Category: ComputerWeekly

HPE and CCS sign memorandum of understanding to accelerate pace of public sector cloud migrations
19
Jan
2024

Google invests $1bn in expanding UK datacentre footprint with Hertfordshire facility

Google is reinforcing its commitment to the UK by building a $1bn datacentre on a 33-acre site in Waltham Cross,…

GCHQ breached privacy rights of IT professional and security researcher, human rights court rules
19
Jan
2024

Tech firms: Investigatory Powers review will undermine privacy of UK citizens

Government plans to update the UK’s surveillance laws could divert tech companies away from safeguarding the privacy and security of…

Post Office scandal inquiry hits mainstream after dramatic start to year
18
Jan
2024

AI will create a thousand Post Office scandals

At the same time that UK political parties vie in their condemnation of the Post Office scandal, they unite in…

French supreme court dismisses legal challenge to EncroChat cryptophone evidence
18
Jan
2024

More than 900 subpostmaster convictions wouldn’t have happened without Post Office-backed law change

The IT expert who represented Alan Bates and more than 500 subpostmasters in a High Court case against the Post…

PSTN switch-off threatens access to adult social care services
18
Jan
2024

PSTN switch-off threatens access to adult social care services

London’s chief digital officer (CDO) has raised alarm over the impact of the copper switch-off on adult social care and…

Office workers feel AI is better than a human boss
18
Jan
2024

Gartner: The big IT outsourcing contract returns

Two recent major contracts point to the return of big outsourcing contracts. Earlier in January, Canada Post announced it has…

Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’
18
Jan
2024

Anger sparked by TV drama forces Fujitsu to put public sector contract bidding on hold

Fujitsu has put bidding for UK public sector contracts on hold during the current public inquiry into the widest miscarriage…

Cyber experts urge EU to rethink vulnerability disclosure plans
18
Jan
2024

Powering up cyber security defences with AI

Data has never been more valuable. It’s the lifeblood of modern business and is simultaneously increasingly vulnerable to attack. The…

LockBit ransomware gang allegedly leaks MoD data after hit on supplier
18
Jan
2024

Cyber non-profit enlists ex-NCSC head as technical chair

Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is to join the recently launched…

How the DSMA balances security and privacy with press freedom
18
Jan
2024

The Security Interviews: Rebecca Taylor, SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit

If she was ever to write a book about her life in cyber security – which as an English and…

Russian cyber criminal pleads guilty to running IPStorm botnet
18
Jan
2024

Cloud-to-cloud backup: What it is and why you (probably) need it

Organisations that use cloud IT or cloud-based applications often do so in the belief they can spend less time managing…

NCSC invites security pros to join the big leagues
17
Jan
2024

NCSC invites security pros to join the big leagues

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched Cyber League, an initiative through which it hopes to bring together…