SECURITY
Security in the Business IoT (Internet of Things)
For years the proverbial ‘herding cats’ was directed at a room full of programmers who all had a different creative spin on an IT solution. While this still remains an ongoing...
World War Z – Zero-day Viruses and New Risks
In most epidemic films, virus hunters are looking for the infamous ‘Patient Zero’ - the first patient to have contracted the virus, and who then played host for the massive spread...
Electoral Interference: Taming the Bear
These days the internet is being used as a weapon of international war. Even as we bid adieu to French President Francois Hollande last week amidst closely observed elections in France,...
Windows bugs have come to resemble the Hydra of Ancient Mythology
The Lernaean Hydra in Roman mythology was a frightening beast. It had seven snake heads. If a warrior cut off one of the heads, it simply regrew while the others continued...
BLOCKCHAIN
Finances, Blockchain and the Future of Finance
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock in the middle of the Australian outback for the last year, you’ve certainly heard about the sudden and meteoric rise of blockchain technology and...
The Nth party: compliance with anti-bribery and corruption laws
For Fortune Global 1000 companies with complex global footprints and multiple third party affiliations, compliance with cybersecurity regulations, including anti-bribery and corruption laws, is a challenge. Global supply chains are inevitably...
Cryptocurrency: That’s a Big Ripple
The growth of popularity in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum has been unprecedented. A recent article detailed the meteoric rise of value of Bitcoin ($100 in 2010 would be worth), and...
You Gotta Fight For Your Right to….Bitcoin?
Sometimes you have to fight for your rights. No one knows this better than the Beastie Boys. The 1986 release of ‘You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party’ on the...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Should we fear AI, or embrace its benefits?
Fifty-two technologists, academics, and business leaders have been quoted by business intelligence group CB Insights as saying that AI could spiral out of control and threaten human society.
Some have hit the...
UK Industrial strategy: A bold vision scuppered by incompetence
OPINION While the British government wrestles with Brexit, it has announced more details of its plans to raise R&D investment to 2.4 percent of GDP, in line with its revamped industrial...
There’s Always a Bigger Fish
Let’s be honest--the three Star Wars prequels released from 1999 to 2005 weren’t good movies. Actually, they were terrible. And of course, who can forget Jar Jar Binks, the character that...
