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• Bringing Bridget Jones’ diary into the AI era

  Why Bridget Jones’s diary may be a better version of machine intelligence than the famous Turing Test  Continue Reading

• Data is the key to unlocking the UK’s AI potential

  Data has the potential to transform the British economy and AI could potentially increase the size of the UK’s GDP by £550bn by 2035  Continue Reading

• Automating public services - a careful approach

  Automation is increasingly integrated into public services, promising enhanced efficiency, cost savings, and improved service quality  Continue Reading

• Enterprises must stop GenAI experiments and start long-term strategies

  Steven Webb, chief technology & innovation officer, Capgemini UK argues for enterprise organisations to put aside GenAI experimentation and build long-term strategies with it  Continue Reading

• Safeguarding democracy from cyber threat peril  

  There has been an increase in disturbing activity emerging on the dark web involving the sale of public sector assets, including election data  Continue Reading

• Cyber Essentials at 10: Success or failure?

  The Cyber Essentials scheme passed its 10th anniversary in June 2024. CyberSmart's Adam Pilton reflects on progress and argues that more needs to be done to raise security awareness among Britain's small business community  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Securing today's ubiquitous cloud environment

  The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage  Continue Reading

• How Broadcom cemented its European cloud sovereignty credentials

  The owner of VMware targets flexible deployment options for European public cloud sovereignty  Continue Reading

• Why on-device AI Is the future of consumer and enterprise applications

  While it may seem logical to run AI workloads in the cloud, the emergence of AI on PC hardware provides a local compute alternative  Continue Reading

• Databricks bids to marry AI and BI

  At its recent Data+AI Summit, data platform provider Databricks introduced a product that might be a harbinger of a new wave of AI-backed Business Intelligence  Continue Reading

• The Post Office Offences Bill leaves much unresolved

  The passing of a law to exonerate most of the victims of the Post Office scandal was undoubtedly good news - but the next government must address the anomaly that left thirteen people outside its remit  Continue Reading

• AI and outsourcing: What’s the future for relationships and contracts? (Part two)

  In the second part of this two-part series, two technology lawyers offer guidance on what the integration of artificial intelligence in IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing will mean for customers and providers in outsourcing ...  Continue Reading

• Why AI is talking politics this year

  AI is already playing a part in this year’s General Election - for good and bad  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation - the missing government mission?

  Not for the first time, an incoming government has an enormous opportunity to improve public services through digital transformation - but whoever wins the general election will need to learn the lessons of the past  Continue Reading

• We need a judge-led inquiry into police spying on journalists and lawyers

  When journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were wrongly arrested in 2018, their case led to the discovery of a widespread police surveillance operation targeting journalists and lawyers in Northern Ireland. Barry McCaffrey tells the story  Continue Reading

• Cloud security: Finding the right provider to protect your data

  This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage.  Continue Reading

• Gartner: Navigating incident response in the cloud

  In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud security, incident response strategies must be as dynamic and flexible as the environments they protect  Continue Reading

• AI and outsourcing: What’s the future? (Part one)

  Artificial intelligence is a hot topic in the outsourcing industry, with some predicting that it will revolutionise IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing, while others warn of its potential dangers and challenges  Continue Reading

• Data leakage in the cloud – can data truly be safe in the cloud?

  This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage.  Continue Reading

• How to ensure public cloud services are used safely and securely

  This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage.  Continue Reading

• True cloud security requires in-depth understanding

  This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage.  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: The cloud just got more complicated

  This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage.  Continue Reading

• Building a more secure, and sustainable, open source ecosystem

  In April 2024, the discovery of an intentionally-placed backdoor in the open source XZ Utils data compression caused concern. Sentry's Chad Whitacre says a more thoughtful approach is needed to balance the individual freedom and creativity of open ...  Continue Reading

• Leadership accountability is key to diversifying talent

  Awareness is not enough - building a diverse and inclusive organisation requires leadership  Continue Reading

• Uncomfortable truth about agile transformations

  With 94% of all agile transformations failing, we look at some engineering practices that promise to cut software project failure rates  Continue Reading

• Proposed AI Bill scuppered by general election – so what comes next?

  Lord Chris Holmes explains why he intends to bring his Private Member's Bill on AI back to Parliament once the new government is in place  Continue Reading

• Post Office scandal: What is a systemic error?

