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A Central Bank Digital Currency? The Bank of England Ponders Proposal

The BoE (Bank of England) this month released a 57-page discussion paper entitled "Central Bank Digital Currency, Opportunities, challenges and…

Vulnerabilities in the Core: Key Lessons from a Major Open Source Census

A major new Open Source census has identified the Top 20 most commonly used free and open source software (FOSS)…

A Role in Progress: The Future of the Chief Data Officer

It’s not just the advent of GDPR and similar data protection regulations fuelling the rise of the chief data officer…

The Limitations of Neural Networks: 3 Big Issues Dominate

Today, neural networks dominate the landscape of AI and AIOps, the question I pose is whether this is justifiable and…

EU Courts Consider Vital Data Transfer Tool

King Canute had a long and successful reign, becoming monarch of the North Sea Empire; England, Denmark and Norway, writes Peter…

Government Needs to Refocus on SME Involvement in Govtech Contracts

Eight weeks ago techUK published the results of its fourth annual Govtech SME Survey. The poll of 101 SME leaders…

What Can the UK and Europe Teach the World about Banking Innovation?

As Brexit continues to cause chaos for industries across Europe, investment in innovation has waned, writes Hans Tesselaar, Executive Director,…

Microsoft’s New Cryptography Suite is “Mathematically Certain” to be Secure

Microsoft has released a new cryptographic provider – an independent software module that performs cryptography algorithms for authentication, encoding, and encryption –…

Security Teams are Treated Like Policemen: CISOs Need a Better Approach

IT security professionals play a vital role in keeping businesses safe from serious security incidents. Whether they’re actively defending against…

A Tale of Two Blockchain Startups

When Facebook decided to ban cryptocurrency adverts in late January, Alex Bessonov lost his company’s page at the click of…