A cloud-based digital evidence-sharing system for police in Scotland is being piloted, despite major data protection concerns raised by watchdogs about how the use of Microsoft Azure could be putting people’s sensitive personal data at risk. The Scottish government’s Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) service is aiming to digitally transform how the criminal justice […]
CGI joins KPMG and Amazon in helping deliver a programme of IT and business training to support prison leavers attempting to join the workforce. The IT service provider is working with Breakthrough, which offers apprenticeships to people leaving prison to help them overcome barriers when seeking employment. As part of this, CGI is supporting […]
In 1947, in the midst of post-war austerity, The Folio Society was launched by Charles Ede to bring aesthetic pleasure to book lovers. The war, in which Ede had served as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment and then in the army’s intelligence corps, had seen paper rationing. Academics researching the journals and […]
Small developers and established global companies alike are calling for urgent regulatory action to make app stores competitive and break the monopolies of Apple and Google in anticipation of digital market legislation being passed in the UK and Europe. Speaking with Computer Weekly, members of the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF) – an independent […]
What is Pentium? Pentium is a widely used series of microprocessors developed by Intel Corporation. The first Pentium processor was released in 1993, replacing Intel’s 80486 microprocessor. It soon emerged as the microprocessor of choice for personal computers (PCs). Exploring the Pentium series of microprocessors Intel launched the Pentium line of processors in 1993. Pentium […]
HPE has re-vamped its storage-as-a-service (SaaS) offer with Greenlake for file storage, block storage, plus data protection and disaster recovery offerings. It has also unveiled a multiprotocol upgrade to its Alletra storage servers – Alletra MP – which will underpin the aforementioned storage services and are manageable via Greenlake’s cloud console. Greenlake for Block Storage […]
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £12.7m fine on video-sharing social media platform TikTok for unlawful collection and use of data on children under 13 years of age. The breaches of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in question took place between May 2018 and July 2020. The regulator said […]
The UK’s newly created offensive cyber unit, the National Cyber Force (NCF), has carried out daily hacking operations to counter sophisticated cyber threats and disrupt state disinformation campaigns and terrorist groups, it has been revealed. The government yesterday disclosed rare details about the work of the NCF, which was formed three years ago to […]
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Trellix researchers have shared the details of a Royal ransomware attack on one of its customers, revealing insight into the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) employed by one of the world’s most active and dangerous ransomware operations. Royal ransomware was first detected in January of 2022 but the group ramped up its activity from […]