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News
14 Nov 2024
Virtual wards to digital feedback: the Nordic approach to post-pandemic healthcare
Post-pandemic healthcare is benefitting from Nordic tech foresight, with the country bringing digital change to the world’s health sector to allow for more remote care Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2024
Digitisation forum launched ahead of Norway’s digital strategy
Norway's government is preparing itself for the future by establishing an advisory hub to support its digital strategies Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Oct 2024
Rise of the cyber clones: When seeing isn’t believing
It is frighteningly easy to clone someone else's identity using readily-available artificial intelligence tools Continue Reading
By- Jake Moore, ESET
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News
03 Oct 2024
Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad blood
Former Post Office chief transformation officer’s evidence to the public inquiry reveals organisation’s strained relationship with main IT supplier Fujitsu Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
02 Oct 2024
Amazon Mechanical Turk workers suspended without explanation
A likely glitch in Amazon Payments resulted in hundreds of Mechanical Turk workers being suspended from the platform without proper explanation or pay Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
02 Oct 2024
Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash
Revelation is latest evidence of the Post Office’s struggles to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon software used in branches Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
01 Oct 2024
Post Office ditches MoneyGram after cyber attack
The Post Office offered a short extension to enable it to asses the impact of the MoneyGram cyber incident, but the contract has now expired and MoneyGram services are no longer available in Post Office branches Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
01 Oct 2024
Cyber teams say they can’t keep up with attack volumes
Over 60% of European security pros say their teams are understaffed, and over 50% don’t have enough budget, according to data from ISACA Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Opinion
30 Sep 2024
The cyber industry needs to accept it can't eliminate risk
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading
By- Paul Lewis, Nominet
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News
30 Sep 2024
Investigation finds 'reasonable likelihood' Post Office Capture software caused accounting losses
An independent forensic analysis finds the predecessor to Horizon IT system was also likely to have caused shortfalls for which subpostmasters were blamed, years before the Post Office scandal Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Opinion
27 Sep 2024
Defaulting to open: Decoding the (very public) CrowdStrike event
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading
By- Elliott Wilkes, ACDS
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Opinion
27 Sep 2024
Cyber companies need a best practice approach to major incidents.
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading
By- Andy Bridden and Ashley Barker, PA Consulting
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News
27 Sep 2024
More parallels between Post Office Capture and Horizon scandal revealed
Post Office dramatically increased the number of investigations into subpostmasters after Capture Software was introduced Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
26 Sep 2024
Subpostmasters living years with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office, inquiry told
Continued errors with the Horizon system mean subpostmasters have unresolved account shortfalls hanging over them for years Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
26 Sep 2024
Fujitsu accused of ‘paying lip service’ to Post Office scandal victims
Victims of the Horizon scandal believe Fujitsu’s offer of support to be a 'box-ticking' exercise with no commitments, nine months after seemingly heartfelt pledges Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
25 Sep 2024
NetApp E-series: Not part of the big message, but here to stay, says CEO
We asked NetApp about its high-performance computing-focused E-series block storage arrays and found inconsistent messaging but ultimately a commitment from CEO George Kurian to retain it Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
25 Sep 2024
Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member
Post Office IT procurement mistakes have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money, non-executive board member tells public inquiry Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
24 Sep 2024
Unique malware sample volumes seen surging
BlackBerry’s latest ‘Global threat intelligence’ report details a surge in unique malware samples as threat actors ramp up the pace of targeted attacks Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Opinion
24 Sep 2024
How to respond when your cyber company becomes the story
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading
By- Stephen McDermid
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News
24 Sep 2024
Pure punts raft of unifying features in FlashBlade file and object
Features are aimed at Pure’s file and object architecture with functionality based on software that aids management at system level Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
24 Sep 2024
Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement
Post Office IT team and executives slammed for rushing into tech hardware purchase while eyeing a discount Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
24 Sep 2024
NetApp maintains push to data management for AI
