to see infosec pros as trusted advisers

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Top infosec task is getting on board agenda

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t?  Continue Reading

• Building a cyber-physical immune system

  Shantanu Rane, researcher in cyber-physical systems security at the Palo Alto Research Center, explains how our own immune systems can inspire the design of modern cyber-physical systems  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Infosec needs to avoid FUD and keep it real

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t?  Continue Reading

• SAP Document Licensing for Indirect Access: The risks that still won't go away

  SAP introduced a new licensing scheme last year to reflect indirect access to its system from third-party systems based on document licensing  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Security risk ratings key to security/business understanding

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Focus on business impact and likelihood of cyber attacks

  How can cyber security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t?  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

• Gender diversity is failing in tech: how can we turn it around?

  Todays technology organisations need innovative thinking, communication, relationship building, influencing and listening – skills that a lot of women possess in abundance. Yet employers frequently advertise jobs in ways that unwittingly deter ...  Continue Reading

• Should tech companies capitalise R&D spending?

  Technology companies frequently ask whether they should capitalise their research and development costs. There are clear benefits, increasing reported profit and hence potential valuations, but what are the risks?  Continue Reading