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Mar 16 2024

Government insists it is acting ‘responsibly’ on military AI

9 minutes of reading / AI, AWS, compliance, Computer, Intel, risk management, Tech, Technology / By Comkex

The UK government insists it is already acting “responsibly” in the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and military artificial intelligence (AI), following a warning from Lords to “proceed with caution”. However, critics say the government is failing to engage with alternative ethical perspectives, and that the response merely confirms its commitment to the…

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Sep 20 2023

Organisations failing to proactively address insider cyber risk

4 minutes of reading / AI, automation, machine learning, risk management, Tech / By Comkex

With the cost of insider risk the highest it’s ever been, cyber leaders are failing to direct their budgets towards effectively addressing the problem, spending less than 10% of their security budgets on measures that could solve a problem that now costs an average of $16.2m (£13.25m) every year. This is according to a newly…

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Aug 17 2023

Top marks for graduates of CIISec vocational cyber course

3 minutes of reading / project management, risk management, Tech / By Comkex

Amid the annual tradition of A-level results day, the first students to sit a new Extended Project Qualification for young people aged 14 and up looking to start a career in cyber security have also been receiving their grades, with promising results. The first intake to the course comprised a total of 132 students –…

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Aug 16 2023

ITAM influence on cyber risk becoming a factor in credit ratings

3 minutes of reading / compliance, risk management, Tech / By Comkex

IT asset management (ITAM) and its relationship to good cyber security practice and risk management is becoming a vital element in determining an organisation’s ability to obtain credit, and those that lack an appropriate ITAM strategy may find their ratings adversely effected, according to credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings. In its…

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Jul 27 2023

US cyber breach reporting rules to have global impact

4 minutes of reading / compliance, risk management, Tech / By Comkex

Organisations operating in the US will have to get to grips with strict new cyber breach reporting regulations, handed down this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The rules will apply to all US-listed companies, including Foreign Private Issuers – bodies primarily organised outside the US but that maintain secondary listings there. They…

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Jul 26 2023

UK organisations lack confidence to carry out basic cyber tasks

5 minutes of reading / risk management, Tech, Technology / By Comkex

Businesses across the UK continue to suffer from a basic cyber security skills gap, with supposed security leaders at approximately 50% of organisations saying they lacked the confidence to carry out the most basic tasks as outlined in the NCSC’s Cyber Essentials programme, or lacking appropriate support from third parties. This is according to the…

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