  For those following the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, confused about what makes a computer error systemic, IT expert James Christie explains  Continue Reading

• How to avoid joining the Dead Java Code Society

  Unused or dead Java code is bogging down software engineers and developers, causing weird dependencies and security risks. Eric Costlow of Azul shares some advice on how to avoid becoming a member of a rather unpleasant club  Continue Reading

• AI governance needs global approach

  Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the UN agency, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) argues that AI governance needs a world-wide approach  Continue Reading

• How the next government could rewire the state

  Overhauling the way government uses and exchanges data could dramatically improve public services  Continue Reading

• IT Sustainability Think Tank: Helping CIOs and IT directors navigate the green IT landscape

  CIOs and IT leaders must take action now to ensure they have an accurate overview of the carbon emissions, energy use and sustainability of their organisation's overall activities. But how should they go about this?  Continue Reading

• IT Sustainability Think Tank: How CIOs can navigate the green IT landscape

  CIOs and IT leaders must take action now to ensure they have an accurate overview of the carbon emissions, energy use and sustainability of their organisation's overall activities. But how should they go about this?  Continue Reading

• The UK may not have a choice on a ransomware payment ban

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Embracing Industry 4.0? Don’t overlook Cloud ERP

  With the convergence of digitisation, wireless sensors, 5G networking, automation, and powerful processing, Industry 4.0 is redefining manufacturing  Continue Reading

• Zero Trust: Unravelling the enigma and charting the future

  A special interest group aims to start a long-overdue discourse on the merits, dangers, costs, and development of Zero Trust and IAM in information security  Continue Reading

• Enhance identity controls before banning ransomware payments

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Government plans to scan bank accounts of disabled people will lead to another scandal

  The government is sleepwalking into another scandal as it pushes plans for ‘bank scanning’ algorithms to monitor bank accounts of disabled people  Continue Reading

• Gen AI: what we know and don’t know, what excites us, what scares us

  GenAI is probably the most exciting technology development since the creation of the internet but its essential businesses put in the right controls  Continue Reading

• Embrace alternative education pathways for cyber success

  Shifting focus toward passion, adaptability, and a willingness to learn can revolutionise talent acquisition, fostering a more diverse and effective cyber security force.  Continue Reading

• Making end-user computing more sustainable

  Identifying endpoint assets, implementing virtual desktops and using refurbished equipment are some of the ways to manage the environmental sustainability of endpoint devices  Continue Reading

• IT Sustainability Think Tank: How CIOs can measure their carbon emissions and energy use

  CIOs and IT leaders must take action now to ensure they have an accurate overview of the carbon emissions, energy use and sustainability of their organisation's overall activities. But how should they go about this?  Continue Reading

• Better hygiene may mitigate the need to ban ransomware payments

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Are we ready for the era of the ‘sentient’ document?

  This year is set to be the automation of documents since the invention of the printing press. Content control is key  Continue Reading

• IT Sustainability Think Tank: Calculating IT equipment capacity – the challenging path forward

  CIOs and IT leaders must take action now to ensure they have an accurate overview of the carbon emissions, energy use and sustainability of their organisation's overall activities. But how should they go about this?  Continue Reading

• Ransomware payment bans need universal buy-in

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Maybe let's negotiate with terrorists

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• SuiteConnect London 2024: GenAI everywhere the refrain

  Oracle NetSuite’s Evan Goldberg and Oracle’s business applications head Steve Miranda shared thoughts on the GenAI state of play Brian McKenna on recent customer conferences visits to London  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Cyber sector, you have failed this community

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Questions for IT and cyber leaders from the CSRB Microsoft report

  The US government's CSRB report on last year's state sponsored cyber attacks on Microsoft raises significant concerns for Redmond and its customers. Expert Owen Sayers outlines five key questions IT and cyber security leaders should now consider  Continue Reading

• IT Sustainability Think Tank: Sustainable innovation key to carbon emissions transparency

  CIOs and IT leaders must take action now to ensure they have an accurate overview of the carbon emissions, energy use and sustainability of their organisation's overall activities. But how should they go about this?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Approaches to ransomware need a course correction

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• How 5G technology can help ignite the creative spark

  Have you ever reached for a special bottle of wine only to realise the bottle opener is nowhere to be found? So much potential but no way to access it. In a way, it’s a problem affecting businesses right now regarding comms  Continue Reading

• 2024 election security: Confronting disinformation and deepfakes

  Although disinformation and deepfakes are a threat to electoral integrity, we already have ways to counter emerging threats and there is an opportunity is to adapt and scale these approaches to counter the challenge to democracy, writes Saj Huq.  Continue Reading