From data storage to intelligent data infrastructure – that’s the plan from NetApp, which has announced data curation for artificial intelligence as well as additions to its ASA and FAS storage arrays Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
23 Sep 2024
Microsoft shares progress on Secure Future Initiative
Microsoft has published a progress report on its Secure Future Initiative, launched last year in the wake of multiple security incidents, and made a series of commitments to improve its internal cyber culture Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Opinion
23 Sep 2024
Security Think Tank: Win back lost trust by working smarter
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading
By- Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber
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News
23 Sep 2024
Fujitsu faces financial challenges, with doubts over its commitment to righting Post Office wrongs
Fujitsu worker tells Computer Weekly that firm only cares about shareholders and not subpostmaster suffering Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
23 Sep 2024
Home Office eVisa scheme is ‘broken’, says Open Rights Group
Digital rights campaigners say the Home Office’s plan to make its new electronic Visa scheme a real-time online-only process is part and parcel of the 'hostile environment' around immigration status Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Opinion
23 Sep 2024
Gartner: Mitigating security threats in AI agents
Agents represent a step-change in the use of artificial intelligence in the enterprise - as attendees at Salesforce's annual conference saw first hand this month - but do not come without their risks Continue Reading
By- Avivah Litan, Gartner
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News
23 Sep 2024
Metro Bank outsources IT to Infosys to cut costs and digitally transform
Indian IT services giant taken on to support Metro Bank’s digital transformation in multi-year deal Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
23 Sep 2024
Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters
A quarter of today’s subpostmasters are ‘very dissatisfied’ with how the current Horizon IT system works Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
20 Sep 2024
UN body urges ‘globally inclusive and distributed’ AI governance
A United Nations body set up to investigate the international governance of AI says the nature of how the technology currently operates requires a global approach to regulation that prioritises equity and inclusion Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Opinion
20 Sep 2024
CrowdStrike incident shows we need to rethink cyber
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce
At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
18 Sep 2024
Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown
Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
18 Sep 2024
Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity
Public sector and IT industry figures gathered at TechUK’s 10th annual Building the Smarter State event discussed how Labour’s ‘mission-driven’ policy approach can drive digital transformation efforts in the context of fresh austerity measures Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision
A stream of customers helped Salesforce make the case for its Agentforce artificial intelligence offering on the opening day of the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
18 Sep 2024
Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app
An international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Italy Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
17 Sep 2024
Toshiba follows the pack with launch of 24TB and 28TB HDDs
Several months behind Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba achieves the maximum possible in commercial HDDs and benefits from a speed boost over its rivals Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
17 Sep 2024
Fujitsu loses £50m in sales after Post Office scandal furore
Supplier of the controversial Horizon IT system has been hit by public outrage after the Post Office scandal became mainstream news Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Feature
16 Sep 2024
Will autonomous weapons make humans passive participants in war?
Experts warn the emergence and adoption of AI-powered military systems may eventually push battlefield decision-making beyond the limits of human cognition Continue Reading
By- Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly
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Feature
12 Sep 2024
Kubernetes disaster recovery: Five key questions
We look at disaster recovery for Kubernetes environments, the key challenges to deployment of K8s DR, the risks we aim to mitigate, how to build a plan and the key infrastructure requirements Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2024
Lord introduces bill to regulate public sector AI and automation
A private members’ bill seeking to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated technologies throughout the public sector has been brought to Parliament Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
12 Sep 2024
Data sharing for immigration raids ferments hostility to migrants
Data sharing between public and private bodies for the purposes of carrying out immigration raids helps to prop up the UK’s hostile environment by instilling an atmosphere of fear and deterring migrants from accessing public services Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
12 Sep 2024
Government receives report on second controversial Post Office IT system
Former subpostmasters suffered as a result of unexplained accounting shortfalls which they believe were caused by errors in Post Office Capture software, used before the controversial Horizon system Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
