Hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) is a message encryption method that uses a cryptographic key with a hash function. Read more »

The recent spate of cyber attacks on UK retailers has to be a wake-up call to build more cyber resilience into digital supply chains and fortify against social engineering... Read more »

Amid growing calls for a national digital ID scheme, Home Affairs Committee launches inquiry into likely benefits and risks Read more »

The chancellor of the exchequer has significantly upped spending on digital and technology initiatives in the current Spending Review period, with the NHS receiving a 50% tech funding increase. Read more »

WhatsApp today applied to intervene in an Investigatory Powers Tribunal case that is considering the UK’s ability to issue a technical capability notice on Apple to ‘weaken encryption’ Read more »

Cyber security has been everything from a tick-box exercise to a compliance headache for organisations – but the pressing threats we face mean cyber resilience must become a boardroom... Read more »

Stressed IT and cyber professionals are turning to AI chatbots for support, but is handing people’s mental wellbeing over to algorithms really such a bright idea? Read more »

So-called Black Swan events expose the blind spots in even the most sophisticated forecasting models, signaling a need to rethink how businesses, and those investing in them, quantify and... Read more »

Senior conservative MP David Davis says the Home Office should disclose how many secret orders it has issued against telecoms and internet companies to Parliament Read more »