What is ITAR and EAR compliance? The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are two important U.S. export control laws that affect the manufacturing, sales and distribution of certain technologies, technology products, software and services. Both laws are designed to control access to specific types of technology and data […]
Royal Mail has resumed a “limited” international export service for letters and parcels leaving the UK, after successfully putting in place some technical workarounds that seem to have been able to bypass systems impacted by a ransomware attack earlier in January. The attack, which is alleged to be the work of the Russian-speaking LockBit […]
Yum! Brands, the organisation behind iconic restaurant and fast food franchises including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, was forced to close approximately 300 outlets across the UK on Wednesday 18 January following a ransomware attack by an as-yet unspecified group. The US-based restaurant operator said that on detecting the incident, it implemented planned […]
Email marketing specialist Mailchimp has suffered its third data breach arising from a social engineering attack in the space of a year, but on this occasion has won some praise for its swift and candid response to the incident. In a statement first published on Friday 13 January, later updated on Tuesday 17 January, […]
Technology companies could be forced to remove videos of people crossing the English Channel “which show that activity in a positive light”, while executives could face criminal sanctions for failing to protect children online, under proposed UK government amendments to the Online Safety Bill. Announced in a statement by digital minister Michelle Donelan on […]
Newham Council is officially opposed to the police’s use of live facial-recognition (LFR) technology after voting unanimously in favour of a motion to suspend its use across the London borough. Proposed on 16 January 2023 by Areeq Chowdhury, the Labour councilor for Canning Town North, the motion mandates that Newham Council’s chief executive must […]
A pattern of chronic underperformance arising in part from a legacy IT estate in dire need of modernisation has left the Cabinet Office-backed UK Security Vetting (UKSV) service facing delays to its work and missed targets, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report released today. UKSV, which was set up in 2017, has […]
Ukraine’s cyber security leaders have been in London to meet with their UK counterparts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), discussing the latest developments in the conflict and building improved cyber resilience during a series of bilateral discussions. This is the first trip undertaken by Yevheniia Volibynk, chief of Ukraine’s national Computer Emergency […]
UK companies are taking a cautious and conservative approach to IT and general internal business investment in 2023, but with an eye to a post-crisis future, according to comments by spokespeople for Oracle and the Confederation of British Industry (the CBI). Oracle’s Siobhan Wilson, who is senior vice-president of EMEA, applications customer officer and UK […]
Almost half (46%) of IT decision-makers who took part in a Census-wide buyer’s sentiment survey for Rimini Street admitted the cost-of-living crisis has led to the inability to meet salary expectations for new and existing staff. The survey found that chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs) are embracing the new talent […]