• Assessing the sustainability of cloud AI services

  Using AI-optimised hardware and minimising data movements are some of the ways to mitigate the environmental impact of using cloud AI platforms  Continue Reading

• Threat actors look to stolen credentials

  In 2023, threat actors wrought havoc on corporate networks by logging in through valid accounts, and as bad actors begin investing in AI to help them identify priority targets, this problem is only expected to worsen in the future  Continue Reading

• AI tapped for citizen outreach as India goes to the polls

  Political parties in this year’s high-stakes elections are leveraging AI for the first time, but measures to curtail misuse must continue to evolve with the rapid developments of the technology  Continue Reading

• Software AG IUG 2024: Process mining as GenAI democratisation candidate

  The Software AG International User Groups conference in Dublin heard about how generative AI large language models could democratise business process mining and management  Continue Reading

• How Prospect Theory helps us understand software disasters

  By understanding the human psychology behind IT system failures that directly impact people, we can better protect ourselves  Continue Reading

• Five key principles for data insight success

  Five key principles for using data to grow your organisation  Continue Reading

• Startups: how to navigate at high velocity

  When up to 90% of startups fail, tech entrepreneurs must do something different to get a different result and to be part of the 10%  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Banning ransomware payments is not so straightforward

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: How to tackle the scourge of ransomware?

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Ransomware lessons from the armed forces

  In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.  Continue Reading

• Facial recognition endangers us all without a clear legal basis

  Technology researcher Stephanie Hare outlines the growing danger of the UK’s failure to legalise and regulate facial recognition technology  Continue Reading

• A local government GDS might work - but only on top of standard technology

  The old debate about an equivalent of the Government Digital Service for local authorities has swung round again - but it will only ever work if it's founded on common standards and technologies  Continue Reading

• Balancing regulation and innovation to ensure the UK remains a global leader in AI

  The EU has taken a lead in regulating artificial intelligence through its AI Act - the UK government needs to respond or it risks losing the UK's status as an AI innovation frontrunner  Continue Reading

• Bit by Bit: Novel techniques to shrink AI's carbon footprint

  We look at some of the new techniques that promise to reduce energy usage of AI by 65%  Continue Reading

• Board-level buy-in: preparing cyber defences the right way

  The cyber security function isn’t a back office team that is never seen and never heard. To truly protect the company, cyber security touches every corner of the business, and it starts from the top  Continue Reading

• How to stop data from driving government mad

  The Institute for Government has recommended reforms to the way Number 10 operates - and a new way of managing and using data in the AI age is central to its proposals  Continue Reading

• Digital government: problems on the horizon

  Are government’s digital programmes becoming the next Post Office Horizon scandal?  Continue Reading

• A new security partnership to build a silicon valley in South Wales

  The £140m acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by American firm Vishay is to be welcomed but the UK needs needs security, stability and strategic investment to grow our domestic semiconductor capability, writes Alun Cairns MP  Continue Reading

• How to address third-party risk to ensure business resiliency

  Identifying third-party risks, determining risk controls and treating third-parties as allies are some of the ways to address the risks associated with third-party transactions and business engagements  Continue Reading

• How Southeast Asia’s largest bank is riding the AI wave

  DBS has scaled its AI capabilities across all parts of its business to deliver tangible outcomes and productivity gains  Continue Reading

• Going up? Senior tech pay trends – and how to influence them

  Salaries for CIOs and senior IT professionals have continued to grow despite tough economic conditions. What can you expect in 2024?  Continue Reading

• Navigating digital transformation in healthcare

  Beverley Bryant, The CDIO of of Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, shares insights from their joint digital transformation journey: the Apollo project  Continue Reading

• How can we adapt work practices to protect CISO mental health?

  Cyber leaders are finding it harder to keep up with security requirements than just two years ago, risking a domino effect of dissatisfaction, burnout and eventually, resignation  Continue Reading

• Bouncing back from a cyber attack

  Organisations need to move away from victim blaming when cyber attacks on OT systems occur and focus on fostering collaboration between teams to minimise downtime, among other efforts to bounce back and return to business  Continue Reading

• Why AI will push enterprises to eliminate the silos that slow innovation

  Generative AI offers a way to transform developer productivity, by expediting a cultural shift in the way enterprises organise themselves  Continue Reading

• Executives must face down state-sponsored hacking groups targeting firmware

  State-backed groups have ratcheted up the pressure for cyber security professionals and executives. But that’s not an excuse to cede them the territory.  Continue Reading

