IT project management
IT project management is the process of planning, organizing and delineating responsibility for the completion of an organizations' specific information technology (IT) goals.. See complete definition.
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Opinion
29 Aug 2024
Governments looking to "small IT” for greater project success
Governments should invest in smaller pilots, hypothesis testing and co-development with vendors before committing to large production rollouts to avoid project failures Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2024
Global cyber spend to rise 15% in 2025, pushed along by AI
Security spending will increase at pace in 2025, with artificial intelligence, cloud and consultancy services all pushing outlay to new highs, according to Gartner Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2024
Upgraded Arabic large language model is twice as big
Techniques that were used to double the power of what was already the largest LLM for Arabic can now be applied to other languages whose native speakers do not yet have access to AI Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2024
Urgent question asks which ministers knew of Post Office’s shocking plan to remove judge
Labour peer uses urgent question to uncover who, if anyone, in government was aware of the Post Office’s attempts to remove judge as it became clear it was losing Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2024
PSTN switch-off threatens access to adult social care services
The Public Switched Telephone Network switch-off is threatening vulnerable Londoners access to adult social care and other vital services, as councils are left to manage the cost without financial support from the centre, says London chief digital officer Theo Blackwell Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2024
More than 900 subpostmaster convictions wouldn’t have happened without Post Office-backed law change
IT expert says it cannot be the case that computer evidence is treated as accurate in court, without investigation into surrounding circumstances Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2024
Fujitsu ‘morally obliged’ to contribute to subpostmaster financial redress amid ‘insane’ delays
Fujitsu has apologised for its role on the Post Office scandal and said it is ‘morally obliged’ to contribute to the financial redress of victims Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Jan 2024
The human toll of ransomware: how IT pros suffer during incidents
Any ransomware attack causes significant challenges for a business or organisation going through such incident. But ransomware attacks also have tremendous impact on the staff – especially IT teams – working on mitigating the attack’s effect Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jan 2024
Post Office scandal: A very good start to what comes next
Well, what can we say? Humbly, let’s start with a very big thank you to Little Gem, the TV production company that created Mr Bates vs the Post Office, and to ITV for broadcasting the drama at ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Jan 2024
How Fujitsu became a central part of the Post Office scandal
As a TV drama brings the Post Office scandal to a wider audience, many are wondering how and why a Japanese IT company became embroiled in the story – we examine the troubled history behind Fujitsu’s role Continue Reading
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News
09 Jan 2024
Study reveals cyber risks to US elections
With the 2024 US presidential election cycle beginning, a study produced by Arctic Wolf has highlighted big gaps in preparedness and resourcing at government bodies across the US Continue Reading
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News
09 Jan 2024
Former Post Office CEO hands back CBE amid public backlash
Former Post Office CEO hands back her CBE after public backlash following dramatisation of her role in Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading
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News
09 Jan 2024
‘Hero’ subpostmaster accuses government of diversion tactics through ‘weaselly’ statistics
Campaigning subpostmaster calls out government’s use of ‘weaselly’ statistics to hide its slow progress Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2024
Metropolitan Police launches second criminal investigation in Post Office scandal
New investigation will examine potential crimes by the Post Office in its recovery of money from subpostmasters accused of theft and false accounting Continue Reading
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News
03 Jan 2024
Artificial intelligence to the front in Sweden’s National Technology Strategy
Sweden focuses in on artificial intelligence in its latest far-reaching national IT strategy Continue Reading
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News
22 Dec 2023
Top 10 financial services and fintech stories of 2023
Generative AI is the buzzword on every financial services IT professional’s lips as the technology promises to accelerate the ongoing fintech revolution Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2023
Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’
The increasing costs associated with replacing the Post Office’s controversial IT system have forced the government to hand it over £100m extra Continue Reading
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Opinion
20 Dec 2023
Zero-trust principles: Your gateway to securing remote workers
Remote working has enabled people to work from almost anywhere but has piled pressure on cyber pros. Three years after Covid, how are best practices evolving and what can we expect going forward? Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2023
'No hiding place' for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal
MPs want individuals to be held to account for their roles in causing the Post Office Horizon scandal, which destroyed thousands of lives Continue Reading
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News
19 Dec 2023
Government reveals its own slow progress in compensating Post Office scandal victims
Few of the subpostmasters who unearthed the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history have been compensated so far, four years after their court victory Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2023
Jaguar Land Rover taps Tata Communications to drive production
