Three-day Capita outage was result of cyber attack
A major IT outage at outsourcer Capita that began on Friday 31 March has been confirmed as the result of a cyber attack of a…
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Driving up IT efficiency and sustainability
To improve IT energy efficiency and sustainability, IT leaders are often advised to keep hardware in use for as long as possible. This is because…
Ukrainians bust cyber criminals who stole over £3m across Europe
Ukraine’s national Cyber Police unit has taken down a major cyber criminal operation that defrauded people across Europe out of over UAH 160m (£3.5m) in…
Mounting Russian disinformation campaign targeting Arab world
The UK’s Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) has warned of a mounting Russia-backed disinformation campaign targeting Arabic speakers in the Middle East and North Africa…
Generative AI central to Accenture’s tech vision
The distance between digital and physical worlds will “collapse” over the next 10 years, with the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) accelerating change, according…
Podcast: Cloud storage, data protection and compliance
In this podcast, we look at cloud storage and how to retain control of it from a compliance perspective, with Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust. We…
Climate change vs technology: Study suggests tech investments could mitigate environmental risks
Technology will be key to mitigating the impacts of climate change, which a global survey of investors and consumers describes as the “greatest risk to…
Preventing artificial deception in the age of AI
The UK government’s whitepaper on the regulation of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry confirms the sector’s growing importance. It employed more than 50,000 people and…
OSC&R supply chain security framework goes live on Github
The backers of the Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference (OSC&R) framework for supply chain security has gone live on Github, enabling anybody to contribute…
Reactive approach to cyber procurement risks damaging businesses
Too many organisations are taking a reactive approach to procuring cyber security services and solutions, reaching for the phone only after a problem has arisen,…
NCSC issues revised security Board Toolkit for business leaders
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a fresh package of expert support aimed at CEOs and other senior business leaders, with the…
NHS Highland rapped over data breach affecting HIV patients
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS Highland over a “serious breach of trust” after the health service inadvertently exposed personal…