Category: ComputerWeekly

Black Basta ransomware attack to cost Capita over £15m
26
Sep
2023

Crest and IASME to deliver upcoming NCSC Cyber Exercise programme

Security trade association Crest and skills specialist IASME have teamed up with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to deliver…

Preparing for post-quantum cryptography
26
Sep
2023

Preparing for post-quantum cryptography

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Care responsibilities excluding women from tech, says TTC
25
Sep
2023

Care responsibilities excluding women from tech, says TTC

Almost 12% of women have dropped out of their tech role to better fulfil care commitments, according to research by…

Mizuho Financial Group trials generative AI for development and maintenance
25
Sep
2023

Visa to fund AI scholarships for underrepresented students in government scheme

Visa is funding data science and artificial intelligence (AI) scholarships for students from underrepresented backgrounds in a programme aimed at…

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
25
Sep
2023

Security Think Tank: Three ways to identify the best encryption use cases

“We need encryption! Make it end-to-end! Implement it everywhere!” Sound familiar? These are the mandates that many CISOs are receiving…

Generative AI boosts HPE Q2 earnings
25
Sep
2023

Amazon takes $4m minority stake in AI safety research startup Anthropic

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is taking a minority stake worth $4m in artificial intelligence (AI) safety and research startup Anthropic, and…

Workers ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with digital surveillance at work
25
Sep
2023

Apple fixes three vulnerabilities found by spyware researchers

Apple has once again moved to lock down zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered by researchers specialising in commercial spyware and government surveillance,…

Insights from launching a developer-led bank
25
Sep
2023

Insights from launching a developer-led bank

The banking world has always belonged to bankers – and historically, it has been an exclusive and not particularly technology-friendly…

How ready does the world need to be for the quantum era?
22
Sep
2023

How ready does the world need to be for the quantum era?

In a post discussing how it was hardening its protocols to prevent encryption being cracked by powerful quantum computers, Signal…

Top marks for graduates of CIISec vocational cyber course
22
Sep
2023

Annual Security Serious Awards nominations announced

The convenors of the Security Serious Unsung Heroes awards have announced the security professionals and organisations nominated for the 2023…

CMA unblocks Microsoft/Activision deal without cloud gaming
22
Sep
2023

CMA unblocks Microsoft/Activision deal without cloud gaming

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted a deal from Microsoft on its purchase of Activision, which will exclude…

UK and US move closer to transatlantic data bridge deal
22
Sep
2023

UK-US data bridge to open to traffic on 12 October

The proposed UK-US data bridge will formally open to traffic in just under three weeks, on Thursday 12 October, enabling…