IT risk management
Risk management is an increasingly important discipline for IT leaders, with regulatory compliance an ever-present consideration and the amount of legislation and regulation concerning data security on the rise. We examine the issues around IT risk management and the best practices that IT managers need to know.
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News
27 Jan 2026
Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide
Singapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine Continue Reading
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E-Zine
27 Jan 2026
Tech nationalism: The need to build and protect UK digital sovereignty
This week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine has a focus on digital sovereignty, as we delve into why the Open Rights Group thinks it is high time the UK government has a formalised strategy, championing homegrown tech providers. The last in our recent run of buyer’s guides also touches on this topic. Elsewhere, we hear from the CISO of online retailer Zalando about how she’s drawing on her career in tech to reshape the firm’s approach to security. Rounding out the ezine, we find out how the adoption of AI is affecting employee autonomy in the workplace. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2020
NHS weathers cyber crime storm during pandemic, says NCSC
The NCSC dealt with over 700 incidents in the 12 months to August 2020, with over 200 specifically related to Covid-19, and the NHS a critical area of focus Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2020
Maze ransomware shuts down with bizarre announcement
The operators of Maze announce they are shutting down, and claim their crime spree was merely intended to demonstrate lax security at their targets Continue Reading
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News
30 Oct 2020
Accidental heroes: How one scaleup pivoted to cyber
Simeon Quarrie designed his business using virtual reality and interactivity as a tool to tell stories that effect cultural change in enterprise environments – then a cyber criminal emptied his bank account Continue Reading
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News
30 Oct 2020
CISOs more confident in identity practice after pandemic shock
Identity practice and management has become a critical element of cyber security strategies to support remote workers Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2020
Zero-trust investment seen accelerating through pandemic
New analyst report details some of the main indicators for success in zero-trust implementation Continue Reading
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News
28 Oct 2020
Barracuda eyes Indochina markets
Barracuda is looking to expand its local presence and headcount in fast-growing emerging markets of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Oct 2020
Risk and reward: How to succeed in digital transformation
Most organisations are seeking to step up their digital transformation efforts, but history has shown that such efforts can be doomed to failure if they take the wrong approach Continue Reading
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E-Zine
27 Oct 2020
Pet project: How Pets at Home cares for customers with data analytics
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the chief data officer of Pets at Home, about using data analytics to care for customers. British Airways had its GDPR fine reduced to just £20m – we ask what this means for data protection regulation. And we look at GPT3, the language prediction tool that could revolutionise AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2020
APAC CISOs warm up to zero trust
Security leaders in Asia-Pacific are adopting zero-trust security, but challenges stand in their way of reaping the full potential of the security model Continue Reading
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News
26 Oct 2020
Highly unusual hacking attack directly threatens therapy patients
A hacker has directly contacted therapy patients to say their highly personal therapy notes will be put on the internet unless they pay the ransom Continue Reading
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News
26 Oct 2020
Cooperation between Norway’s security agencies planned following cyber attack on parliament
Government seeks to develop enhanced national IT infrastructure with an embedded early warning system and defence shield to protect the IT systems of public and private organisations Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2020
Cyber attack on Hackney Council is ‘morally repugnant’, says mayor
Mayor of Hackney is ‘incredibly angry’ at the cyber criminals behind the attack, which will continue to disrupt key council services for some time Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2020
SonicWall patches 11 firewall vulnerabilities
SonicWall users are advised to download updates that fix 11 CVEs in the SonicOS operating system, uncovered by Positive Technologies Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2020
Protecting remote workers an opportunity to do security better
Securing the fully remote workforce has been a challenge for IT teams, but it presents an opportunity to commit to a higher standard of cyber security, according to a Cisco report Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2020
NSA’s top CVE list a timely reminder to patch
Many of the CVEs detailed on the NSA’s top 25 chart are golden oldies Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2020
Charities warned over ‘Robin Hood’ cyber criminals
Accepting donations from cyber criminal groups could be deemed as profiting from crime, money laundering or handling stolen goods – so don’t do it Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2020
Financial services staff want work-from-home policies to continue after Covid
About half of workers in the finance sector want their employers to retain remote working policies brought in during the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2020
Customer loyalty accounts in danger from cyber criminals
