Opinion

Opinion

• The politics of things: Policymakers must help shape the IoT

  Saverio Romeo, principal analyst at Beecham Research, explores the role of policymakers in the rapidly expanding internet of things  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Under-the-radar data integrity attacks expected to rise

  What type of organisations are likely to be targeted by data integrity breaches, and how can they best detect and mitigate against such attacks?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Governance and oversight key to data integrity

  What type of organisations are likely to be targeted by data integrity breaches, and how can they best detect and mitigate against such attacks?  Continue Reading

• Nurturing a tech-literate generation

  The UK tech sector is leading the way in protecting children online, and helping to promote Safer Internet Day  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

• European Commission announces initiatives on the data economy, e-Privacy and data protection

  The European Commission (EC) recently announced the final packages to be adopted under its Digital Single Market strategy: an initiative on the data economy and proposals for the review of the e-Privacy Directive and the protection of personal data  Continue Reading

• It’s the business model, stupid – three steps to transform UK public services

  The government urgently needs to shift from ‘pipes to platforms’ to realise the benefits of digital disruption  Continue Reading

• A new hope for police IT?

  IT in the UK's police forces is lagging behind – but at last, there may be cause for optimism  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

• Is ‘OK’ OK? Delivering the next government network platform

  As GDS signals its intent to move away from the Public Services Network, the industry and public sector must work together to create a new internet-based network platform for government  Continue Reading

• How CIOs trap themselves by recycling the same talent

  Research pointing to talent standing in the way of CIOs achieving their objectives suggests a lack of innovation. It’s now time to think differently  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Look to security best practices to secure DNS

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

• Security Think Tank: DNS, the underdog in cyber security strategy

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

• Security Think Tank: Use DNS proxy services to bolster security

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

• How serverless computing could help enterprises cut cloud complexity

  The reality of cloud is failing to live up to the hype for some enterprises, but serverless computing could help firms attain the operational benefits they're looking for  Continue Reading