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Opinion

• We must target a broad church to fill vacant cyber roles

  The security industry focuses a lot on cyber-specific specialisms and technical skills, but it could really benefit from widening its search. Take it from a social anthropologist  Continue Reading

• Why CIOs must prioritise system integration in 2022

  System integration is a core part of operating enterprise systems. How can it be simplified?  Continue Reading

• Online Safety Bill: Collaborating to make the internet safer for all

  The UK government's plan to regulate the internet and social media includes some positive and progressive measures – but by working with industry, a lot more could be achieved  Continue Reading

• How data sharing and collaboration can solve great challenges

  Daniel Hirst and Arjan Dhaliwal from Ordnance Survey argue for the value of data sharing, collaboration and data skills enhancement to address social, ecological economic problems  Continue Reading

• Why diversity in AI remains a challenge and how to fix it

  With artificial intelligence set for a global economic explosion, its development must put diversity at its core to avoid discriminating systems  Continue Reading

• Spring Statement lays the foundation for a make-or-break Budget for business in the autumn

  The tech sector has welcomed much of the chancellor’s latest financial plans, but says there is more to do if technology is to achieve its full potential for driving economic growth  Continue Reading

• Revised scope of UK security strategy reflects digitised society

  The omission of the word ‘security’ from the title of the UK government’s new National Cyber Strategy is a telling one, reflecting our increasingly digitised society, say Maximillian Brook and Arunoshi Singh of the ISF  Continue Reading

• How 2022’s most significant data privacy trends affect your organisation

  Data privacy and protection are now core responsibilities for most, but as we all know by now, compliance is a moving target. Here, expert Alan Calder looks ahead at what to expect in the coming months  Continue Reading

• UK Cyber Strategy a welcome injection of progress

  The National Cyber Strategy should be seen as a welcome injection of both focus and investment in bettering cyber defence for everyone, says Turnkey Consulting senior consultant Louise Barber  Continue Reading

• ERP: Join the dots faster with ready-made ecosystems

  Pre-integrated IT has a long and honourable history, and it has a role to play in the mesh that makes up cloud-native enterprise systems  Continue Reading

• National Cyber Strategy will enhance UK’s cyber power status

  The UK punches above its weight when it comes to wielding cyber power around the world, but challenges to this status are clear. The National Cyber Strategy has a clear role to play in maintaining and enhancing this status, writes Paddy Francis of ...  Continue Reading

• ERP and the cloud

  Work to your agenda – not someone else’s  Continue Reading

• Monitoring performance in a hybrid cloud world

  The growing use of cloud demands a new breed of monitoring and observability tools to keep track of how cloud-native applications and services perform  Continue Reading

• Cloud enterprise applications need great developer tools too

  Developer and quality assurance tools play an important role in safeguarding cloud enterprise applications from disruption  Continue Reading

• How cyber security teams can conquer the four-day working week

  The four-day week may be an idea whose time has come, but for always-on cyber security professionals, the impact of squeezing more work into fewer days is a tricky proposition  Continue Reading

• Achieving agility, collaboration and data control in the cloud

  Organisations have historically had to make a trade-off between the proven benefits of the cloud and maintaining full control of their data, but with the right strategy it is possible to have both  Continue Reading

• Encryption myths versus realities of Online Safety Bill

  The UK government can’t legislate the impossible – a safer society depends on encryption, not breaking it  Continue Reading

• Five tips to help you deploy a successful AI initiative

  Former H&M head of AI, Errol Koolmeister, discusses an approach to delivering successful artificial intelligence projects  Continue Reading

• National Cyber Strategy misses the mark in one important way

  The National Cyber Strategy is full of fine words, says Petra Wenham, but as the old expression goes, fine words butter no parsnips, and it misses the mark in one very important way  Continue Reading

• 2022 must be a big year for sustainability in the tech sector

  As the pandemic might be easing, many organisations have an opportunity to refocus on core strategic goals and aims. For the tech sector, one of these must be sustainability  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Building the cyber workforce we need

  The UK’s new National Cyber Strategy is clear in its ambitions, but to fulfil them, we must double down on appropriate skills development, says ISACA director Mike Hughes  Continue Reading

• Subpostmasters won their David and Goliath battle, but initial goal still not reached

  Despite exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal, Alan Bates, the former subpostmaster who drove the campaign for the truth, says the goal of repaying people what they lost has not yet been achieved  Continue Reading