12 Sep 2024
UK and others sign first ‘binding’ treaty on AI and human rights
The UK, US and EU have all signed a treaty from the Council of Europe that aims to mitigate the threat AI poses to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but commentators say it lacks enforcement mechanisms and creates loopholes Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
11 Sep 2024
Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system
Pressured decision-making caused mistakes in the Post Office project to replace the system at the heart of national scandal Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
11 Sep 2024
Fujitsu cuts annual staff pay rise as Post Office scandal bites
UK staff morale is at an all-time low as Japanese IT giant deals with the backlash from its involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
09 Sep 2024
Post Office scandal victims given route to appeal unfair financial settlements
Subpostmasters who feel they received inadequate financial redress in the Horizon Shortfalls Scheme can appeal the settlements through a new independent process Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Opinion
09 Sep 2024
Developing nations need the UN cyber crime treaty to pass
The UN cyber crime treaty is flawed but represents a move in the right direction for developing nations seeking greater digital sovereignty Continue Reading
By- Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly
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Feature
04 Sep 2024
Cloud repatriation: How to do it successfully
The keys to reverse migration success include workload selection, how to prepare your on-premise infrastructure and future-proofing the decision to come back in-house Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2024
Post Office and Fujitsu malevolence and incompetence means huge final taxpayers’ bill
The human tragedy caused by the Post Office scandal cannot be measured, but the total financial cost will be well beyond the £1bn set aside by the government Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Feature
03 Sep 2024
Key-value flash targets more efficient data storage
We look at key-value storage, which promises much greater I/O efficiency and longer flash drive lifespans, but may be constrained by limited use cases and lukewarm productisation efforts Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
03 Sep 2024
Flash prices drop as drive production increases but demand lags
Flash prices were high in the early part of this year as a result of manufacturer production squeezes but have since dropped because demand has been slack, with flash now costing just under 10 cents per gigabyte Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
03 Sep 2024
Nationwide development platform uses Red Hat technology
Building society is speeding up its software releases through Red Hat cloud application development platform Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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E-Zine
03 Sep 2024
The politics of techno-refusal
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we learn about the politics of techno-refusal and the lessons to be learned from a group of IT workers who spent the early 1980s sabotaging tech infrastructure. Following the controversy around Broadcom’s purchase of VMware, we examine some alternative virtualisation solutions. And our latest buyer’s guide looks at the state of software-defined wide-area networking. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2024
UK and Ukraine digital trade deal comes into force
The UK eases access to the deep tech startup community in Ukraine through digital-only agreement Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Feature
02 Sep 2024
Storage technology explained: Kubernetes, containers and persistent storage
In this guide, we look at the market-leading container platform Kubernetes, how it works, the challenges with persistent storage and backup, and how they have been overcome Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
29 Aug 2024
Iranian APT caught acting as access broker for ransomware crews
Members of Iran-backed Pioneer Kitten APT appear to be trying to supplement their pay packets by helping Russian-speaking ransomware gangs to access their victims in exchange for a cut of the profits Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Opinion
29 Aug 2024
Cyber law reform should be top of Labour's policy list
With Labour returning to 10 Downing Street after 14 years, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panellists share advice and wish lists for the new government Continue Reading
By- Craig Watt
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News
29 Aug 2024
Primark adds five more years to IT outsourcing contract with TCS
Retailer has worked with Indian IT services giant for eight years and new agreement will take the relationship to 13 years at least Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
29 Aug 2024
Met Police deploy LFR in Lewisham without community input
The Met’s latest live facial recognition deployment in Catford has raised concerns over the lack of community engagement around the police force’s use of the controversial technology Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Opinion
28 Aug 2024
A coherent Labour cyber strategy depends on consistency
With Labour returning to 10 Downing Street after 14 years, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panellists share advice and wish lists for the new government Continue Reading
By- Aled Lloyd Owen
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News
28 Aug 2024
Global cyber spend to rise 15% in 2025, pushed along by AI
