Home Office GPS tagging of asylum seekers breaches data protection law
The Home Office has received a formal warning from the data protection regulator over the government’s use of GPS ankle tags to monitor the location…
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Okta doubles down on cyber in wake of high-profile breaches
Identity and access management (IAM) provider Okta has announced it is to double its investment in security over the next 12 months and launched a…
Windows 11: Not as big a priority in EMEA compared with North America
The latest TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology spending intentions study shows that IT decision-makers are prioritising end user productivity tools. Interestingly, while US IT leaders…
Post-production company to go ‘all-in’ on Deep Green’s heat-reusing datacentre in Devon
London-based post-production company Dirty Looks has committed to moving all of its computing and storage workloads to Deep Green’s flagship datacentre, which is housed in…
Post Office CEO’s claim to be ‘working hard’ on Capture investigation in doubt
Claims made by Post Office CEO Nick Read that the organisation has been “working hard for five weeks” investigating alleged problems with a pre-Horizon IT…
CCS accused of pricing G-Cloud SMEs out of framework with £20m insurance cover hike
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) stands accused of pricing small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) out of its flagship cloud computing framework, G-Cloud, by upping the…
IT leaders spend on cutting-edge to refactor legacy tech
The TechTarget and Enterprise Strategy Group’s Technology spending intentions survey has found IT decision-makers are speeding ahead with application modernisation initiatives. Almost a quarter (23%) of…
Users love their cyber teams, but find them frustrating
While ordinary workers implicitly trust their security teams when it comes to their ability to prevent and minimise cyber attacks, a significant minority see them…
New version of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware hits victims
The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an updated advisory warning of a new version of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware locker, which…
75% of third-party breaches target software, IT supply chains
Approximately 75% of all recorded cyber security breaches that originated through a third-party occurred after other entities in the victim’s software and technology supply chain…
IR35 reforms: PAC concerned HMRC’s ‘tough’ enforcement is harming contractors
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has concerns that HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) “tough approach” to enforcing the IR35 tax avoidance rules is deterring companies…
Microsoft reinvents ERP into total enterprise integration
It has been nearly a year since Microsoft announced that it was incorporating its AI engine CoPilot into its Dynamics 360 suite of enterprise software tools.…