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• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  Lloyds Bank joins industry IT standards group

  UK banking giant Lloyds Banking Group has joined an industry group which promotes global IT standards

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  Almost three-quarters of cyber attacks involve ransomware

  Data from Sophos’s annual Active Adversary Report reveals that almost three-quarters of the cyber security incidents it responded to in 2022 involved ransomware

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  UAE improves healthcare through information technology

  Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates are increasing their emphasis on new, smart technologies to modernise healthcare services

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  How non-fungible tokens can be used to manage health data

  Non-fungible tokens will give patients more ownership and control over their health data and improve its transparency in healthcare research, according to SingHealth clinicians

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  Most IT staff uncomfortable deploying surveillance tech at work

  The IT teams responsible for deploying and running digital surveillance in workplaces say they are uncomfortable with “extremely common” practice of spying on colleagues, research finds

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  UK government urged to publish findings of umbrella company market consultation

  Contracting market industry stakeholders are questioning why it’s taking the UK government so long to publish the findings of its consultation about how the umbrella industry operates

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  Emergency alert test review confirmed after ‘small number’ of mobile users excluded

  In wake of emergency alert test on 23 April, government confirms review into why some 4G and 5G mobile phones were excluded

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  Amazon Web Services selects 14 startups for space accelerator

  The cohort of startups will use AWS and its resources to accelerate the research and development of their technologies and boost their growth

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  IT Priorities 2023: Balancing end user productivity and IT budgets

  End user computing is being driven by future of work initiatives to support hybrid work patterns

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  Finland and Estonia deepen cross-border digital partnerships

  Finland and Estonia, two global tech pioneers, are increasingly sharing their expertise

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  Prepare for hybrid cloud headaches

  IT will often need to run different workloads on-premise or in multiple cloud environments

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  Biases keep Dutch girls out of STEM and IT

  Unconscious stereotypes and bias still ensure few girls in the Netherlands choose to study engineering or IT. Government, education and businesses need to make significant steps to turn this around

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  Tech’s gender pay gap begins to return to pre-pandemic levels

  The pandemic has eased some of the pay gaps that exist in the UK’s technology sector, including those between men and women, and the north and the south

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  UK biometrics watchdog questions police cloud deployments

  The UK biometrics commissioner has warned that policing and justice bodies must be able to demonstrate ‘immediately and unequivocally’ that their cloud deployments are lawful

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  Swedish university demos quantum chemistry simulation

  A quantum computer, named after a slaughtered pig, is being used to test a new approach to modelling quantum chemistry

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: New advice on smart city security issued

  The NCSC and key allies have drawn up new guidance to help communities balance the cyber security risks involved with creating smart cities

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  Prototype cyber tech has revolutionary potential

  The so-called CHERI protection model developed at the University of Cambridge is showing great promise for future cyber security technologies

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Online Safety Bill could pose risk to encryption technology used by Ukraine

  CEO of encrypted messaging service Element says Online Safety Bill could pose a risk to the encrypted comms systems used by Ukraine

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Bumblebee malware flies on the wings of Zoom and ChatGPT

  Bumblebee malware, often used as a stepping stone to ransomware, is now spreading via trojanised installers for popular software applications

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  UK Emergency Alert Test sparks cyber fraud warning

  Fraudsters and scammers are likely to use the upcoming test of the UK's new mobile Emergency Alert system as bait in their attacks, while misinformation and conspiracy theories spread

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  #MumsWhoCode recognises tech employers supporting new parents

  Campaign #MumsWhoCode, made up of Code First Girls and the MotherBoard Movement, has published a list of tech firms making an effort to support employees with families

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  3CX incident may be world’s first double supply chain attack

  It’s supply chain attacks all the way down as Mandiant publishes information suggesting that the 3CX software supply chain compromise was initiated via a prior software supply chain compromise

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Banks don’t want to develop fintech in-house

  Banks are increasingly partnering with fintechs to gain access to their platforms, with few interested in developing such capabilities in-house

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Good Friday Agreement key to growth of Northern Ireland cyber hub

  Now 25 years since the historic Good Friday Agreement ended the Troubles, Northern Ireland has become a flourishing centre of cyber security excellence and has ambitions to grow further

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  SDIA applauds EU-led push to make datacentres reuse waste heat and report environmental data

  The European Parliament and European Council have finalised the text of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), which will see datacentre operators in member states forced to publicly disclose more environmental data and pressured to reuse their ...

