Could AI do more to change the model adopted by the big four accounting firms, than just improving staff productivity and efficiency? Services delived by knowledge industries such as consulting and audit, can be leveraged through AI. As domain specific…
One should consider the statement made by the CEO of HSBC UK, especially when one considers the amount of resources companies such as HSBC spend on the management of cybersecurity risk. At a recent UK government Treasury Committee hearing Ian…
Marks and Spencer has published its Financial results ending 29th March 2025. The financial impact of the companies on-going cyber attack is accounted for in 2025/ 2026 operating profit. M&S expects a £300 million incident impact to operating profit, before…
Spain is suffering a nationwide mobile and internet outage, likely due to recent network upgrades. Several regions suffered impacts to their emergency service lines. The communications outage come not long after Spain suffered widespread power outages, that affected most of…
Those damn retail supply chains. We started at the end of the line with Marks and Spencer, the Coop and Harrods and now we appear (a sample size of 1) to be moving down the retail supply chain. As Peter…
One admires the direct approach to communications, its not always sensationalist, sometimes its needed to convey a message. More so when the message is a serious one, as in this case with New Zealand MP Laura McClure made clear the…
In 2024 Chrisopher Wray, the former head of the FBI and other senior Feberal Security leaders spoke at length to various US congressional committees on the prepositioning of nation states in US CNI. Last week it was announcements that rogue…
It’s time to get a grip. All the Marks and Spencer cyber attack tells us is that Boards of covered companies are ill prepared for cyber attacks. Cyber is not new and it’s unlikely to lead to retail armageddon or…
Thank you for posting Faisal Khan, the points you raise in your post are very topical. AI is without doubt a technology having a major affect on society. Last week the US President spent 4 days in the GCC discussing…
This is simply an outstanding light hearted, yet serious, and sobering watch. How to hack power generation facilities (CONTRACTED). A very topical conversation given the recent power outages in Spain and Portugal, and the recent announcement that remotely controlled inverters…
