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Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 04.11.2026

Card giant is offering free cyber security training to millions of SMEs in the UK through its SME Academy

The invisible maths behind cloud carbon accounting

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 04.11.2026

Hypervisor abstraction and market-based accounting conceal cloud emissions. Operational sustainability requires raw telemetry, real-time grid data, and hardware lifecycle tracking

UK government responds to facial recognition consultation

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 04.11.2026

The UK government has responded to a consultation on a new legal framework for police use of biometrics, but has not committed to specific safeguards while continuing to ramp up facial recognition deployments

Saudi Arabia’s digital sports expansion creates new cyber security challenges

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 04.11.2026

The growing use of connected stadium infrastructure, digital fan platforms and AI agents is increasing the attack surface for sports organisations, raising concerns over insider threats, data protection and security governance

Data dive: Datacentre electricity – how much, where, why regions matter

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 04.11.2026

Official figures put datacentre electricity use at 4.46TWh in 2024 – 1.8% of the grid and up 41% since 2020, with the load stacking up in Slough and the M4 corridor

MPs launch civil service pension investigation but won’t rely on Capita data and promises

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 04.11.2026

Committee of MPs launches inquiry into Capita’s civil service pension scheme takeover

TSB releases shocking fraud data to urge caution as Black Friday and Christmas near

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 03.11.2026

TSB data shows that purchase fraud losses among its customers are up 4% this year

Exposing state threats still matters - resilience matters more

Published in Mastercard meets ‘responsibility’ through SME cyber security training on 03.11.2026

In October 2026, MI5 revealed it was spending more on countering state threats than it did during the Cold War. The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank explores the changing nature of state-backed cyber threats.