• A decade after breaking HMRC’s Aspire deal, the Post Office scandal exposes glaring similarities

  HM Revenue & Customs finally broke from its £800m a year Aspire contract in 2016 - and the reasons have parallels with the Post Office scandal. Will government ever learn?  Continue Reading

• The Post Office Scandal: Drawing parallels between Horizon and the UK cloud market

  With the ongoing fallout from the Post Office scandal, questions are being asked about whether the UK government looks set to repeat the mistakes of the past based on its reliance on the cloud technologies of several major US hyperscalers  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: The phishing forecast for 2024

  Egress' Jack Chapman and James Dyer explore how phishing attacks are set to grow in their scope and sophistication this year, with generative AI playing a big role  Continue Reading

• Three predictions for responding to the cyber threat landscape in 2024

  Nominet's Kim Wiles looks to the coming months and calls for cooperation and collaboration on tackling cyber security threats  Continue Reading

• Resetting digital government

  After years of trying to digitally transform the public sector, with varying degrees of success, could a change of government finally herald a new and better approach?  Continue Reading

• The Post Office scandal shows how much AI can and must help humans

  There has been much speculation about the potential for a future AI disaster after the role of IT in the Post Office scandal - but the way to avoid this is to make sure AI and humans work hand in hand  Continue Reading

• AI everywhere all at once

  Artificial intelligence became mainstream in 2023. Advances in technology and accessibility led to increased awareness and use of AI  Continue Reading

• Microsoft hack: Five questions enterprises should ask their IT leaders

  Following the news about a Russia-backed hacking group infiltrating Microsoft's systems, enterprises may want to seek assurances from their IT and security leaders about the implications of the attack for them  Continue Reading

• The shifting winds of SAP's cloud strategy

  In 2023, SAP's strategic pivot towards cloud-centric innovation produced a wave of discontent among its vast on-premises customer base  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Expect more from GenAI in 2024

  But 2024 also feels slightly different; the past 12 months have seen generative AI burst on to the scene, and this year its impact will continue to be felt, says Turnkey Consulting's Harshini Carey.  Continue Reading

• Quantum, AI and geopolitical conflict: '24 will be a big year for cyber

  With big trends like quantum, generative AI and geopolitical conflict, 2024 looks set to be a big year in security, but defenders have an unparalleled opportunity to harness these trends for good, says Quorum's Federico Charosky  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: What to expect in cyber this year

  Risk arising from insecure generative AI, an explosion in mainstream acceptance of zero-trust, and increasingly tight cyber insurance policies will all be high on the agenda in 2024, writes Forrester senior analyst Alla Valente  Continue Reading

• Bulk sender authentication: More vital than ever

  With new guidelines from Google and Yahoo governing bulk emails coming into force in February 2024, here's what you need to know to keep your sales and marketing lists compliant  Continue Reading

• The race to regulate AI: 2024 unpacked

  EU’s AI Act is set to become ‘gold standard’ of AI regulation. Will other countries adopt the same high standards or like the UK opt for a light touch in favour of growth and investment?  Continue Reading

• Mitigating the risks of modern application development

  Organisations need to have visibility over their software supply chain, secure and monitor interfaces to legacy systems and adopt zero trust to mitigate the risks of modern application development  Continue Reading

• IT Sustainability Think Tank: Why 2024 should be less about predicting and more about acting

  With 2023 now behind us, it is time to look ahead at what enterprise leaders should be focusing their IT sustainability efforts on during the year ahead  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: 2024 is the year we bridge the cyber divide

  ISACA's Steven Sim Kok Leong shares his thoughts on the coming year in cyber security, considering the impact of regulatory change, the evolving role of the CISO, and advances in innovative cyber tech  Continue Reading

• Tech trends: what will be hot in 2024?

  Five major technology trends for 2024  Continue Reading

• Powering up cyber security defences with AI

  AI holds great promise when it comes to securing valuable, and vulnerable, data, but security teams face some challenges if they are to get the best out of it, writes IBM’s Christopher Meenan  Continue Reading

• AI will create a thousand Post Office scandals

  Critical computing expert Dan McQuillan weighs in on the proliferation of artificial intelligence throughout the public sector and the potential this opens up for a slew of new IT scandals  Continue Reading

• 2024: The year Generative AI is let out of its cage  

  Instead of worrying about AI taking over their jobs perhaps people should wonder if their work will be taken over by a new starter who knows how to use AI.    Continue Reading