• Why we need to keep up the charge on women in tech

  With hybrid working allowing people into technology jobs regardless of their gender, ethnicity or background, we need to support and encourage this more flexible way of working to ensure it continues  Continue Reading

• When more is too much in security

  The view that more security tools equals better protection still persists, but security researcher Etay Maor argues that success in cyber lies in simplicity  Continue Reading

• When to pull the plug on an ecommerce site

  Distributed denial of service and other attacks on websites have the potential to leak personally identifiable information  Continue Reading

• Assessing the aims of the Government Cyber Security Strategy

  The clear aims of the Government Cyber Security Strategy are welcome, but are they realistic or achievable?  Continue Reading

• Universities need better protection from email-based cyber attacks

  The need to educate university staff and students on avoiding email-based cyber attacks is more acute than ever, says Proofpoint’s Adenike Cosgrove  Continue Reading

• Why training alone is not enough

  Among the difficulties IT leaders face is how best to combat the skills crisis and where and when to train internal teams  Continue Reading

• Server virtualisation is far from dead

  Server virtualisation must be looked upon with an expanded and fresh perspective amid the growing adoption of containers and Kubernetes. Here are seven server virtualisation trends to watch  Continue Reading

• The UK’s cyber security sector is thriving, but our work has only just begun

  The government’s Annual Cyber Sector Report painted a positive picture of the UK security industry. CIISec’s Amanda Finch thinks we can go further in developing cyber talent and opening up the sector  Continue Reading

• The complementary strengths of AI and human intelligence

  Kathy Peach, director at Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, describes projects the organisation supports that explore the interaction between artificial and human intelligence  Continue Reading

• Minding the gap between data and understanding

  An irony about the expression ‘information technology’ is that in recent years, although we have more data, it can feel like we lack information  Continue Reading

• Gartner: How to overcome a lack of cloud skills in your organisation

  IT chiefs are struggling to tackle cloud skills shortages across their organisations. Here are five key steps to overcome this challenge  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Good training is all about context

  In-house or outsourced? What makes a good security training programme, and what questions should buyers ask when procuring training as a service?  Continue Reading

• Technology is the key to the door of levelling up the UK

  We finally have a better idea of what the government’s ‘levelling-up’ policy means in practice – but national progress on digital adoption will be a key measure of its success  Continue Reading

• Why culture is critical for data integration

  For data integration to succeed, the business needs to foster a culture of data sharing and collaboration  Continue Reading

• Phishing tests are a useful exercise, but don’t overdo it

  The vast majority of cyber attacks start with a phish, so it’s not surprising that phishing tests form part of cyber training plans. But sometimes these tests go too far. Cyberis’ Gemma Moore looks at how to avoid the pitfalls  Continue Reading

• Tech sector can lead the fight against climate change

  The technology and telecoms sector has a dual role to play in sustainability – to transform its own organisation and ecosystems, and to use its role as a digital enabler to drive sustainability for its customers  Continue Reading

• Five key tech trends for digital leaders in 2022

  The past two years have seen a surge in investment that will bring new challenges to digital leaders over the next year  Continue Reading

• Why data integration is a business and CIO opportunity

  With a focus an agile approach and continuous learning and improvement, data integration has proven integral to end-to-end digital transformation  Continue Reading

• Data integration remains essential for AI and machine learning

  As our artificial intelligence algorithms continue to struggle with metacognition and causal inference, it is essential that we feed them the right data  Continue Reading

• The UK-Australia FTA shows the UK means business on digital trade policy

  The new free-trade agreement with Australia could be setting the precedents for what a modern digital trade policy will look like for the UK  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: How to build a human firewall

  In-house or outsourced? What makes a good security training programme, and what questions should buyers ask when procuring training as a service?  Continue Reading

• How apprenticeships are helping bridge the digital skills gap

  Apprenticeships are not only for young people – they can help make IT departments more diverse and inclusive, as well as plugging skills gaps, as DWP Digital has proved  Continue Reading

• Understand your cyber training ‘need’ before committing to a programme

  In-house or outsourced? What makes a good security training programme, and what questions should buyers ask when procuring training-as-a-service?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Focus on ‘nudging’ to build effective cyber training

  In-house or outsourced? What makes a good security training programme, and what questions should buyers ask when procuring training-as-a-service?  Continue Reading

