Doomsayers have been predicting that the world will end, with the latest date just a few weeks away on December 21. If they’re right, then we won’t even exist in 2013, so perhaps this article could be a little premature. However, if the date passes without incident, here’s what organisations need to know to avoid their own Armageddon during the next twelve months.
Dealing with vast amounts of data used to be a problem faced purely by large enterprises. However, in today’s world of rapidly increasing data, it’s now an issue for companies of all sizes.
Data is increasing for all sorts of reasons, which include the use of social media and the increased use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, which have dramatically increased the amount of data being backed up on the network.
The UK Cyber Security Challenge is based on a similar initiative in the US and seeks to increase the number of cyber security specialists by generating interesting in IT security from both within and outside of the IT industry.
First held in the UK in the summer of 2010, the Challenge has grown significantly and now has a number of commercial and not-for-profit sponsors, including ISC(2) and the SANS Institute.
Police tactics of charging or ‘kettling’ crowds can unite protesters and escalate disorder, according to new research by the University of Brighton.
Rather than dispersing and leaving the scene, crowds “under attack” by police can become more militant and more determined to resist what they see as illegitimate behaviour by the police.
Dr Chris Cocking, a University of Brighton senior lecturer, carried out interviews with 20 people who had experienced police charges at demonstrations including the student tuition fees protests of 2010. His findings are published (24 January) in the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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