Car maker's new technology and connectivity framework is designed to power next-generation vehicle production by improving line performance and vehicle quality using AI and real-time data insights Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2023
Government advised to overturn all Post Office scandal convictions
An independent board set up to advise the government on compensation for innocent subpostmasters has recommended that all the Post Office scandal convictions are ‘unsafe’ and should be overturned Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Dec 2023
Governance best practices for citizen developers
The rise of citizen developers is revolutionising the way organisations approach software development. Here is a guide to supporting them Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2023
Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up
Executives at the Post Office today are still in denial of the part they played in destroying the lives of thousands of people Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Dec 2023
Ending the cycle of rush and burnout in software development
Instead of focusing on speed in software delivery, addressing risks affecting on-time delivery is the secret to preventing burnout Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2023
Developer burnout caused by flawed productivity metrics
Software development methodologies that provide a framework to improve productivity may be inadvertently leading to project delays and stress Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Dec 2023
The Post Office Scandal: When culture ate the law for breakfast
Famously, “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” according to management guru Peter Drucker. What should we make, then, of the culture at the Post Office when it was prosecuting innocent people ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Dec 2023
Post Office prioritised its ‘bottom line’ over justice
The Post Office was more concerned with saving money and recovering unexplained losses than getting to the bottom of subpostmaster claims that Horizon errors caused shortfalls, inquiry told Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Dec 2023
How to recover systems in the event of a cyber attack
Recovering compromised systems after a cyber attack isn’t easy, but understanding industry best practice offers a template for the key processes to follow Continue Reading
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News
05 Dec 2023
Majority of GPs now give patients online access to records
NHS England is close to reaching its target of having nine in 10 GPs offering patients access to their primary care records online Continue Reading
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News
05 Dec 2023
Undisclosed document could reveal pressure on Fujitsu expert witness in Post Office prosecution
Details of Post Office prosecutor’s meeting with Fujitsu IT expert witness, used in subpostmaster prosecution, not yet disclosed to public inquiry Continue Reading
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News
04 Dec 2023
Atos selected for UEFA Euro 2024 IT contract
IT services company Atos will deliver on-site and remote IT services for next year’s international football event in Germany Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2023
Post Office lawyer with his fingerprints all over IT scandal spreads blame
Senior Post Office criminal lawyer was just following orders and claims his only mistake was believing those that told him the Horizon system was robust Continue Reading
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News
29 Nov 2023
Paula Vennells’ email fuelled Post Office Horizon cult, inquiry told
Faced with serious questions about the robustness of its core computer system, the Post Office doubled down on reliability myth, public inquiry told Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2023
Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2024
Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its 2024 Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives that have transformed organisations in six industries Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2023
MPs have ‘little confidence’ in Making Tax Digital success
MPs say HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme is riddled with widespread and repeating failures, and criticise the programme for failing to be open about the costs and increased burdens on taxpayers Continue Reading
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News
24 Nov 2023
UK police plan national roll-out of facial-recognition phone app
UK police chiefs plan to expand use of facial-recognition technology through a nationwide roll-out of mobile-based tools and increases in retrospective facial-recognition, but oversight problems persist Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2023
China Telecom, China Unicom, ZTE unveil digital twin-based network assurance
Leading Chinese communications technology firm teams with local operators to apply the industry's first digital twin-based smart operation for the co-construction and sharing network during the 19th Asian Games, providing network assurance for users Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2023
Three-quarters of finance executives expect generative AI to replace them
Survey reveals an expectation that GenAI will take over many of the finance executive roles currently held by people Continue Reading
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News
22 Nov 2023
Palantir awarded NHS FDP data contract
NHS England has awarded a £330m, seven-year contract to US data specialist Palantir, prompting concerns from data privacy practitioners Continue Reading
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News
22 Nov 2023
World Wide Fund for Nature signs IT deal with Atos
Global conservation organisation will harness latest technologies to improve ability to predict risks to natural environment Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Nov 2023
organizational change management (OCM)
Organizational change management (OCM) is a type of change management framework for managing the effect of new business processes, changes in organizational structure, or cultural changes within an enterprise. Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2023
JPMorgan Chase tops bank AI ranking
Report reveals that JPMorgan Chase is the world's top bank for AI, along with Capital One and Royal Bank of Canada, but Europeans are lagging behind Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Nov 2023
