cyber essentials
What essentials? UK businesses remain "unaware" of NCSC cybersecurity certification
Less than 2% of UK private businesses are NCSC certified- and half of the SMEs don't even know about certification schemes
CEO
Amidst job cut plans and digital transformation, BT appoints its first female CEO
The Telia CEO will start her term at BT at the end of January 2024
Big Interview
Amdocs’ Anthony Goonetilleke on network slicing, apples, eSIM -- and the digital divide
"During Covid I saw two kids, sitting almost on the footpath outside Starbucks in Dallas, and they were doing their homework on its Wi-Fi. It broke my heart. Not creating a digital divide is super important..."
Cybersecurity
"WormGPT" gives cybercriminals their own LLM
A dangerous Large Language Model trained on malware data sets is being used to launch BECs.
Citigroup
Citi’s tech spend hits $3 billion in Q2, as CFO highlights in-sourcing efforts
Citigroup spent the equivalent to some $50 million on technology every single working day over the past quarter..
Blockchain
Google allows NFTs into Play Store
Google has updated its app store policy, and now the NFTs can come out to Play...
artificial intelligence
Global AI Index: US and China lead investment, as Israel and Singapore punch above weight
The scramble for a piece of the AI pie is on, but US and China remain on top when it comes to raking in the profit
Azure
Microsoft clams up over critical Azure key breach, security incident as attackers breach US agencies
Following a major security breach involving US federal agencies, Microsoft refuses to provide details on the incident
Big Interview
Bad developer UX? Look out for breakages, burnout, and "biological single points of failure"
"All of this hasn't existed for the CIO or the CTO, and genuinely they've been begging for a platform with the same ability to report back to executives to show the value of their engineers..."
Cloud
Collibra CTO Madalina Tanasie on data governance needs
CTO Madalina Tanasie shares insights from two decades in data governance, and shares what building a data intelligence platform that works look like
Cybersecurity
Malvertising: Threat actors are duping downloaders using... Google Ads and SEO
Threat actors are using SEO to trick users into downloading ransomware.
GovTech
CivTech: Scotland to digitize licensing, opens up tech spend to SMEs
Scotland's government has announced nine digitization tenders worth £10 million for its CivTech challenge.