The government is unequivocal in its belief that the private sector has a critical role to play in the UK’s transition to a net-zero economy by 2050, but more must be done to make it easier for enterprises to adopt and develop their own green technologies in support of this goal. This is based […]

Any security practitioner will tell you that incident response is arguably the most important thing they will ever have to do. It’s important to plan, however, which means mapping out roles and responsibilities. Organizations should also decide how and when critical communication should occur and think through when or if to bring in external people […]

Incident response coordinates approaches to manage cyber incidents and fallout to limit the consequences. Incident response frameworks guide the direction and definition of response preparedness, planning and execution by outlining and detailing its elements, steps and stages. Why is an incident response framework important? In 2021 alone, there were nearly 24,000 security incidents, which […]

What is superconductivity? Superconductivity is the ability of certain materials to conduct a direct electric current (DC) with practically zero resistance. This capacity produces interesting and potentially useful effects. For a material to behave as a superconductor, low temperatures are required. What is the background on superconductivity? Superconductivity was first observed in 1911 by H. […]

Blockchain still is a vast and evolving technology. Despite the ambiguity surrounding this topic, blockchain has been gaining a steady influence on financial markets. Demandsage predicts a $163.83 billion market for blockchain technology by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 56.3%. Comparable to a checkbook that’s dispersed among many computer systems worldwide, […]

What is remote code execution (RCE)? Remote code execution (RCE) is when an attacker accesses a target computing device and makes changes remotely, no matter where the device is located. RCE is a broad category of attacks can have minor effects of victim systems, but they can also be quite serious. Two of the well-known […]

Amazon has dismissed claims that a “few departures” from its cloud arm’s sustainability team, coupled with its ongoing hiring freeze, is slowing the company’s progress towards helping its customers curb their carbon emissions. Sources close to the company alerted Computer Weekly to the fact that several individuals, of varying degrees of seniority but all […]

The UK’s biometrics commissioner, Fraser Sampson, has told MPs and Lords there is a “non-deletion culture” in policing with regards to the retention of people’s biometric information, even when they are not convicted of a crime. Addressing Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on 22 February 2023, Sampson said the default in UK […]

In almost every European country, the healthcare sector struggles with staff shortages. The Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis have caused healthcare to lose many professionals. The demand for care is as high as ever, and with the current ageing population, that demand will only increase. Reason enough, then, for healthcare to look for […]

The LockBit ransomware gang has leaked a tranche of data exfiltrated from Royal Mail’s IT systems during its January 2022 cyber attack, and set a fresh ransom demand of £33m as it renews its efforts to force the postal service to cough up. The prolific Russian-speaking ransomware operation had previously set a £66m ransom […]