Elected officials' lack of digital skills affects public services
A lack of digital skills and tech expertise among elected officials encourages government to contract out IT work instead of building up internal capacity, making the public sector increasingly reliant on outside knowledge to get things done Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2023
Software engineers worry about speaking out
A culture of fear exists in many software teams, preventing individuals from raising concerns over problems Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2023
IT not ready for AI, Pure Storage survey finds
Storage, compute and networking hardware won’t cope without upgrades, and that often means total IT infrastructure overhaul Continue Reading
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News
17 Nov 2023
Capgemini and Heathrow strike deal to enhance passenger experience
Capgemini and Heathrow team up to provide development and operations support for the airport’s technology estate Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2023
Cancer Research UK uses AWS for payments and trial search function
Charity Cancer Research UK has been using AWS to make its donations platform more scalable, as well as making it easier for patients to find clinical trials Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2023
Interview: Dan Huddart, CTO, Homeprotect
After building up experience in the insurance sector, Homeprotect’s chief technology officer sought the freedom to innovate being offered at the rapidly scaling company Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2023
Post Office scandal inquiry postpones more key witness hearings
Yet more witness hearings are cancelled due to the Post Office's late disclosure of documents Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2023
Engineers slash RPO/RTO as they swap tape for Rubrik backup
Frankham Group ditches archaic tape backup and deploys Rubrik backup appliances and remote disaster recovery facility. Meanwhile, the engineering group assesses a move to the cloud Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Nov 2023
Are firms using mergers and acquisitions to inherit talent?
Getting the right tech skills is proving increasingly difficult for businesses, so some are resorting to combining companies to find the industry’s existing talent – but what are the pros and cons? Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Nov 2023
workflow
Workflow is the series of activities that are necessary to complete a task. Continue Reading
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News
13 Nov 2023
Shawbrook Bank slashes mortgage processing time through low code
Specialist business lending and savings bank is using Pegasystems’ low-code platform to rewrite and automate the customer journey Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Nov 2023
Gartner: Modernising legacy applications for cloud-native success
Tips for moving existing enterprise applications to a cloud-native architecture Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Nov 2023
How to manage the cultural and operational impact of AI
Organisations will need to address workplace fears of potential job losses, manage change and improve their talent mix to drive success in AI adoption Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2023
Visa launches artificial intelligence advisory service
Visa is giving its customers the opportunity to tap into its global network of AI experts through its AI Advisory Practice. Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2023
Former Post Office manager has no memory of preparing witness statement in legal dispute
Evidence of computer problems was omitted from the witness statement of a former Post Office manager in a legal battle with a subpostmaster blamed for unexplained accounting shortfalls Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2023
Post Office disclosure failures delay Horizon scandal inquiry again
Many of the 300,000 emails unearthed could be relevant to evidence from future and past witnesses in the Post Office scandal inquiry Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Nov 2023
Incident response planning requires constant testing
What goes into a good incident response plan, and what steps should security professionals take to ensure they are appropriately prepared for the almost inevitable attack, and secure buy-in from organisational leadership? Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2023
CDDO publishes digital roadmap update
The CDDO envisions that by 2025, digital services will exceed public expectations, civil servants will be equipped for a digital future, and government efficiency and security will be enhanced Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 Nov 2023
Use existing structures to build your incident response plan
What goes into a good incident response plan, and what steps should security professionals take to ensure they are appropriately prepared for the almost inevitable attack, and secure buy-in from organisational leadership? Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2023
How the UK crime agency repurposed Amazon cloud platform to analyse EncroChat cryptophone data
UK crime agency repurposed AWS-based analytics platform to triage EncroChat data and identify threats to life in messages sent on encrypted phone network Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Nov 2023
Incident response planning is vulnerable to legacy thinking
What goes into a good incident response plan, and what steps should security professionals take to ensure they are appropriately prepared for the almost inevitable attack, and secure buy-in from organisational leadership? Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2023
Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson on her AI Safety Summit goals
As the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park takes place, Computer Weekly caught up with Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson to find out what one of the UK’s most prominent AI advocates wants from proceedings Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Oct 2023
The world's most advanced Arabic LLM is now available on open source
On 30 August 2023, Abu Dhabi-based Inception, a subsidiary of G42, announced the release of an Arabic large language model to open source Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2023
How much is enough to support those who maintain open source?