Billions of credential stuffing attacks are harvesting valuable customer data for the dark web economy Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Oct 2020
Why securing the DNS layer is crucial to fight cyber crime
Domain name system security is often overlooked by organisations, but focusing on this layer could actually improve the effectiveness of cyber security strategies. We explore the latest DNS trends and best practice Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2020
Retailers get access to new security toolkit
The British Retail Consortium has worked with the NCSC to develop a new cyber security toolkit pitched at retailers Continue Reading
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Opinion
21 Oct 2020
Security Think Tank: Essential tools to mitigate double extortion attacks
The threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and exfiltrate and leak their victims’ data. How does this evolution in cyber crime heighten risk for the enterprise, and what steps can we take to safeguard the personal data we hold? Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2020
Resilient Trickbot down but not yet knocked out
Global, Microsoft-led effort to disrupt the Trickbot botnet has seen some success, but new command and control servers continue to pop up Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2020
BA breach penalty sets new GDPR precedents
The 90% reduction in the fine levied on BA over a 2018 data breach has legal experts talking about the ramifications for the future of data protection Continue Reading
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Podcast
20 Oct 2020
Podcast: Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Covid-19 and storage
We look at how organisations can use Cybersecurity Awareness Month as an opportunity to revisit their handling of data and compliance, especially with changes brought by Covid-19 and home working Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Oct 2020
Security Think Tank: Safeguarding PII in the current threat landscape
The threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and exfiltrate and leak their victims’ data. How does this evolution in cybercrime heighten risk for the enterprise, and what steps can we take to safeguard the personal data we hold? Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2020
Cloud data protection keeps the Crick’s medical research Covid-secure
Cloud data management services from Rubrik gave the Francis Crick Institute a data protection edge and have helped keep its vital work going through the pandemic Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Oct 2020
Security Think Tank: Essential tools to mitigate data loss and identity theft
The threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and exfiltrate and leak their victims’ data. How does this evolution in cybercrime heighten risk for the enterprise, and what steps can we take to safeguard the personal data we hold? Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2020
Hackney services still offline in ongoing cyber attack
Services remain disrupted two days after council was hit by a serious incident, as residents are warned to be on their guard Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2020
Public sector security failings leave UK at risk, says think tank
Reform report urges adoption of new policies in the next version of the UK’s National Cyber Security Strategy Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2020
US Elections: Malicious internet domains spike as campaigns heat up
Internet domains related to the US presidential election are 56% more likely to be malicious than regular ones Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2020
Fintech ‘unicorn’ Klarna probed over data misuse
Online bank blames misuse of user data on human error as Information Commissioner’s Office weighs in Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2020
Microsoft fixes 87 bugs in October 2020 Patch Tuesday
Smaller October Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for critical bugs in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Oct 2020
Security Think Tank: Adapting defences to evolving ransomware and cyber crime
The threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and exfiltrate and leak their victims’ data. How does this evolution in cyber crime heighten risk for the enterprise, and what steps can we take to safeguard the personal data we hold? Continue Reading
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News
13 Oct 2020
Suppliers neglecting virtual appliance security, putting users at risk
Software suppliers are often distributing their products on virtual appliances that contain known vulnerabilities or are running outdated or unsupported operating systems, according to a report Continue Reading
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Opinion
13 Oct 2020
Security Think Tank: What you need to know about addressing the doxing threat
The threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and exfiltrate and leak their victims’ data. How does this evolution in cybercrime heighten risk for the enterprise, and what steps can we take to safeguard the personal data we hold? Continue Reading
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News
12 Oct 2020
Trickbot forced offline in major cyber security victory
Coalition led by Microsoft obtained a court order enabling them to take down the infamous Trickbot botnet’s back-end server infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
12 Oct 2020
Five Eyes spy group again demands access to private messages
Spooks are once again calling for the tech industry to break end-to-end encryption in messaging platforms Continue Reading
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News
12 Oct 2020
Making sense of zero-trust security
Implementing zero-trust security is not an easy feat, but enterprises can still get it right if they approach it from a process perspective and get a handle on their infrastructure footprint Continue Reading
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Opinion
09 Oct 2020
