While the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is making progress on tackling the “urgent service risks and vulnerabilities” introduced by historic under-investment in technology, it is still failing to adequately plan for the wider digital transformation that it needs to undergo, introducing further elements of risk, according to a National Audit […]

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), alongside innovation hub partner Plexal, are scouting emerging cyber talent to form the next cohort of startups to be inducted into the NCSC for Startups programme, this time with a focus on securing the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and developing resilient products. The next cycle of […]

The European Ombudsman has found that the European Commission failed to take necessary measures to ensure the protection of human rights in the transfer of surveillance technology to African governments under the European Union’s multibillion Trust Fund for Africa (EUTFA). The decision by the Ombudsman, the European Union’s (EU) official oversight body, follows a […]

Russia-backed or aligned threat actors have compromised networks at multiple organisations in the UK and other countries, including at least one Fortune 500 business and more than 15 healthcare providers, and appear to be using them to launch cyber attacks on Ukrainian targets. This is according to new analysis by researchers at Lupovis, a […]

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 6 December 2022 Is Twitter still safe, and should you stop using the platform? Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, with a litany of security and compliance issues caused by Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, we ask if it’s still safe […]

Despite measures being put in place to block them, misleading and fraudulent investment adverts continue to be shown to UK consumers using Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms, according to consumer advocacy organisation Which?, which is calling for the government to pass the Online Safety Bill as a matter of urgency. Which? worked with Demos […]

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is looking to commission a £900,000 study to understand the technical and economic feasibility and requirements of a UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative. In the tender notice for commissioning the report, the DCMS said it aims to catalyse growth of the UK semiconductor sector and contribute […]

Most organisations fail miserably at defending themselves from cyber attack and ransomware intrusion. That’s the view of James Blake, EMEA CSO at Cohesity, who spoke to Computer Weekly about key features in the backup company’s recently launched Datahawk service and its Data Security Alliance initiative. “I’ve seen how people do defence and why they […]

The most important lesson learned in 2022 is that the more security controls an organisation has in place, the less secure it is. The layered approach to security is broken! “That’s not very festive!” I hear you say, but delving a little deeper, the point is that security layers are often not applied correctly […]

Risk-based vulnerability management company Hackuity has announced it is to open a UK office as it looks to extend its global client base among blue-chip and enterprise organisations. The company, headquartered in Lyon in south-central France, also has offices in the Netherlands and Singapore, wants to triple its customer base in 2023, and believes […]