• Hybrid cloud storage: The devils are in the details

  When it comes to storage, one thing is clear – cloud does not change everything  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Cyber training is useless without staff empowerment

  In-house or outsourced? What makes a good security training programme, and what questions should buyers ask when procuring training as a service?  Continue Reading

• How digital-twin technology could revolutionise the healthcare industry

  Digital-twin technology is not new, but in many industries it is still regarded as novel and is often misunderstood  Continue Reading

• Need rapid networked storage? Take a look at NVMe-over-TCP

  Lightbits helped develop NVMe-over-TCP to provide shared NVMe storage capacity over existing TCP-based networks  Continue Reading

• Avoid complexity in data storage decisions

  With more options for on- and off-premise data storage, the need for simplicity is greater than ever  Continue Reading

• Vulnerabilities to fraud are increasing across the board

  As the pandemic continues to affect how we work, socialise, shop and conduct business, so it has increased opportunities for digital fraud and cyber crime. Jason Lane-Sellers explores the latest LexisNexis Risk Solutions ‘Cybercrime report’  Continue Reading

• A trial relying on computer evidence should start with a trial of the computer evidence

  Learning from the Post Office Horizon scandal - the most widespread miscarriage of justice in recent British legal history  Continue Reading

• How can you balance security with growth?

  As businesses focus on recovery and growth, CISOs must deal with today’s challenges while also planning for tomorrow - how can they achieve both safety and success?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Reframing CISO-boardroom relations

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: When will they ever learn?

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• Enabling secure remote working is once again a top priority

  The pandemic has bought many new security risks, particularly around remote working. As the UK government once again urges people to work from home under its Plan B restrictions, these risks must be tackled as a priority  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Get to know your personal threat landscape

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: We are failing to get the cyber message across to users

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: There’s much more to do to secure hybrid workers

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• The power of AI can be unleashed with a focus on ethics

  An EY survey reveals the public’s concerns around the growing use of artificial intelligence – but also the opportunities for organisations that take the right ethical approach  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Good documentation could save your bacon

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• Ready for Oracle E-Business Release 12.2 by new year 2022?

  Date for the end of Premier Support for Release 12.1 of Oracle E-Business Suite is 31 December 2021  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Attackers leveraging the supply chain

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they have taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• Gartner: Four ways women can drive a more inclusive workplace

  Tips to help women committed to developing their own IT careers, as well as pathways for anyone in a segment that is under-represented in IT  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Think people, processes and systems

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• A ‘whole of society’ approach to cyber may be on the horizon

  Nominet Cyber managing director David Carroll reflects on the NCSC’s latest annual review amid 2021’s fast-evolving threat landscape  Continue Reading

• The way we talk and think about tech is crucial to helping solve the skills shortage crisis

  Companies are looking to short-term fixes to find IT specialists, but there is still a need for long-term solutions  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: In the cloud, anti-human approaches set us up to fail

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Dissecting the true value of SASE is a challenge

  As a relatively nascent technology that is getting a lot of publicity, dissecting the true value of SASE is still a difficult proposition, for now  Continue Reading

• Computing at the edge: Let’s get on board

  With the increasing complexity of networks today, whether it’s hybrid cloud infrastructure or time-sliced 5G, somehow we’ve got to manage it  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: SASE will become operational reality

  While still considered very much a buzzword, the pace of change in corporate networks and operational technology means secure access service edge (SASE) is becoming reality for many  Continue Reading

• Harness data to make better business conversations

  Productive business conversations require a data culture underpinned by data literacy and balanced by humanistic values  Continue Reading

• The value of open source in Europe

  Open source offers immense benefits across the private and public sector and enables organisations to tap into world-class expertise  Continue Reading

• Men’s Mental Health Month: How fintech can reduce anxiety around debt

  Umer Suleman of ethical investment firm Wahed explains how financial technology can reduce anxieties associated with debt  Continue Reading

• Lessons from Lisbon: Reflections on a week at Web Summit

  Russ Shaw, founder and CEO of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates, assesses the key takeaways of Web Summit 2021  Continue Reading

• How software development will change in 2022

  Businesses need a pipeline of software-enabled functionality that has to be delivered quickly and reliably without overworking software teams  Continue Reading

• How can specialist retailers get closer to their customers?

