Former defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon, presenting the first Counter Terror Awards at London’s Olympia recently, called on tech industry giants to “help root out” terrorists who are using social media to spread extremism.
In response to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond's spring statement, Di Mabe, client services director of leading Microsoft recruitment partner, Curo Talent, says: "I welcome Philip Hammond's embrace of technological change, as we build a Britain fit for the future. However, there should be an awareness of how businesses will source the right people from the technology talent pool based on current culture and trends. The demand of IT skills has led to many experienced people moving from permanent employment into the freelance market, which needs to be accounted for in future tax plans.
Leading comedian to perform during this year’s ECA Industry Awards Dinner
Popular comedian and TV personality Alastair McGowan is to perform at this year’s ECA Industry Awards Dinner, which is set for Friday 8 June. McGowan is perhaps best known for his hit BBC show ‘The Big Impression’, which won a BATFA in 2003, and previously for his voice-overs on ITV’s ground breaking satire ‘Spitting Image’. Alistair is also an active supporter of renewable energy.
New data science team formed to help organizations close the Cyber Exposure Gap
Tenable has announced the expansion of Tenable Research, an expert team of cybersecurity researchers and data scientists focused on transforming vulnerability data into strategic insights which help organizations manage, measure and ultimately reduce cyber risk. The existing vulnerability research team is joined by a newly created data science team which will work together, alongside the security community at large, to reduce the Cyber Exposure gap, which is defined as an organization’s inability to understand and accurately represent its Cyber Exposure at any given time. Tenable Research will leverage its deep vulnerability expertise to identify new vulnerabilities, publish vulnerability checks within Nessus and Tenable.io to help customers rapidly detect issues, leverage these insights to drive more effective processes and technology usage, and fuel new product innovation and capabilities including benchmarking.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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