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The article focuses on tech companies in Europe urging EU ministers to support the European Parliament's proposed regulations on child sexual abuse, opposing the European Commission's (EC) draft known as "chat control." The topics include concerns that the EC's mass scanning of encrypted communications, as part of the proposed regulation, could jeopardize citizens' privacy and security.

The article highlights the World Economic Forum's warning about the threat of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated disinformation to elections, emphasizing the risks it poses to democratic processes globally. Topics discussed include the vulnerability of governments, businesses, and society to AI-generated fake narratives, the potential impact on elections, and the need for collaborative efforts to address these challenges, including proposed regulations and digital literacy campaigns.

The article raises concerns of technology companies about the risk to end-to-end encryption following the approval of the Online Safety Act in Great Britain. Topics discussed include impact of the legislation on privacy, zero-tolerance approach to protecting children, and plan of the Office of Communications to introduce the legislation in phases that include consultation process on tackling illegal content and addressing child safety and pornography.

The article informs about concerns raised by the UK's professional body for IT, BCS, Topic include regarding the government's Online Safety Bill (OSB) proposals to require tech companies to scan encrypted messages. BCS argues that these proposals, aimed at combating child abuse and terrorism, may damage the UK's reputation for data security and privacy, create systemic security risks, and lead to the weakening of encryption, potentially impacting all citizens.

The article reports that emails published by Russian hackers and systematically analyzed by Computer Weekly reveal that in January 2020 the former "C" (chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6) Richard Dearlove linked up with hard-Brexit campaigners and White House lobbyists to send a threat-laden briefing to several Downing Street warning about telecoms company Huawei.

The article presents the discussion on Russian cyber attack group targeting politicians, journalists, and military and intelligence officials across the UK and Europe. Topics include checking for malware loading all the mails, files, and metadata to free text and structured query systems for full analysis and future projects; and producing intelligence reports being used by the government in justifying the support for the war against Saddam Hussein.

The article discusses the use of risk management tools in Microsoft Office to covertly monitor the activities of employees on work-issued computers. Topics include the tools used by Microsoft in its Office 365 suite to keep track of staff emails and monitor how long they spend on calls and how many meetings they attend; researchers involved in the development of the tool, and boosting of the privacy of the software to monitor the employees productivity.

The article presents the discussion on NSO Group Technologies facing court action after Pegasus spyware using against targets in UK. Topics include Israeli firm facing the prospect of legal action in a British court coming during growing concern about the misuse of Pegasus spyware by governments; and breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the misuse of private information, harassment and trespass to goods.

The article reports that Campaign group Liberty plans to launch legal appeal for journalists to receive legal protections from state surveillance. Topics include government has agreed that the United Kingdom's mass surveillance laws do not provide adequate protection to confidential journalistic material and sources; and the Snoopers' Charter, fails to provide adequate safeguards to protect confidential journalistic material from surveillance by intelligence services.

The article discusses agreement of data privacy framework allowing transatlantic data transfers. The agreement was made after United States offered concessions on surveillance and new rights of redress for European Union citizens. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework promises an end to two years of legal uncertainty for companies relied on privacy shield.

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Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Co-operative Financial Services is looking to replace its 40-year-old legacy banking systems in a major procurement exercise next year. The firm has been in discussions with suppliers […]

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Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Businesses have reacted with caution to calls from the information commissioner for greater powers to investigate and penalise firms that flout the Data Protection Act. Employers group […]

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Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Schools across Scotland are to be given access to a dedicated learning network that will allow pupils to take lessons online, collaborate on projects and send and […]

Outsourcing helps drive demand for high-end technical skills Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk The number of job vacancies for permanent IT professionals has soared over the past three months, as employers seek […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk British American Tobacco is poised to connect Blackberry mobile devices to its core business systems, including SAP, as part of a project to allow 900 senior executives […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Businesses have been urged to offer all IT professionals formal training in IT security, even if security forms only a part of their work. Security certification body […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Government IT projects face the prospect of public scrutiny following a precedent-setting ruling last week that the government should disclose confidential reviews of its £5.8bn identity cards […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk There has been a surge in demand for advice on protecting customer data following Nationwide's £1m fine for failing to safeguard customer details, consultancy KPMG has said. […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Power supply failures were the fastest growing source of business disruption last year, as power-hungry IT systems put increasing strain on the electricity infrastructure, according to business […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Government plans to share data across departments could be hampered by the poor quality of government data, a cross-bench peer warned at the Infosec conference. Lord Erroll […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk IT departments should set outsourcing suppliers service targets that measure the genuine impact of IT to the business, rather than focus on technical performance such as availability […]

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Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk A new type of IT degree designed to give employers a stream of IT professionals with business, technology and communication skills has won backing from 12 UK […]

infosecurity europe The need to make wireless devices secure by default and more openness on data breaches are on the agenda at next week's Infosecurity conference Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk IT […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Security suppliers are lobbying the European Commission to introduce US-style laws that would force companies to publicly report IT security breaches if they lead to the loss […]

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Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Employers groups are backing a competency framework for IT professionals which aims to make it easier for IT staff and employers to identify and develop management and […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk The London Assembly has raised concerns over the readiness of businesses and the emergency services to cope with another terrorist attack on the London Underground. A report […]

hr & skills Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Salaries for IT consultants have leapt 17% over the past 12 months, following a boom in public sector outsourcing and private sector mergers and […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk Major employers are backing the first qualifications in secure programming as part of drive to reduce software errors that are leaving corporate systems open to attack. The […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk The Housing Corporation, the quango responsible for distributing more than £2bn a year to housing associations, is refusing to disclose the results of an independent investigation into […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk HBOS is looking to differentiate itself from its competitors by becoming one of the first organisations to gain formal accreditation for business continuity planning. The bank plans […]

analysis When Computer Weekly requested results of an inquiry into the Housing Corporation's problematic IT project, it was refused. Why was the report withheld? Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk The Housing Corporation […]

Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk British Airways has begun a campaign to recruit and train 20 graduates to fill vacancies in its IT department. The airline plans to offer successful applicants 18 […]

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