Lapsing ISO certifications: Myth versus risk
Allowing ISO certifications to lapse presents businesses with serious risks when workarounds are possible Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2020
NCSC relaunches SME security guide with home working focus
The NCSC is issuing an updated version of its guide to security for SMEs, reflecting the long-lasting changes to the world of work seen in 2020 Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2020
Emotet rated September’s ‘most popular’ malware
The current resurgence of Emotet is attracting attention as governments issue new warnings and cyber criminals rush to exploit the chaotic US election Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2020
Crown Prosecution Service suffers 1,600 data breaches in 12 months
CPS sees a spike in data security incidents, many of them serious enough to be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2020
Threat of GDPR fines increasingly driving security buying decisions
Scaring the people who hold the purse strings may be the best option for CISOs who need a little extra budget Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2020
5G regulation failures are a threat to UK’s national security
Defence Committee report on the security of 5G brands existing regulations outdated and unsatisfactory Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2020
Department for Education failed to protect data on millions of children, says ICO
The Department for Education’s National Pupil Database, which contains millions of items of data on the UK’s schoolchildren, was found to be non-compliant with data protection regulations across the board Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2020
UK accounts for 45% of Europe’s card fraud as criminals target online transactions
Payment card fraudsters steal €1.5bn, with card-not-present attacks accounting for three-quarters of this sum Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2020
Southeast Asia remains hotspot for cyber attacks
Geopolitics and Covid-19 have been fodder for cyber criminals to advance their motives in Southeast Asia in 2020 Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Oct 2020
Three steps to harden supply chains
The coronavirus has shone a spotlight on the fragility of modern supply chains and the risk of having a single point of failure Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2020
EU’s top court questions legality of UK phone and internet data surveillance
European Court of Justice rules that the UK and EU member states must comply with EU privacy laws when harvesting people’s sensitive communications data from telecoms and internet companies Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Oct 2020
The privacy and compliance challenges organisations face in 2021
Privacy and compliance teams have a lot on their plate as 2021 approaches. What are the key issues to consider? Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2020
Ransomware attacks go through the roof
The volume of ransomware attacks has jumped 50% in the past three months, according to data produced at Check Point Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2020
CISOs struggle to keep up with MITRE ATT&CK framework
Despite its proven benefits for security, the MITRE ATT&CK framework is proving difficult for many, according to a joint study from McAfee and UC Berkeley Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2020
Fake news tops list of online concerns worldwide
Receiving false information is a greater worry than other online risks such as cyber bullying and fraud, says the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2020
HMRC warns locked-down freshers of ‘wave’ of tax scams
New university intake may be being targeted by cyber criminals amid Covid-19 confusion Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2020
FBI seized ‘legally privileged’ material from Ecuador Embassy, claims Julian Assange’s lawyer
The US struck a secret deal with Ecuador to seize WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s property from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London days before his arrest. The haul included legally privileged documents, says his solicitor Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2020
WikiLeaks led the way for newsrooms to use encryption to protect sources, says Italian journalist
Stefania Maurizi says in written evidence that Julian Assange pioneered the use of encryption by journalists to protect sources. Her work shows that the US put pressure on Italy to stop the extradition and prosecution of CIA officers responsible for the extrajudicial kidnapping and torture of an Egyptian cleric Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2020
Honesty is the best policy: Forging a security culture in the NHS
Clinician and technologist Sam Shah helped set up NHSX in 2019. Now he’s helping advance digital transformation in healthcare from the outside, and a big part of that is addressing security in the sector Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2020
Security pros face sanctions if they help ransomware victims pay
New advisory from the US government warns cyber insurance and incident response specialists that they could be skating on thin ice if they help ransomware victims pay their attackers off Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2020
Find and fix your Adobe Flash dependencies, says NCSC
As Adobe’s Flash Player approaches end-of-life, the National Cyber Security Centre is urging organisations to fix their Flash dependencies Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2020
Judge to give verdict on Julian Assange’s extradition after Christmas
Judge Vanessa Baraitser said today that she would make a ruling in early January on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2020
GitHub makes code vulnerability scanning feature public
Code-scanning service is now out of beta and generally available, helping teams to bake security into their code at the development stage Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2020
