Videos
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In The Current Issue:
- UKtech50 2019 – the most influential people in UK technology
- UKtech50 2019 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind
- Changes in the CI/CD pipeline
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Unified threat management vs. intrusion prevention systems
In this video, Joel Snyder of Opus One talks about how unified threat management stacks up against an intrusion prevention system. Snyder reveals the best options for both midmarket organizations and larger enterprises.
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Web application firewall: Protection against most security vulnerabilities?
Hugh Thompson, founder and chief security strategist at People Security, reviews why WAFs alone are not strong enough to tackle today's Web application threats.
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Video: When the enterprise architect meets the business
Gartner recommends that enterprise architects ensure their IT strategy fits in with the needs of the business.
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Video: The security risks of poor quality code - Stuart Okin, managing director of Comsec
Clean code has less bugs and less expose to hackers. If businesses can reduce coding errors they can effectively improve IT security.
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The value of an intrusion prevention system against a Web attack
Yes, an IPS only protects against known attacks, but a little protection goes a long way. Joel Snyder of Opus One takes a few minutes to talk about the true value of intrusion prevention systems.
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Video: I'm an iPhone and I'm an N97
The main pluses are that the Apple iPhone is cool, good user interface, great apps and iTunes while the Nokia N97 has a full qwerty keyboard, 32GB hard disk (expandable to 48GB), great battery life (you can remove the battery) and a 5 megapixel camera.
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The real reasons behind data backup disk failure
Hugh Thompson, chief security strategist and founder of the consultancy People Security, tells a funny story about how one secretary's innocent mistake was the reason behind a series of suspicious 'media error' messages.
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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Navigating to the Moon and back - Apollo 11 programmer describes the challenges
Pat Norris was among the programmers who worked on the Apollo 11 mission that sent Neil Amstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the Moon. He tells Computer Weekly what really happened.
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Video: IT-CMF: a new tool to help CIOs demonstrate the business value of IT
Calculating the return on investment (ROI) of any IT project is not just a buzz phrase as a mantra in IT management circles.
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Social networks and spear phishing attacks
Are your employees giving up valuable corporate information on social networking sites? Graham Cluley, senior consultant at Sophos Inc., explains how hackers can use data commonly found on LinkedIn to carry out effective spear phishing attacks.
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Video: British Airways CIO Paul Coby discusses T5 and recession-busting technology
The airline business has faced a difficult couple of years. First, rising fuel prices have reduced profits, and then the financial crisis hit revenues as passengers opted not to fly.
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Video: What makes a company one of the best places to work in IT in the UK?
Two winners at the Computer Weekly Best Places to Work in IT awards, IDIS and Network Rail detail some of the ways they provide a working environment IT professionals appreciate.
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New SQL injection attacks and defense
Lenny Zeltser, security consulting leader at Savvis Inc., explains how some are using SQL injection to actually embed new content, particularly HTML code.
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Video: CIOs could do more to align IT with business
Forrester principal analyst Bobby Cameron believes that CIOs are too focused on measures of IT efficiency and performance, and pay too little attention to the results technology can bring to the organisation.
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Video: How to run a global IT operation
Brian Franz oversees IT operations at Diageo, the international drinks company, and believes that an IT operation needs to combine the economies of scale and efficiencies of a single system with the flexibility to allows local business units to use the right technology for them.
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Video: See the 1.4 second journey of a card payment
See the 1.4 second journey of a card payment slowed to two minutes. If you don't think technology touches all of our lives every day then watch this video.
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Video: Mobile workforce management with Addison Lee and Cognito
Addison Lee is London's leading minicab company with over 2,200 premium minicabs operating around the clock, 365 days a year. The revolutionary allocation software was developed by Addison Lee and with the support of Cognito’s mobile integration solution has enabled Addison Lee to nearly halve customer booking times whilst dispatching the nearest car from anywhere in central London.
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Video: What risks do IT directors face when outsourcing and using cloud computing?
Jon Fell, Partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, discusses outsourcing and cloud computing in the current climate as well what legal challenges IT directors face when assessing the risk.
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Video: Interview with Steve Palmer, Head of ICT at Hillingdon Council
Steve Palmer, head of ICT at the London Borough of Hillingdon , discusses the changing role of the CIO in the public sector.
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Video: Infosec 2009 - How do you manage mobile security?
Michael Brown, director of product management at Blackberry Security, discusses managing mobile security.
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Video: Infosec 2009 - David Blunkett, MP, discusses cybersecurity
David Blunkett, MP and former Home Secretary, discusses the role of the security industry in cybersecurity and how its critical that process is tackled as well, paying particular attention to training and education.
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Video: Infosec 2009 - First impressions of the year's biggest Information Security event
Infosec 2009 moved venue to Earls Court from Olympia. Organisers Reed Exhibitions said the bigger venue saw visitor numbers up by 10% on the first two days of 2009, compared with 2008.
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Video: Bitchbuzz founder discusses role of women in IT
Cate Sevilla, founder of bitchbuzz.com, discusses the thorny issue of why more women don't work in IT.
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Video: Tips on developing iPhone Apps
How do you go about developing iPhone apps?