The problem with ‘secure’ messaging
From the shocking scoop of Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages to Boris’ reticence to share his messages, the use of secure messaging has become a hot…
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What the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act means for UK industry
The proliferation of network-connected products and a competitive industry has flooded the market with unsecure smart devices. Not only does this put the owners at…
Almost 60% of people seeking a new role are doing so for cash
A majority of IT workers looking to move company are doing so to earn more money, according to research by Computer Weekly. The annual Computer Weekly/TechTarget…
SAP’s Klein sees $1tn market for AI business software
SAP has reported a 19% increase in cloud revenue to €3.3bn for the second quarter of 2023, although software licences and support revenue has declined.…
Government boosts protection for encryption in Online Safety Bill but civil society groups concerned
The government has introduced an amendment to the Online Safety Bill that it says will require the regulator to conduct extra scrutiny before requiring technology…
Electronic Trade Documents Act receives royal assent
A new law that accords digital trade documents the same legal status as physical ones, hopefully making foreign trade more efficient, cleaner and cheaper, has…
Attention-seeking KillNet hacktivists becoming more dangerous
The Russia-aligned KillNet hacktivist group, which has been behind a string of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Western targets since the outbreak of…
Online Safety Bill screening measures amount to ‘prior restraint’
Privacy campaigners are urging Parliament to address a clause in the government’s upcoming Online Safety Bill that would force tech companies to screen people’s communications…
How the DSMA balances security and privacy with press freedom
The Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) committee is a British institution that has been in existence for over a century. First called the Defence…
Renowned hacker and social engineer Kevin Mitnick dead at 59
Famed hacker and social engineer Kevin Mitnick, who was at one time one of the most wanted cyber criminals in the world, has died peacefully…
BBC outsources IT to India’s Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has added another UK public sector organisation to its customer list, with a deal to provide finance accounting and payroll services…
AI and data experts to be brought into government through secondment programme
The government wants to bring tech experts from the private sector into government departments as part of a secondment programme designed to improve the digital…