Julian Assange would be held with convicted terrorist Abu Hamza in supermax prison, court hears
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be held alongside convicted terrorist Abu Hamza in a supermax federal prison in Colorado, isolated from other prisoners, if he is extradited to the US, Old Bailey told Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2020
Threat actors becoming vastly more sophisticated
Malicious actors have been busily honing their craft and cyber security incidents are up across the board as a result, according to a Microsoft report Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2020
NatWest offers online banking customers free security services
Bank responds to a surge in cyber crime targeting users of online banking services Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2020
Sustrans opens door to NCSC cyber certification via the cloud
Sustainable transport charity turned to Qualys to help it attain needed certifications to bid for government work Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2020
TikTok ban stayed after last-minute court case
TikTok’s lawyers have staved off an imminent ban for the time being, after successfully arguing that it infringed rights guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2020
Police Scotland to set up new cyber crime centre
National Centre of Excellence will employ specially trained officers to tackle a vertiginous rise in cyber crime Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2020
Security now main driving force behind digital transformation
Organisations are urgently remodelling their core technology stack in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and this is pushing security to the top of the agenda Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2020
Forensic expert questions US claims that Julian Assange conspired to crack military password
Forensic computer expert Patrick Eller told the Old Bailey that US allegations that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attempted to decrypt a password to help former soldier Chelsea Manning leak sensitive government documents anonymously do not fit with the evidence Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Sep 2020
Covid-19 has changed how we think about cyber security forever
Six months into the global pandemic, the true impact on the future of cyber security is beginning to look clearer, says Microsoft’s Ann Johnson Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2020
‘Not unjust’ to extradite WilkiLeaks founder Julian Assange, court hears
Nigel Blackwood, NHS consultant psychiatrist, told the Old Bailey court that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had ‘moderate depression’ and autistic traits, but said they did not prevent his extradition Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2020
Government blasted over ‘reckless’ contact-tracing security
The Open Rights Group and Big Brother Watch accuse the government of endangering public health with a reckless attitude to contact-tracing data security Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2020
Race to patch as Microsoft confirms Zerologon attacks in the wild
Don’t be the organisation that made the headlines because it failed to patch. Microsoft says it is seeing cyber attacks ramping up around the Zerologon CVE-2020-1472 bug Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2020
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has Asperger syndrome and depression, court hears
Julian Assange is on the autistic spectrum and has a history of depression that would put him at risk of suicide if he is extradited to a US prison, psychiatrists tell the court Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2020
Video gamers barraged with cyber attacks
From credential stuffing to SQL injection and DDoS, video game producers and players are seeing massive volumes of cyber attacks Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2020
GDS reviewing Cloud First policy post-Schrems II
Review seeks to determine the future of government engagement with cloud hosting services as they relate to cross-border data flows Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2020
WikiLeaks published unredacted cables after password was disclosed in book
WikiLeaks published a cache of unredacted government cables after the publication of a book containing the password led to their publication on other parts of the internet, court told Continue Reading
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Opinion
21 Sep 2020
Why business resilience management should be high on the agenda
Business resilience management is key to business survival in the face of rapidly changing IT, cyber threat and regulatory environments Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2020
WikiLeaks cables showed US interfered in German torture investigation
Khalid El-Masri, a German citizen who was kidnapped and tortured by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity, told a court that disclosures by WikiLeaks showed that the US had intervened in a German judicial investigation into his treatment Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2020
Ex-NCSC boss Ciaran Martin joins cyber venture capital outfit
Outgoing NCSC CEO Ciaran Martin is to take up a new role guiding new investments in cyber security Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2020
Outgoing NCSC CEO: Ransomware threat kept us up at night
Former NCSC CEO Ciaran Martin sheds some light on some of the biggest cyber threats currently facing the UK Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2020
Rampant Kitten spent six years hacking Iranian dissidents
Details emerge of an ongoing campaign by Tehran-backed threat actors targeting dissidents and activists Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2020
Saudi Arabia sees cyber security boom as coronavirus bites
Saudi Arabian CIOs have been forced to increase their security posture as the Covid-19 pandemic transforms working methods Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2020
What are the habits of highly effective CISOs?