  In many cases, a customer needs more than just picking an item off the shelf or opening a box left on the doorstep – they need domain expertise  Continue Reading

• Back to the past with government identity

  The UK government plans to spend up to £400m developing yet another digital identity system – why is taxpayer money going into a time warp when there is surely a better and cheaper way?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: SASE – more than the sum of its parts?

  Airbus Cybersecurity’s Paddy Francis asks what makes an integration of the various components of SASE more the sum of their parts, and what are the benefits and pitfalls?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: What to find out before investing in SASE

  Petra Wenham of the BCS shares her thoughts on what organisations need to consider as they investigate whether or not to invest in secure access service edge technology  Continue Reading

• Flexible working hours the key for increased productivity

  With flexible working shifting from being a privilege to a necessity, company leaders must ensure their workers have a high-quality network service, efficient resources, hardware and cloud services, says Whit Andrews, distinguished research ...  Continue Reading

• How the tech sector can lead the green revolution

  Tech has often been highlighted as a contributor to climate change, but technology innovation will be central to achieving a net-zero economy  Continue Reading

• Building bridges to better diversity

  Tibco CIO Rani Johnson describes how the C-suite need to make themselves uncomfortable if they are to increase diversity in their organisations  Continue Reading

• The ICO is right to push back against government meddling

  Some criticisms of the ICO are justified, but the answer to that is not to give Whitehall more oversight over the data protection regulator, argues legal expert Edward Machin  Continue Reading

• Zero trust: Now is the time

  The cyber security industry has been talking about a zero-trust approach to security for just over a decade, but now it’s time to move towards full implementation because it is more appropriate than ever, and it is rapidly gaining support from ...  Continue Reading

• The Secret IR Insider’s Diary – this is not a fashion show

  In the latest pages taken from their diary, the Secret IR Insider reveals why organisations should be worried about every threat, not just the latest and greatest  Continue Reading

• Watching me, watching you – challenging the rise of digital surveillance at work

  Unprecedented levels of digital monitoring at work is embedding a culture of surveillance, despite workers’ opposition to the practices, says Prospect Union  Continue Reading

• Reaching the data gold standard: dream or reality?

  The pandemic has forced businesses to adopt digital technology at a record pace but most organisations find themselves at the beginning of a long journey towards making the most of their data  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: SASE – marketing buzz or the future of security?

  SASE architectures promise to prevent multiple types of cyber attacks, but deciding whether SASE is right for your organisation will require understanding whether SASE is a fit for your use cases in IT  Continue Reading

• How tech can help companies make bigger strides towards sustainability

  Sustainability must be at the centre of a digital strategy – not a sideshow or an afterthought  Continue Reading

• Is SASE mere vendor hype? It’s more nuanced than that

  There’s no doubt that SASE is being overhyped, but nevertheless the concept holds value that security teams should not discount, according to PA Consulting analysts  Continue Reading

• Changing the rules against cyber attacks

  UKRI’s John Goodacre reveals how projects supported by the Digital Security by Design Challenge aim to improve cyber security resilience, beginning with the very fundamentals of computing  Continue Reading

• Building better data foundations to make the most of AI

  The UK government's national artificial intelligence strategy relies on businesses putting in place the foundations for better use of data – EY research highlights the challenges ahead  Continue Reading

• The future is digital, so why is Britain’s national strategy waterfall?

  UK government policy is dominated by old, traditional attitudes – rather like the waterfall approach to IT projects. Unless policymaking adopts digital-style approaches, the UK is doomed to long-term decline  Continue Reading

• Six strategic plays for UK government IT initiatives and their implications for policy

  The UK government needs to decide what being digital means – and there are a number of options to consider. Policymakers have to choose, if the benefits of transformation are to be achieved  Continue Reading

• No easy fix for vulnerability exploitation, so be prepared

  Vulnerability management and disclosure is a tricky business with ethical and business ramifications for software vendors, CISOs and ethical hackers alike – and CISOs sit right in the middle of this  Continue Reading

• Doing the right thing: How CISOs should approach responsible disclosure

  Owen Wright, responsible for penetration testing and adversary simulation at Context, part of Accenture Security, advises how CISOs should approach responsible disclosure  Continue Reading

• Encryption protects the marginalised – and it’s under threat

  Encryption keeps marginalised groups connected and safe, but new regulatory attempts to break it put them at risk  Continue Reading

• How to prevent developer burnout

  The pandemic has led to more pressure on software developers, many of whom have reported increased levels of stress and anxiety  Continue Reading