Without the ongoing work of developers, open source projects would become stale and riddled with unfixed bugs and security issues. We look at the issues of funding and fairness Continue Reading
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News
26 Oct 2023
Boardrooms losing control in generative AI takeover, says Kaspersky
C-suite executives are increasingly fretful about what they perceive as a ‘silent infiltration’ of generative AI tools across their organisations Continue Reading
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Podcast
25 Oct 2023
Learning from Google: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to the CEO of Glean about learning on the job and artificial intelligence democratisation Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2023
Research team tricks AI chatbots into writing usable malicious code
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have demonstrated that so-called Text-to-SQL systems can be tricked into writing malicious code for use in cyber attacks Continue Reading
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E-Zine
24 Oct 2023
Brewing data insights at Heineken
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how brewing giant Heineken is building a data ecosystem to share insights and tap into AI capabilities. The UK is conducting a formal investigation into AWS and Microsoft’s cloud dominance – what will it mean for users? And we examine how generative AI could be used to improve customer experience. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2023
Taxpayers to fund a further £150m for Post Office IT scandal
Total bill for the scandal goes well over £1bn, as subpostmaster campaign leader considers private prosecutions of Post Office executives Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2023
Collaboration paramount in KPN’s successful business transformation
KPN tells Oracle CloudWorld 2023 how it transformed when its legacy systems became obstacles to supporting its customers on their digital journeys Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2023
Public Accounts Committee highlights smart meter failures
In spite of failing to meet roll-out targets, millions of smart meters are not working, and some will break once 3G and 2G networks are switched off Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2023
Fixing developer AI fear is a team effort
A study by Pluralsight has looked at the risks of building a team of “star developers” and instilling a competitive culture Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2023
Government concedes it will miss 2024 e-prescribing target
The government won’t meet its target to get rid of paper prescribing in hospitals by 2024, and has pushed the goal post back two years to 2026 Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2023
Post Office auditors presumed subpostmasters were ‘on the fiddle’ or ‘in a muddle’
Public inquiry into Post Office scandal hears how head office staff routinely made negative assumptions about subpostmasters in small branches Continue Reading
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News
13 Oct 2023
‘Angry’ lawyer warned against Post Office computer investigation in 2010 email
Angered by his exclusion from an important discussion, former Royal Mail lawyer told colleagues of the risks to the Post Office if, as planned, they publicly investigate allegations against its computer system Continue Reading
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News
12 Oct 2023
Scottish biometrics watchdog outlines police cloud concerns
Police Scotland’s response to the biometrics commissioner’s formal information notice ‘did not ameliorate’ his concerns about the sovereignty and security of the sensitive biometric information being uploaded to cloud infrastructure that is subject to intrusive US surveillance laws Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Oct 2023
project post-mortem
A project post-mortem is a business process that lets the project team, project management, and other stakeholders review and evaluate the results at the end of a project or after the resolution of an incident. Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2023
Public sector buyers of AI tech must interrogate its suitability
The Ada Lovelace Institute has published a review on public sector use of artificial intelligence foundation models, looking at the risks and opportunities associated with the technology, and how these can be dealt with from the early stages of procurement onwards Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2023
Red Cross issues rules of engagement for hackers in conflicts
The digital rules of engagement are the first time cyber activity has been looked at by the conflict watchdog, but a number of hacker groups have already come out and said they will not be following them Continue Reading
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News
03 Oct 2023
Amnesia hides names of individuals behind Post Office’s ‘head on a spike’ strategy
Former Post Office lawyer deflects individual responsibility for a strategy that crushed subpostmasters, blaming the organisation as a whole Continue Reading