Data crunched by Gartner analysts reveals the behaviours that differentiate the top-performing chief information security officers from the pack Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Sep 2020
Security Think Tank: Edge security in the world of Covid-19
That datacentre security is a complex subject is not in doubt and, given the trend to move beyond centralised datacentre to distributed environments, this is not going to change. How can security professionals ensure such setups are just as secure as the traditional centralised model? Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Sep 2020
Security Think Tank: Edge datacentre security depends on specific needs
That datacentre security is a complex subject is not in doubt and, given the trend to move beyond centralised datacentres to distributed environments, this is not going to change. How can security professionals ensure such setups are just as secure as the traditional centralised model? Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2020
Lorca security scaleups to get Splunk data expertise
Lorca inducts Splunk onto its co-marketing programme, giving security scaleups access to new data expertise Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2020
Western Australia government goes all-in on Microsoft
State agencies in Western Australia will be able to tap Azure cloud services and cloud applications through a new Microsoft agreement Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2020
Gartner Security Summit: Covid-19 brings agile security to the fore
The evolving threat landscape is the top driver impacting cyber security during the next three to five years, and Covid-19 has accelerated the trend towards more agile security deployments Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Sep 2020
Security Think Tank: No secret sauce for edge security, just good practice
That datacentre security is a complex subject is not in doubt, and given the trend to move beyond centralised datacentres to distributed environments, this is not going to change. How can security professionals ensure such setups are just as secure as the traditional centralised model? Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2020
TikTok-Oracle partnership moves forward for consideration
Joint venture proposal could create thousands of jobs and secure TikTok’s future outside China Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2020
MEPs denied access as observers to Julian Assange extradition hearing
MEPs and NGOs say they have been denied access to observe extradition proceedings against WikiLeaks founder in Central Criminal Court Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 Sep 2020
CW Europe: IT expertise in banks’ boardrooms reduces risk, says European regulator
Banks have for many years been underpinned by vast IT operations, but in the age of digital banking the IT is now front, centre and back of operations. It is therefore surprising that there are relatively few IT professionals sitting on the boards of Europe’s big banks. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2020
Microsoft drops out of TikTok talks, paves way for Oracle partnership
Microsoft confirms it is dropping out of the running to acquire the US operations of TikTok, leaving the way clear for an imminent partnership deal with Oracle Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2020
Travel industry websites are laughably insecure, claims Which?
The travel industry is failing to take the data security of its customers seriously, according to a Which? investigation Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2020
Russian interference in US elections ramps up on schedule
With the critical US 2020 presidential election looming, Russian-state backed hackers are once again after organisations directly involved in political elections, launching thousands of targeted attacks Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2020
Cyber security is next frontier for open source
Open security will facilitate the interoperability and capabilities of cyber security tools while alleviating vendor lock-in for enterprises, says IBM Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2020
Datacentre firm Equinix investigating ransomware attack
A number of internal systems at cloud and datacentre firm Equinix have been affected by a ransomware attack Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2020
Government launches £500k healthcare security plan
A £500,000 funding pot from the government aims to help support small and mid-sized healthcare firms during the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2020
Assange prosecution would put journalists around the world at risk
Trevor Timm, co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, tells a court that if the US prosecutes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, every reporter who receives a secret document will be criminalised Continue Reading