Government plans to regulate to tackle datacentre threats
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has outlined plans to better protect the UK’s key data storage facilities, or datacentres, from a range…
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CDO interview: Andy Moore, chief data officer, Bentley Motors
Andy Moore, chief data officer at Bentley Motors, had a passion for cars as a young child. Luckily for him, it’s an interest he’s been…
The Security Interviews: Talking identity with Microsoft’s Joy Chik
After so long spent doing virtual calls with customers during Covid, Microsoft’s president of identity and network access, Joy Chik, is happy to be on…
NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced it is to part ways with its popular CEO, Lindy Cameron, in early 2024, and has…
ICO complaint seeks answers from prosecutors over deleted Assange emails
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is facing fresh pressure to explain why it deleted key emails exchanged with Swedish prosecutors over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.…
Developer burnout caused by flawed productivity metrics
A survey of 500 US and UK software developers conducted by J L Partners has found that 70% of software projects fail to be delivered…
Ending the cycle of rush and burnout in software development
Around two years ago, with the help of the polling firm Survation, I studied developer burnout and found that 83% of developers reported suffering from…
No UK AI legislation until timing is right, says Donelan
Digital secretary Michelle Donelan says UK government will not legislate on artificial intelligence (AI) until the timing is right, and is focused in the meantime…
How ransomware gangs use the tech media against their victims
Cyber criminals traditionally and understandably shied away from publicity, but over the past few years, ransomware gangs have inverted this longstanding trope and are now…
Microsoft’s Christmas present for cyber teams: no zero-days
After a year that has seen no end of critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft products and services, Redmond has delivered an early Christmas bonus to cyber…
Critical UK infrastructure a ‘hostage of fortune’ to ransomware
There is a high risk of a genuinely catastrophic ransomware attack occurring against a critical national infrastructure (CNI) target in the UK at any moment,…
MoD fined after breach of Afghan staffers’ data put lives at risk
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been landed with a £350,000 fine after a series of internal email blunders in September 2021 exposed the personal…