The Post Office will not oppose subpostmasters that come forward to appeal criminal convictions that were based on evidence from the error-prone Horizon computer system used in branches, according to its CEO. Speaking at a parliamentary Business and Trade department select committee hearing, Post Office CEO Nick Read,said he is frustrated by the lack […]

The general secretary of public sector trade union Unison has called on government to bring as many outsourced contracts as possible back in-house. Unison’s Christina McAnea called for the insourcing of services following the publication of a report in which the union said a future Labour government should bring all public sector contracts in-house, […]

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Overview of PCI compliance PCI compliance is adherence to the set of policies and procedures developed to protect credit, debit and cash card transactions and prevent the misuse of cardholders’ personal information. All card brands require compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI […]

Huawei has made a strong response against comments made by the European Commission (EC) – confirming that the decisions taken by certain EU Member States to restrict or exclude technology from the comms tech giant and fellow Chinese company ZTE from their 5G networks are justified and in line with the EC’s technology toolbox […]

The Salvation Army’s trading arm, known as SATCoL, is seeking to raise money for its charitable endeavours by branching out into the recycling and resale of business IT equipment, including PCs and mobile devices. The organisation claims to be the largest charity-owned textiles collector in the UK, and provides a means for businesses to […]

What is PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)? The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a widely accepted set of policies and procedures intended to optimize the security of credit, debit and cash card transactions and protect cardholders against misuse of their personal information. PCI DSS was designed to prevent […]

Prime minister Rishi Sunak is facing pressure from banks to force tech firms to foot the bill for online fraud. The leaders of the UK’s biggest banks have written to the prime minister demanding that tech companies do more to stop online fraud that emanates on their platforms. Last week, a letter written to […]

A series of services disruptions experienced by users of Microsoft Azure, OneDrive and Outlook were the result of a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack conducted by a threat actor tracked by Redmond as Storm-1359 (aka Anonymous Sudan) – a Russia-aligned or -backed group with alleged links to the Killnet collective. The surges […]

Jordan Ahli Bank has launched a banking app that allows its business and retail customers to make and receive payments at a lower cost. Built on a Google-inspired cloud-native banking platform, the Qawn app, which the bank describes as a “social payments app”, is connected to Jordanian payment network CliQ. Previously known as the […]