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News
03 Oct 2023
The AI developer opportunity
Given the need for new software to support digitisation, we look at how the IT industry is responding to the software developer skills shortfall Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2023
Versity targets Exabyte volumes in data archiving
Versity builds archiving for Exabyte data volumes on tape and in object storage. It has built its own S3 and transitioned to a GPL licence for supercomputing archives Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2023
First subpostmaster Horizon conviction overturned in Scotland
Scotland has seen its first Post Office Horizon conviction overturned, taking the UK total to 92 Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2023
Government ‘breached privacy’ of Horizon victims with compensation offer, says lawyer
The government breached the privacy of victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal through making a compensation offer public Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2023
Security and risk management spending to grow 14% next year
Growth in public cloud services will stand out over the next 12 months, as Gartner projects an overall 14% increase in cyber spending in 2024 Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2023
Post Office had no interest in subpostmaster welfare when taking legal action, says Fujitsu memo
Fujitsu memo reveals Post Office didn’t care how legal action would affect its subpostmasters as it placed the reputation of its computer system before their welfare Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2023
City of Las Vegas masters cyber incident response with Darktrace
The high-rolling city of Las Vegas experiences unique cyber security challenges rarely seen elsewhere. CIO Mike Sherwood reveals how he turned to Darktrace to help address incidents quicker and with confidence Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Sep 2023
Insights from launching a developer-led bank
A software developer's approach to building a bank in the digital age. Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2023
Poor digital experience a blocker for cyber resilience
Organisations that neglect the digital employee experience are not only vulnerable to employee attrition, but putting themselves at increased cyber risk, an Ivanti report finds Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2023
Post Office employee changed story for witness statement used to destroy subpostmaster
Post Office inquiry hears how an auditor changed her story about a subpostmaster to help win court battle Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2023
38TB Microsoft data leak highlights risks of oversharing
An accidentally disclosed SAS token with excessive privileges enabled researchers to access nearly 40TB of Microsoft’s data, highlighting the risks of privilege mismanagement and oversharing Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Sep 2023
Security Think Tank: A user’s guide to encryption
The Security Think Tank assesses the state of encryption technology, exploring topics such as cryptographic techniques, data-masking, the legal ramifications of end-to-end encryption, and the impact of quantum Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2023
Dunelm's journey to micro front ends
We find out how Dunelm has modernised its platform and web development with in-house ecommerce and serverless systems Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Sep 2023
CIO interview: Petra Tesch, Vizrt
Straight-talking when it comes to getting her messages across to the wider company, Vizrt CIO Petra Tesch revels in transformation and communication Continue Reading
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News
13 Sep 2023
ExtraHop open sources 16 million rows of threat domain data
NDR specialist ExtraHop says making its entire machine learning dataset available for anybody to view will help organisations better defend against cyber attacks originating from malicious domains generated by algorithms Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2023
Ancient MoD IT systems could cause supply issues for frontline troops
Deliveries of inventory to the front line are being put at risk due to legacy IT systems and poor data, according to the National Audit Office Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2023
Whitehall only capable of ‘piecemeal’ digital transformation, says PAC
The Public Accounts Committee is unconvinced government will achieve its digital transformation ambitions as progress is thwarted by staff shortages and a lack of senior leadership engagement Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2023
European enterprises to spend more on generative IT to close gap on US
European organisations are upping their spending on generative AI innovation, but face challenges recruiting the right people to support this Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Sep 2023
steering committee
A steering committee comprises a group of high-ranking IT professionals who provide guidance and strategic direction to an organization or organizational segment. Continue Reading