Interview: Developing a CIO strategy for artificial intelligence
When Chris Loake joined Hiscox in November 2023 as the company’s group information officer, the insurance firm had already begun on a journey to pilot…
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Ciaran Martin: AI might disturb attacker-defender security balance
Ciaran Martin founded the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and served as its first CEO from 2013 to 2020. He is a distinguished former…
MPs propose ban on predictive policing
Predictive policing technologies infringe human rights “at their heart” and should be prohibited in the UK, argues Green MP Siân Berry, after tabling an amendment…
Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has signed off two contracts worth a total of £280m with Fujitsu as the government department makes “bridging” arrangements while…
Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe
Police are currently investigating 45 people in relation to potential crimes in the Post Office scandal, with seven so far formally identified as suspects. The…
British hacker IntelBroker faces years in a US prison cell
A 25-year-old British national named as Kai West faces a lengthy prison term in the US after a series of charges against him were unsealed…
Sky ECC distributor released from French custody pending trial
Thomas Herdman, a Canadian businessman facing trial for his alleged role in distributing Sky ECC cryptophones, was granted release by a Paris court on 26…
Next phase of fintech reflected in strong financials, says World Economic Forum
Fintechs are growing customer bases at a lower rate, but profits and revenues are strong as industry becomes sustainable, according to a World Economic Forum…
Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack
Glasgow City Council has become the second local authority in the UK to have disclosed a security incident in the past few days, after multiple…
UK IT infrastructure processes images looking back 1.2 million light years
UK astronomers and software developers have created an infrastructure to process and distribute petabytes (PB) of information from a digital camera that could capture an…
Pure CTO drills down on key-value, no DFMs on FA//ST, and fast object
In this podcast, recorded at last week’s Pure//Accelerate 2025 event, we talk to Pure Storage’s chief technology officer (CTO), Rob Lee, to get a drill-down…
Latest Citrix vulnerability could be every bit as bad as Citrix Bleed
Cyber security experts are urging operators of Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway appliances to get in front of a new vulnerability…