Category: ComputerWeekly

ICO responds to UK government AI regulation plans
13
Apr
2023

ICO responds to UK government AI regulation plans

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has welcomed the UK government’s proposals to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), but called for greater…

Enterprises downgrade ESG investments amid economic uncertainty, Google Cloud study finds
12
Apr
2023

Enterprises downgrade ESG investments amid economic uncertainty, Google Cloud study finds

The challenging macroeconomic environment is prompting enterprises to deprioritise investing in environment, social and governance (ESG) initiatives in favour of…

UK police double down on ‘improved’ facial recognition
12
Apr
2023

UK police double down on ‘improved’ facial recognition

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and South Wales Police (SWP) have reaffirmed their commitments to using facial-recognition technologies, after research…

Gartner: Rebalance cyber investment towards human-centric elements
12
Apr
2023

Gartner: Rebalance cyber investment towards human-centric elements

In creating and implementing cyber security programmes, security leaders must rethink how they balance their investments to prioritise so-called human-centric…

April Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day used to deliver ransomware
12
Apr
2023

April Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day used to deliver ransomware

A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Common Log File System (CLFS) – which is being exploited as part…

Bank of England starts recruiting Britcoin team
12
Apr
2023

Bank of England starts recruiting Britcoin team

The Bank of England is recruiting a team to work on the development of a digital pound as payments using…

Deutsche Bank to close Russian software operations
12
Apr
2023

Deutsche Bank to close Russian software operations

Deutsche Bank is close to shutting down its operations in Russia, with reports that remaining staff have been offered severance…

KFC, Pizza Hut data stolen in January ransomware attack
11
Apr
2023

KFC, Pizza Hut data stolen in January ransomware attack

Yum!, the US-based parent organisation of KFC and Pizza Hut, has written to a number of employees whose data was…

NatWest supports tech training for displaced Ukrainian women
11
Apr
2023

NatWest supports tech training for displaced Ukrainian women

NatWest bank has teamed up with tech training organisations to pilot a programme aimed at providing technology training to displaced…

Anne Keast-Butler named as new director of GCHQ
11
Apr
2023

Anne Keast-Butler named as new director of GCHQ

MI5 deputy director general and long-serving intelligence expert Anne Keast-Butler has been named as the next director of GCHQ, succeeding…

Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended after technical challenges moving to cloud
11
Apr
2023

Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended after technical challenges moving to cloud

The Post Office will pay £16.5m to extend a contract with Fujitsu after fundamental technical challenges meant its planned migration…

Security Think Tank: Adopt a coherent framework for ID first security
11
Apr
2023

Security Think Tank: Adopt a coherent framework for ID first security

Cyber security models are currently focused on securing relatively static ring-fenced environments of centrally-hosted services. Organisations now face the challenge…