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Tech.London’s Top Tech Events for March 2018
Every month hundreds of tech events are hosted across the city. To make navigating them a little easier, Tech.London highlights just a few of the biggest and best that are not-to-be-missed. Check out our top picks for tech events happening in March 2018!
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Cisco, Apple, Aon, Allianz introduce a first in cyber risk management
Recently announced a new cyber risk management solution for businesses, comprised of cyber resilience evaluation services from Aon, the most secure technology from Cisco and Apple, and options for enhanced cyber insurance coverage from Allianz
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Alphabet Inc. launches Chronicle to boost cybersecurity and data intelligence
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, launched a new subsidiary (Launched as a cybersecurity intelligence and analytics platform).
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How to organise your phone to make it less stressful
Phones take up too much of our time and attention. A few simple tweaks can make them more life-friendly
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What is the Internet of Things(IoT) ?
Vehicle Cyber Security - necessary for connected cars
Vehicle Cyber Security deserves the same amount of attention. A new survey commissioned by Irdeto, a cybersecurity firm, points out that people have been increasingly concerned about automotive cybersecurity.
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How adding a plant to the office can boost productivity and job satisfaction…
Psychologists have found that, as well as oxygenating the air, bringing some flora into the workplace can improve employee satisfaction and can increase productivity by up to 15 per cent.
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To increase data skills, Airbnb has started its own university
This year, 700 data science students have studied at Airbnb's in-house academy. The Data University course is split into three levels, starting with the basics - such as how to ask a good question of data - and moving through to more advanced skills such as machine learning.
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GDPR - Are You Ready?
This seminar will be useful for any company that holds personal data, including medical or health records, CRM systems, employee information or email marketing.
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Is Netflix Cracking The Code For Women In Tech To Succeed?
Fantastic article in Forbes by Bonnie Marcus on how Netflix is a flexible and diverse place to work - discussing positive experience(s) and how they appeared to be very different from most of the research about what women in tech face in the workplace today.
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Discover a smarter and quicker way to ensure each candidate has the right to work in the UK
LinkedIn: Why do recruiters use us?
It is undeniable that recruitment is changing at a faster and faster pace. With the advent of AI, the blurring of professional and personal lives and the demand for skills which, even just 18 months ago, may not have existed, the employment industry has to stay on its toes.
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What will the CV of 2030 look like?
Dictated by changes in technology, the workplace is also evolving. It would make sense, therefore, that hiring norms are too. Soon, paper CVs will become a thing of the past – as will the name, age and gender data atop them – as diverse hiring becomes the norm, rather than a pipedream – and high-tech hiring will take its place. But what will the CV look like in 2030? According to predictions from PageGroup, working with trends forecasters Foresight Factory, the 2030 CV will be startlingly different.
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60 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2018
How 5G Is Going To Create A Secure Internet In 5 Stages
5G introduces new networking paradigms. It is going to have dramatic effects on the Internet of Things (IoT)
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Be brave' – inspiring the next generation of women in tech
Five high-profile female leaders in the tech industry reflect on their careers, offering advice and inspiration to younger women
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Attending an Akamai Workshop - participating in interactive technical discussions with Akamai experts.
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Cyber Security News
Many firms have no idea how many devices are connected to their networks - a major cyber-security risk.
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Growing IT Trends
Growing cyber crimes which may cause the loss of intellectual and financial assets and increase in adoption of cloud-based security solutions are some of the key factors propelling the market growth. By service, Managed Services segment is expected to grow at highest CAGR during forecast period. In deployment mode, organisations are showing interest towards cloud deployment because of its cost-effective and time-efficient features.
Demand for cyber security skills in the UK means that salaries for full time IT security jobs are increasing fast
The UK cyber security workforce has grown by 163% in the past five years to 58,000, according to a research report by the Tech Partnership, a network of employers seeking to promote cyber skills. Private and public sector step up efforts to close the cyber security skills gap in the face of a global skills shortage.
TOP 50 INFOSEC BLOGS YOU SHOULD BE READING
There are hundreds of InfoSec blogs in the webosphere. Some are clear leaders in the industry, widely regarded as thought leaders and earning recognition from just about everyone in the security field as being among the best of the best.
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Social Media Sites ... The New Cyber Weapons Of Choice?
According to Cisco, Facebook scams were the most common form of malware; the FBI said that social media-related events had quadrupled over the past five years; and PricewaterhouseCoopers found that more than one in eight enterprises suffered a security breach due to a social media-related cyber attack.
#WomenInTech
IT companies need, women's skills and knowledge. Women in Tech is an large network for promoting technology careers for women.
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Tech workers get paid more and contribute more to the UK economy than other industries
The average tech salary in the UK is £50,663. For non-tech jobs it is £35,155. “More than 1.5 million people are already working within the digital sector, or in digital tech roles across other sectors, while the number of digital tech jobs across the UK has grown at more than twice the rate of non-digital tech sectors,” prime minister Theresa May wrote in the report’s foreword.
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DocuSign - Balance Search
We’ve teamed up with DocuSign.com, a software company specialising in facilitating fast, secure ways to sign, send and store documents, to enhance our relationships with and make life that little bit easier for our valued employer clients. We have started using DocuSign.com for the mutual agreement and signing of terms of business with our clients. The cloud based system gives greater transparency in the way we do business and reassures employers that there are no hidden terms or fees.
A Third of Business Owners Think Half of their Workforce will Work Remotely by 2020
Remote and flexible working is becoming more and more popular for businesses across the UK.
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