Category: ComputerWeekly

Downstream breaches of Capita customers spreading
07
Dec
2023

UK names Russian FSB agents behind political hacking campaign

The government has confirmed that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is behind a long-running  hacking campaign that targeted politicians, civil…

UK government quietly renews public sector preferential pricing agreement with AWS
07
Dec
2023

UK government quietly renews public sector preferential pricing agreement with AWS

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has quietly renewed the preferential pricing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows public…

Finnish IT industry talent fears amid government restrictions
07
Dec
2023

Finnish IT industry talent fears amid government restrictions

Finland’s technology sector has responded with deep unease to the conservative government’s immigration-based labour market proposals that threaten to curb…

NCSC warns over ‘enduring’ LockBit threat
07
Dec
2023

2023 may have seen highest ransomware ‘body count’ yet

The volume of ransomware and other cyber extortion attacks may have dwindled in 2022 in a trend most likely linked…

NCSC exposes Russian cyber attacks on UK political processes
07
Dec
2023

NCSC exposes Russian cyber attacks on UK political processes

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, working alongside international allies, has called out a series of sustained and, as-yet, unsuccessful…

CIO interview: Keith Woolley, chief digital information officer, University of Bristol
07
Dec
2023

CIO interview: Keith Woolley, chief digital information officer, University of Bristol

There comes a time in every digital leader’s career when they fancy doing something different. Keith Woolley has a strong…

Concerns raised over Home Office's £450m mega cloud deal with AWS
07
Dec
2023

Concerns raised over Home Office’s £450m mega cloud deal with AWS

The Home Office’s mega £450m public cloud hosting contract with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is concerning public sector market watchers…

How server makers are surfing the AI wave
07
Dec
2023

How server makers are surfing the AI wave

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and, in particular, the hype surrounding generative AI (GenAI) and foundational models, server company execs…

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
07
Dec
2023

Considerations for the security of evolving workspaces

Back in July 2021, I wrote a piece for Computer Weekly on what security teams like mine needed to consider…

Government launches UK-wide Cyber Explorers Cup
06
Dec
2023

Government launches UK-wide Cyber Explorers Cup

Young people from schools from all over the UK are being encouraged to test their cyber security nous and protect…

Post Office prioritised its ‘bottom line’ over justice
06
Dec
2023

Post Office prioritised its ‘bottom line’ over justice

The Post Office rewarded staff with bonuses if they hit targets for recovering money from subpostmasters blamed for accounting shortfalls,…

Dell EMC: Storage giant shifts gear to cloud operating models
05
Dec
2023

Dell EMC: Storage giant shifts gear to cloud operating models

In this storage vendor profile we look at Dell EMC, the infrastructure solutions group of Dell Technologies and the result…