UK unites nations to discuss closing global cyber skills gap
The UK government wants to start a global dialogue with leading nations from across the world about how best to tackle global cyber threats and…
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UN-backed cyber security report highlights global shortfalls in preparedness
Governments across the world need to become more proactively responsive to mitigate the risk of new and evolving cyber threats, according to the United Nations…
Vodafone/Three merger likely to increase mobile prices, warns competition watchdog
The UK competition watchdog has warned that the proposed merger of mobile network operators Vodafone and Three is likely to lead to higher prices and…
Cyber workforce must almost double to meet global talent need
The global cyber security workforce needs to increase by 87% to fill the current shortfall of cyber talent, according to research. ISC2’s 2024 Cybersecurity workforce…
Teenager arrested in TfL cyber attack investigation
As part of its investigation into a cyber security incident affecting Transport for London (TfL), the National Crime Agency has said it has arrested a…
Kubernetes disaster recovery: Five key questions
Kubernetes deployments offer plenty of advantages to enterprises that want to update their infrastructure and move to a cloud-native architecture. But a lot of what…
Lord introduces bill to regulate public sector AI and automation
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Clement-Jones has introduced a private members’ bill to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms and automated decision-making technologies by…
Data sharing for immigration raids ferments hostility to migrants
Public data sharing designed to facilitate immigration enforcement raids are rarely effective, and instead works as a surveillance mechanism to deter migrants from accessing vital…
European enterprise networking lacks hybrid maturity
A study from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) for InfoBlox has found that European organisations have less mature networking practices to support hybrid and multicloud architectures…
Mainframe teams turn to AI for modernisation gains
Kyndryl’s latest State of mainframe modernisation report has found that organisations can achieve as much as a 225% return on investment in mainframe modernisation projects,…
UK and others sign first ‘binding’ treaty on AI and human rights
The UK government has signed the world’s first “legally binding” treaty on artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights, which commits states to implementing safeguards against…
Datacentres granted critical national infrastructure status
Following the major IT outages caused by CrowdStrike, technology secretary Peter Kyle has announced the government is now classifying UK datacentres as critical national infrastructure…