When it comes to GovTech and CivTech innovations, a great deal can be learnt from US examples. Recently the state of Louisiana enlisted the machine learning and data processing services of Splunk Enterprise to consolidate IT departments across 20 executive branches. The move saved the government $70 million as well as improving efficiencies and citizen … Continue reading When Civ Tech saves the government millions
GDPR – the 5 things you need to know
Data protection is changing. Fines of €10mil or 2% of global turnover, whichever is higher, will be issued to any company found to be in breach of GDPR. What is GDPR? The new regulation known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has already come into force but the first fines won't be issued until after … Continue reading GDPR – the 5 things you need to know
Tips for Cybersecurity
We've all heard the advice - when setting a password use capital letters, numbers and non-alphabetic symbols so that your password can't be guessed. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The man who wrote the now ubiquitous guidance, Bill Burr, has admitted he was wrong. In fact 'thisismypasswordnow' is more hack proof than 'h4cK3r!' So how do … Continue reading Tips for Cybersecurity
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