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AI Agents - The struggle to balance automation, oversight, & security

Tue, 17th Jun 2025
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Visa's plan to use AI agents for automatic payments sparks debate over security risks and whether consumers will trust machines handling their money.
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Guardian agents set to secure 15% of AI market by 2030

Thu, 12th Jun 2025
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Guardian agent technologies are set to capture 15% of the AI market by 2030, ensuring secure and trustworthy AI interactions, says Gartner.
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Global financial leaders awarded for digital risk innovation

Thu, 15th May 2025
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Andy Lawrie of Nationwide wins FICO Decision Hero Award for leading credit decision overhaul, boosting efficiency and compliance in financial services.
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Haast raises AUD $6 million to expand AI compliance platform

Thu, 8th May 2025
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Australian AI compliance startup Haast has raised AUD $6 million to expand globally and enhance its platform used by Telstra, Aviva, and Zurich for faster, automated compliance.
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Swiss AI start-up Calvin Risk secures USD $4m seed funding

Fri, 22nd Nov 2024
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Swiss AI governance startup Calvin Risk has raised USD $4 million in seed funding to enhance enterprise AI compliance and accountability.
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Resilience named as National Cyber Resilience Centre Group Ambassador

Fri, 3rd May 2024
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Resilience, the cyber risk solution tech company, has been named the newest National Ambassador by the UK's National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG), in the bid to boost cyber resilience awareness in the commercial and third-sector communities.
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Tata Consultancy Services seals tech deal with Aviva

Fri, 2nd Feb 2024
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TCS has unveiled a 15-year technology partnership with Aviva to manage over 5.5 million life and pensions policies.
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Gartner finds 34% of organisations are using AI security tools

Wed, 20th Sep 2023
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The survey was conducted among 150 security leaders at organisations where Generative AI or foundational models are in use, in plans for use, or being explored.
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AVIVA announces industry first for automotive innovation

Wed, 4th Jan 2023
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AVIVA Links unveils first Automotive Serdes Alliance-based chipset, delivering over 64 Gigabits per second for in-vehicle networks.
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Digital currencies on the up, role of CFO more important than ever

Tue, 28th Dec 2021
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By 2024, 20% of large organisations will use digital currencies for payments, stored value or collateral, according to the analyst firm Gartner.
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Singapore's Best Workplaces 2019 revealed

Thu, 14th Nov 2019
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HubSpot, Grab, and FireEye are named among Singapore's Best Workplaces 2019, lauded for fostering trust, pride, and camaraderie among employees.
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Singapore firm to launch borderless open data sharing platform

Mon, 18th Mar 2019
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Singapore's Ocean Protocol to unveil a blockchain-based platform for safe, borderless data sharing at month's end, aiming to revolutionise global data economy.
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How voice biometric solutions reduce friction and cut fraud

Tue, 18th Sep 2018
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Voice biometrics cut fraud and boost customer satisfaction as traditional authentication methods like PINs and passwords fail to secure accounts.
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Cyber hacking lessons from the U.S. election

Fri, 11th Nov 2016
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Nation state actors, specifically Russia, meddling in US electoral systems is the most serious issue of this election, says Gartner analyst.
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Yahoo breach news is shocking but not surprising - what to do now?

Wed, 28th Sep 2016
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Identity proofing is clearly a top global fraud issue. What can organisations who need to prove electronic identities do to overcome this issue?.
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Insider threats escalate and thrive in the Dark Web

Wed, 22nd Jun 2016
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Disgruntled employees are gladly selling their services to the bad guys in order to inflict harm on their employers.
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Major banks hit by cyber attacks... 'alarming but not surprising'

Fri, 29th Aug 2014
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Today's headlines report that big banks have been hit by cyberattacks, according to the FBI. While this news is alarming, it certainly is not surprising.
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Hackers... Big Data is watching you

Fri, 7th Feb 2014
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Criminals are rapidly evolving their hacking techniques, and are attacking quickly, making timely security and fraud analytics more critical than ever.
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Five reasons to go cloud

Tue, 14th May 2013
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Cloud has been a buzzword for some time now, sharing a warm, comfy place in our hearts right next to social, big data, and gamification.