The UK government is seeking views on how best to regulate the umbrella company sector, following the publication of its highly anticipated market review that saw it outline its commitment to curbing the prevalence of tax avoidance and employment rights violations within the sector. As previously detailed by Computer Weekly, the UK government launched […]
As part of an overarching strategy to refresh its mobilisation system, Avon Fire and Rescue Services (Avon FRS) is to start using Cradlepoint routers, powered by NetCloud to provide failover support to ensure unfailing and continuous connectivity across the its stations. Avon Fire and Rescue Service provides prevention, protection, and response services across the […]
Cyber security training and accreditation bodies (ISC)² and CIISec have teamed up to release a guide to the use of inclusive language in cyber security, explaining why it is important to use inclusive terminology and language to foster a more inclusive and diverse profession, and offering alternative vocabulary and language guidance to help security […]
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 13 June 2023 UKtech50 2023: The most influential people in UK technology Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the 13th annual UKtech50 list of the most influential people in UK technology. This year’s award goes jointly to the secretaries […]
Governments and policy-makers need to assess the ramifications of the technological response that was deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic, a report from the Ada Lovelace Institute has concluded. Technologies, such as contact-tracing apps and digital vaccine passports, were rapidly developed and deployed in response to the crisis. However, a review of evidence from 34 […]
UK communications regulator Ofcom has revealed it is among the organisations to have been compromised by the Russian-speaking Clop cyber crime gang following its exploit of a SQL injection vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer service. Ofcom confirmed earlier today that a “limited amount” of information about companies it regulates – […]
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has called for the UK to act quickly to take advantage of “tectonic shift” in the technology landscape. Speaking at the launch of the 10th London Tech Week, he said: “We must act – and act quickly – if we want not only to retain our position as one of […]
Financial services and other businesses across the world will spend hundreds of billions on regtech in 2028 as “increasingly complex” regulation drives a 124% increase investment in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain. Industries such as digital healthcare and online gambling are driving regtech investment beyond the finance sector. Regtech is software […]
Progress Software, the operator of the MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer product, has released a second patch for a newly discovered vulnerability distinct from CVE-2023-34362, the SQL injection bug currently under widespread exploitation by the Russian-speaking Clop cyber extortion gang. This vulnerability, which has not at the time of writing been assigned a CVE […]
Although members of ethnic minorities make up a higher proportion of the tech workforce than average across the wider UK labour market, representation at management level continues to be low. This situation is reflected even among companies that have signed up to the Tech Talent Charter (TTC), the aim of which it is to […]