Ransomware: does your board know the right questions to ask?
Ransomware attacks are constantly hitting the headlines, with FBI director Christopher Wray recently likening the current spate of attacks to the challenges raised by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In response, the UK’s NCSC has produced a number of... Read more
A wrestle with an octopus – the Online Safety Bill. A step too far onto the toes of free speech, or not far enough?
The UK government has published its long awaited draft Online Safety Bill, two years after publication of the Online Harms White Paper. But can the bill deliver on the government’s ambitious manifesto commitment to make the UK the “safest place in... Read more
UK to capitalise on post Brexit independence in new data strategy
Last week was a busy one in the world of data - the UK Government published its response to the National Data Strategy consultation, and laid the ICO’s Data Sharing Code of Practice before Parliament. In relation to the strategy response, the... Read more
A Digital Picture is Worth a Thousand Ether: NFTs and Digital Art
Recent months have seen an explosion in the popularity (and value) of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). An NFT is a unique (non-fungible) record on a public blockchain ledger that is capable of being traded (a token) and which represents ownership... Read more
NCSC says think twice about using DLT
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently published a short whitepaper on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to help decisions makers in organisations decide whether it is an appropriate technology for their use case. Key benefits... Read more
We can work it out – competition and data regulators agree blueprint for cooperation in digital markets
On 19 May 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority and the Information Commissioner's Office (the Authorities) published a joint statement setting out their shared views on the relationship between competition and data protection in the digital... Read more
NFTs – “pegging value to virality”?
Are they the next big thing or is it all hype? Will they revolutionise the art world or destroy it? Whatever your view, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) have been making waves with their combination of eye-watering valuations and the difficulty of... Read more
Free cyber alert service and new guidance launched by NCSC at flagship conference
On the first day of its CYBERUK 2021 conference, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published updated 10 steps to cyber security guidance and launched a new early warning alert service The timing for this year’s NCSC flagship... Read more