Security spending will increase at pace in 2025, with artificial intelligence, cloud and consultancy services all pushing outlay to new highs, according to Gartner Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
28 Aug 2024
Cambridge Enterprise saves big with Keepit SaaS backup
University innovation body avoids hardware spend and saves management time as it switches from tape to cloud-to-cloud backup, instant recovery and decades-long retention from Keepit Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
28 Aug 2024
Telegram founder Pavel Durov questioned over cyber crime charges
Billionaire founder of Telegram accused of failing to co-operate with law enforcement requests for lawful interception Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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Opinion
27 Aug 2024
Extending zero-trust principles to endpoints
By combining zero-trust principles with other security strategies and continuously monitoring and improving their security posture, organisations can effectively mitigate risks and protect their resources, says Gartner's Nikul Patel Continue Reading
By- Nikul Patel
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Opinion
27 Aug 2024
The US courts may have thrown a wrench into cyber regulation
A recent decision by the US Supreme Court to overrule the longstanding Chevron Deference has serious implications for global cyber security regulation Continue Reading
By- Brian Arnold
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Opinion
27 Aug 2024
Public education on security must be a top priority for Labour
With Labour returning to 10 Downing Street after 14 years, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panellists share advice and wish lists for the new government Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2024
AI innovation key to UK business, but obstacles threaten progress
AI is seen by IT leaders as essential, but it requires innovation, skills and infrastructure – all of which are under pressure from day-to-day firefighting, energy costs and cyber threats Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
22 Aug 2024
New Qilin tactics a ‘bonus multiplier’ for ransomware chaos
Sophos X-Ops caught the Qilin ransomware gang stealing credentials stored by victims' employees in Google Chrome, heralding further cyber attacks and breaches down the line. Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
22 Aug 2024
Tech sector layoffs mount amid AI investment frenzy
Technology firms globally are cutting their workforces as they look to increase spending on and investment in artificial intelligence Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
21 Aug 2024
QiStor flashes key-value storage software for hardware acceleration
US-based startup will develop storage software allied with FPGA chips to allow data storage to bypass spinning disk era block addressing to speed performance and cut energy use Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
21 Aug 2024
Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Three years of shocking revelations
Over two years of shocking revelations from the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Podcast
21 Aug 2024
Podcast: Ransomware and what data storage can do about it
We talk to NetApp’s Chris McKean about ransomware attacks and the role of data storage in protecting against them Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
21 Aug 2024
Post Office Horizon crash disconnected branches from datacentre
The Post Office has apologised to subpostmasters affected by a major IT outage, which stopped them from doing business Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
20 Aug 2024
Phishing links becoming bigger threat than email attachments
Phishing techniques are evolving away from malicious email attachments, according to a report Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
20 Aug 2024
Post Office systems crash hits 'collapsing' Horizon system
Thousands of subpostmasters were unable to log into the controversial Horizon IT system at the start of business Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
20 Aug 2024
Helsinki braced for elevated cyber attacks
The City of Helsinki is increasing its collaboration with cyber security and crime investigators following a major attack on its systems Continue Reading
By- Gerard O'Dwyer
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E-Zine
20 Aug 2024
A gold medal for Olympic mobile coverage
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes with Orange, networking partner for the Paris Olympic Games, to discuss the challenges of connecting 120 venues. We talk to a CIO for whom IT accessibility and usability is a very personal concern. And we look at how to keep control of SaaS licensing costs. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Aug 2024
How might the UK's cyber landscape change under Labour?
With Labour returning to 10 Downing Street after 14 years, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panellists share advice and wish lists for the new government Continue Reading
By- Dhairya Mehta and Cate Pye
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News
19 Aug 2024
NHS England plans EPR for prisons and detention centres
The government is looking to procure an electronic patient record system with the aim of improving health records access for individuals in the justice system Continue Reading
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News
16 Aug 2024
Campaigners criticise Starmer post-riot public surveillance plans
A UK government programme to expand police facial recognition and information sharing after racist riots is attracting criticism from campaigners for exploiting the far-right unrest to generally crack down on protest and increase surveillance Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Opinion
15 Aug 2024
Google's cookie conundrum: What comes next?
