Category: ComputerWeekly

Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister
24
Jul
2024

Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister

The Post Office always acted like the victim of “incompetent” or “criminal” subpostmasters when it faced pressure in relation to…

Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42
24
Jul
2024

Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42

Human-centred risk management experts Mimecast and Code42 are to come together as a single business in an acquisition that builds…

SAP’s Klein bets on cloud stickiness
24
Jul
2024

SAP’s Klein bets on cloud stickiness

SAP has posted cloud revenue of €4.2bn, up 25% for the second quarter of 2024. The company said the increase…

ICO reprimands Essex school for illegal facial recognition use
24
Jul
2024

ICO reprimands Essex school for illegal facial recognition use

The UK’s data regulator has reprimanded a secondary school in Essex for illegally deploying facial-recognition technology to take cashless canteen…

The data, networking and GenAI driving The Open golf championship
24
Jul
2024

The data, networking and GenAI driving The Open golf championship

Since it was founded in 1754, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (The R&A) has been a bastion of sporting…

WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears
24
Jul
2024

WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears

Police could lawfully use bulk surveillance techniques to access messages from encrypted communications platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal following…

CrowdStrike chaos: Enterprises urged to take protective action in wake of botched software update
24
Jul
2024

CrowdStrike chaos: Enterprises urged to take protective action in wake of botched software update

Microsoft users across the globe should review the state of their infrastructure security setups in the wake of the botched…

NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers
24
Jul
2024

NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), working with social media platforms Meta, TikTok, X and YouTube, has removed almost 12,000 posts,…

IT sustainability: Why we’re still waiting for quantified emissions reductions
23
Jul
2024

IT sustainability: Why we’re still waiting for quantified emissions reductions

That’s even though seemingly straightforward proxy metrics such as energy consumption exist – and it’s not for want of trying….

Chrome cookies reprieved amid Google Privacy Sandbox changes
23
Jul
2024

Chrome cookies reprieved amid Google Privacy Sandbox changes

Google has dramatically changed course on its proposals to deprecate third-party cookies in its Chrome web browser in favour of…

Innovations to power secure-by-design development
23
Jul
2024

Innovations to power secure-by-design development

Security leaders and software developers will benefit from deeper visibility into their organisations’ software development security posture as they work,…

Former minster felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy
23
Jul
2024

Former minster felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy

The government department responsible for the Post Office “lost objectivity” as it managed inquiries from MPs about allegations made against…