In the popular American Football movie ‘Any Given Sunday’, a near burnt-out coach played by Al Pacino somehow digs out an inspirational half-time speech in a crucial game that turns his team’s fortunes and his own life around. His theme is that, in sport and in life, the gap between success and failure is measured in inches and you have… Read more »
Recent reports that one part of the Russian security service has been driven to return to typewriters through fear of data leaks is a comic case of the world coming full circle for IT industry watchers of a certain age. Back in the day when the IBM PC was first launched and we all started on the path to consumerisation,… Read more »
If you’re the type of person prone to conspiracy theories, you might conclude that the US administration is currently doing the cyberspace equivalent of sailing a gunboat up the Yangtze and firing off some warning shots. We’ve just seen a report submitted to Congress by the Department of Defense (DoD) directly naming (for the first time at this level) China… Read more »
With the fourth NATO Conference on Cyber-Conflict (CyCon) still in progress, it seems almost churlish to ask whether a military alliance from the Cold War – created to prevent Soviet tanks from rolling over Europe – is really the right organisation to be hosting these discussions. The conference is taking place in the mediaeval old-town section of Estonia’s capital, Tallinn… Read more »