Technology companies are bracing themselves for more attacks on encryption after the UK government issued an order requiring Apple to create a back door to allow security officials access to content uploaded on the cloud by any Apple phone or computer user world-wide. The government has used powers under UK surveillance laws to issue a…
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Misusing artificial intelligence (AI) can have some very clear and expensive consequences. Movie studio Lionsgate recently joined a long list of organisations discovering that quotations and citations from generative AI (GenAI) systems need to be verified like any other source; Microsoft is being sued by a German journalist after Bing Copilot suggested he had committed crimes…
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Rahul Todkar, head of data and AI at Tripadvisor, has a broad remit. As well as leading a spectrum of data functions, from artificial intelligence (AI) to engineering and platforms, he’s also responsible for ensuring the business monetises the information it collects. Todkar found the scale of this opportunity hugely tempting when he joined the…
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The European Union’s landmark cyber security bill NIS2 is just months away from coming into force. With a compliance deadline of 17 October, the law aims to improve the bloc’s ability to fight rising levels of cyber crime by ensuring all member states follow the same cyber security rules and procedures. Under this directive, each EU member…
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The Mayor of London has launched a Beta of the London Privacy Register, which aims provide greater openness around the use of smart city technologies throughout the capital’s public spaces. According to the Mayor’s Office, the adoption smart city technologies in public spaces – including networks of sensors, cameras, drones, robotics, mobility services, augmented reality,…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the way organisations operate, using vast amounts of personal data to make smart, informed decisions. However, this incredible potential comes with concerns about data privacy. To truly benefit from AI, organisations must navigate the fine line between leveraging its power and protecting sensitive information, all while staying compliant with stringent…
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The UK’s data regulator has reprimanded a secondary school in Essex for illegally deploying facial-recognition technology to take cashless canteen payments from students. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has the power to serve formal reprimands, as well as fines and other enforcement notices, when organisations break the…
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Human-centred risk management experts Mimecast and Code42 are to come together as a single business in an acquisition that builds on a previously established tech partnership, with Mimecast set to add Code42’s product suite into its platform to enhance its insider threat detection and response capabilities. Mimecast, which bills itself as a provider of “AI-powered,…
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It’s estimated that 75% of security vulnerabilities go undiscovered. Much of this has to do simply with ease of access – for a long time, mobile security has relied on biometric authentication, such as fingerprint scans and facial recognition. However, as cyber threats evolve, these methods are no longer sufficient to counter the sophisticated tactics…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has strongly reprimanded the London Borough of Hackney over a series of failings that led to a devastating ransomware attack in October 2020. The Pysa ransomware gang encrypted a total of approximately 440,000 files affecting 280,000 residents of Hackney in East London, after they exploited old, on-premise servers and systems…
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