Google's revised approach to third-party cookies shouldn't come as a surprise, and may also be welcome Continue Reading
By- Christian Ward
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Opinion
15 Aug 2024
With the right tools and strategy, public cloud should be safe to use
Despite the complexity and evolving nature of threats, with the right strategy, tools, and constant vigilance, businesses can safely and securely leverage public cloud services Continue Reading
By- Jason Lau
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Opinion
15 Aug 2024
'Black swans' take flight: the legal ramifications of the CrowdStrike incident
A ‘guinea pig’ approach to testing software could lead to class actions against technology companies Continue Reading
By- Hermès Marangos
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News
14 Aug 2024
August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix
Microsoft patches six actively exploited zero-days among over 100 issues during its regular monthly update Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
14 Aug 2024
Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
Civil society groups say automated policing technologies are helping to fuel the disparities that people of colour face across the criminal justice sector, as part of wider warning about the UK’s lack of progress in dealing with systemic racism Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
13 Aug 2024
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
NIST has launched the first three quantum-resistant encryption algorithms, and as the threat of quantum-enabled cyber attacks grows greater, organisations are encouraged to adopt them as soon as they can Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Podcast
13 Aug 2024
Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31
We talk to Sergey Pronin of Percona about new storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31, including volume attribute class and changes to persistent volumes, as well as other long-term fixes Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
13 Aug 2024
Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads
Exascale is multitenant architecture for Oracle Database that promises performance equal to dedicated infrastructure and savings compared with existing products, with AI workloads in mind Continue Reading
By- Gaétan Raoul, LeMagIT
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E-Zine
13 Aug 2024
Designed to deceive – reviewing the Post Office scandal inquiry
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we review the marathon latest phase of the Post Office scandal inquiry, as ministers, civil servants, executives and lawyers were shamed. We look at IOWN – a candidate for the next generation of networking technology. And we examine best practice in software asset management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Aug 2024
Deep dive into quantum-resistant cryptography for email security
Quantum computers have the potential to crack many of the encryption methods we currently rely on to keep our digital communications safe. Quantum-resistant cryptography may be the answer Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Aug 2024
How UK firms can get ready for the implementation of NIS2
Many British companies will need to adhere to NIS2’s cyber security risk management and reporting requirements if they want to continue operating in the EU market and avoid huge fines Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Aug 2024
Kubernetes and storage in the enterprise: What the analysts say
We talk to analysts about Kubernetes adoption in the enterprise, how mature it is, deployment challenges and key obstacles to enterprises that want to go cloud-native with containers Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Aug 2024
Kubernetes at 10: CRDs at core of extensible, modular storage in K8s
We talk to VMware engineer Xing Yang, who saw Kubernetes storage evolve from the early days where its modular, extensible origins translated to Operators for storage and backup Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
08 Aug 2024
Royal ransomware crew puts on a BlackSuit in rebrand
The Royal ransomware gang is back, with a new name and refreshed capabilities, including an apparently unique ‘partial encryption’ gambit, according to CISA Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
07 Aug 2024
Rocketing AI demand sees Lumen light up custom networks division
Connectivity provider shakes up corporate structure in response to artificial intelligence economy changing business operations and companies recognising need for powerful network to manage unprecedented data flows and demand Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
06 Aug 2024
Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111
Advanced Software faces a multimillion pound fine for a series of failings which directly led to a 2022 LockBit ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services across the UK Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
06 Aug 2024
2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
The number of disclosed CVEs soared by 30% in the first seven-and-a-half months of the year, but a tiny fraction of these have been exploited by threat actors, a reminder of the importance of focused security strategies Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Feature
06 Aug 2024
AI disempowers logistics workers while intensifying their work
Conversations on the algorithmic management of work largely revolve around unproven claims about productivity gains or job losses - less attention is paid to how AI and automation negatively affect low-paid workers Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2024
Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six-year-old MS vuln
After a proof-of-concept for a six-year-old Microsoft vulnerability emerged in a Chinese APT attack chain, defenders should be on the look-out for exploitation of CVE-2018-0824 Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
05 Aug 2024
World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach
Data from SecurityScorecard once again focuses on the interconnected nature of business supply chains and the risk posed to operational resilience by unexpected IT problems and cyber threats Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Opinion
05 Aug 2024
Cyber lessons, and priorities for the UK's new government
With Labour returning to 10 Downing Street after 14 years, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panellists share advice and wish lists for the new government Continue Reading
By- Ameet Jugnauth and Mark Pearce