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The dramas role in helping the cause of postmasters reminds us of the essential role public service broadcasters play, Oliver Foster writes

Over 5,000 people impacted by data breaches arising from two cyber incidents affecting outsourcer Capita have joined a group action lawsuit

In October 2023, Rebecca Taylor of the SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit was recognised at the annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards for her work. Computer Weekly caught up with her to talk mentoring, cyber career development and diversity

The IAM landscape is experiencing profound change thanks to the advent of biometrics. Learn about the latest advantages and key benefits of biometrics in identity.

Emerging technologies have brought about a new age of cyber – and we need a 360-degree collaborative approach more than ever to succeed

In this week’s Computer Weekly, 15 years since we first revealed the plight of subpostmasters, and four years since their High Court victory, the UK public and government are getting behind the victims, thanks to a TV dramatisation of the scandal. We look at government plans to quash convictions, and analyse the role of Horizon IT supplier Fujitsu in how the Post Office scandal developed. Read the issue now.

It takes a certain type of corporate culture to keep on doing things in the face of mounting evidence that they are the wrong things to do. A corporate culture, in other words, with “no reasonable doubt”, in the memorable phrase of the management academic Charles Handy.

In September 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov chose not to believe what his computer was telling him, and probably saved the world. The system had assured him that the very convincing blips on the Soviet early warning radar scopes were five incoming ICBM missiles, launched from the United States as a first strike.

Well, what can we say? Humbly, let’s start with a very big thank you to Little Gem, the TV production company that created Mr Bates vs the Post Office, and to ITV for broadcasting the drama at ...

Nikki Holland, former director of investigations at the NCA, was sacked for “misconduct” after sending sensitive NCA information over personal email and WhatsApp. The NCA assed 16 allegations and upheld two allegations of “gross misconduct” and one allegation of “misconduct”.