As per the latest lobbying disclosure report filed by global retail giant Walmart with the US Senate and the House of Representatives, the company continued to lobby with the US lawmakers over Indian foreign direct investment (FDI) rules in ...
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The £650m over four years that the government allocated to cyber security in 2010 was recently branded "embarrassing" by Bob Ayres, a former intelligence officer at the US Department of Defense, in an interview with Computing, and ...
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The UK continues to struggle against cyber criminals with no clear victory in sight. That's what the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee heard from the cyber security industry as experts gave evidence about e-crime. "I don't think the ...
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Chloe Smith, minister for political and constitutional reform at the Cabinet Office, has said the government's £650m spend on cyber security "underlines the importance" the government places on the UK's safety. Describing the ...
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The White House wants more protection for the privacy of citizens in the latest redraft of the controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). CISPA, which has been pushed forward by the House Permanent Select ...
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Indian outsourcing and services company Infosys has teamed up with Queen's University Belfast to conduct joint research into the global cyber security threat. The partnership brings together Queen's University Belfast's Centre for Secure ...
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A lawsuit could put a crimp in Microsoft's reported plans to implement two-factor authentication for users of its consumer cloud services. Two-factor authentication – which supplements a user's password with a PIN or code generated ...
Ex-Metropolitan Police cyber crime detective and current MD of Cyber Security Consulting - which still handles government contracts - Adrian Culley has told Computing that the government's £650m budget for cyber security is not ...
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Foreign secretary William Hague has announced the devotion of £500,000 a year to the opening and running of a global cyber research centre to be sited at the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. The Global Centre for ...
Security firm Symantec has found that banking Trojan Shylock – malware which aims to infect computers – is currently targeting more than 60 financial institutions, the majority of which are in the UK. In a blog, the firm ...
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The government's investment in cyber security is embarrassing, according to security experts. The government announced plans to invest £650m over a four-year period on cyber security, after the 2010 National Security Strategy rated ...
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The government announced the UK cyber security strategy at the back end of 2011 to protect national interests by building a trusted and resilient digital environment. It revealed plans to invest £650m over a four-year period from ...
The government's vision to have every home in the UK equipped with smart energy meters is getting closer. Next year comes the mass rollout stage but in the meantime, three remaining bidders are battling it out for the right to provide the ...
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When it comes to education, most people agree, more is better. No one embodies that principle at least in regard to IT certifications better than Jerry Irvine. CIO of IT consulting firm Prescient Solutions and member of the National Cyber ...
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The US government is to introduce a "cyber espionage review" process into future purchases of IT after the measures were passed in a new funding law signed this week by President Obama. It follows reports in the press since the beginning ...
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