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  New GovAssure cyber regime launches across UK government

  An enhanced cyber security regime is being put in place to better protect UK government IT systems from growing threats

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  UK SMEs are the most tech savvy in Europe

  UK SMEs have taken to contactless payments faster than their counterparts in continental Europe

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  ‘Inadequate data’ holding enterprises back from making progress on ESG goals, IBM study finds

  IBM survey shines light on barriers stopping enterprises from realising their ESG goals, as well as how consumer attitudes are affected

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Huawei: rethinking approaches to networks and computing is critical

  Comms tech giant Huawei kicks off 20th Global Analyst Summit affirming commitment to connectivity, computing, storage and cloud and how strategic objectives of industry should drive digital transformation

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Capita customer data was stolen in March ransomware attack

  Capita says it has uncovered evidence of data exfiltration from a small proportion of its server estate following a cyber attack at the end of March

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  EE claims ‘monster’ 4G connectivity for further 1,500 UK rural communities

  BT-owned mobile operator claims milestone under government’s Shared Rural Network programme and announces expansion of 4G network to 1,500 rural communities across UK

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Halfords tools up for consistent experiences with AI-driven wired and wireless access

  Motoring and cycling retailer reduces network-related trouble tickets and improves uptime in garages and stores after deploying artificial intelligence-driven network access

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: Ukraine offers masterclass in withstanding cyber war

  Russian cyber activity has seen an unprecedented evolution in scale and pace over the past year, but Ukraine’s resilience has enabled it to mount a masterful response, says the NCSC

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: Irresponsible use of commercial hacking tools a rising threat

  Commercial cyber tools and hackers-for-hire pose a growing threat to organisations and individuals worldwide, according to an NCSC report

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Volvo gets into gear with Qualcomm to drive connectivity for EX90 Excellence

  Mobile chip and platform provider’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis deployed by car giant to enable highly connected driving experiences in EX90 and EX90 Excellence vehicles

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  TUC says government is failing to protect workers from AI harms

  TUC issues warning about artificial intelligence leading to more widespread workplace discrimination if the right checks are not put in place

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Orange joins forces with industry, academia to build French quantum comms

  Leading telco joins industry leaders, start-ups and academic players announce the official launch of a programme in charge of deploying Quantum secure communications networks in France.

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  UK plc sees fewer cyber breaches and attacks, but lacks resilience

  Latest government figures reveal UK businesses and charities reported lower volumes of cyber breaches and attacks over the past 12 months, but the statistics mask widespread underreporting and the true state of cyber readiness and resilience appears...

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Surrey and Sussex police spared fines after recording 200,000 phone calls without people’s knowledge

  Police forces escape potential £1m fines following change of policy by ICO to protect the finances of public sector bodies

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  IT Priorities 2023: Budget optimism among EMEA IT leaders

  IT leaders across the EMEA region are optimistic that their budgets will increase over the coming year

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: NCSC launches Cyber Advisor service for SMEs

  The UK’s NCSC has launched an industry assurance scheme designed to address the needs of SMEs, and is calling for potential advisors to step up and help out

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: NCSC CEO calls for collaboration and warns against complacency

  NCSC boss Lindy Cameron kicked off the annual CyberUK conference in Belfast with a plea for collaboration and a warning against complacency

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  IR35 a ‘threat’ to UK’s bid to become science and tech superpower, contracting authority warns

  After the government set out plans to become a science and tech superpower, Qdos CEO warns its ambitions could come to nothing if fundamental flaws in IR35 remain unfixed

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Global finance firms take part in NATO cyber attack simulation

  Global financial services organisations take part in NATO annual event which simulates cyber attacks on critical infrastructure

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Cisco urges users to keep its network hardware up-to-date

  In the wake of a campaign of threat activity targeting a six-year-old Cisco router vulnerability, the networking giant has warned users to be on high alert and update their hardware

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: Alert over mercenary Russian threat to CNI

  Russian hacktivists supportive of their government’s war on Ukraine are turning their attention to disruptive or destructive attacks on critical infrastructure in the UK, the NCSC has warned

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  2022 becomes ‘graduation year’ as 5G reaches global tipping point

  Seventh annual 5G progress report from provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions finds 47 of world’s 70 largest economies now have active 5G networks, with diverse and widespread interest in mmWave across the globe

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Oracle dials up supply chain automation, adds ‘Grow’ to HCM

  Oracle announces enhancements to Fusion for supply chain automation and employee experience, coincident with Oracle CloudWorld Tour in London

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  QlikWorld 2023: Capone asserts expanded economic mission for data analytics

  Mike Capone, chief executive of data analytics supplier Qlik, marks company’s 30-year anniversary with claim for a mission expanded beyond data visualisation, at the supplier’s global conference in Las Vegas

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  How organisations can succeed with zero trust

  By starting small, taking a long-term view and prioritising the most critical assets in their zero-trust implementations, organisations will be able to reap returns from their investments in the security paradigm