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Editor in chief of Computer Weekly; VP of international editorial at InformaTechTarget; BSME Editor's Editor of the Year 2024; Liverpool FC

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
It's your last chance today to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology in 2025 - submit your vote here: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666260...
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UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology | Computer Weekly
This is your opportunity to vote for the 2025 edition of Computer Weekly’s annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK technology – the chief information officers, industry ex...
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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Congratulations to the 50 leaders shortlisted for the 2025 #UKtech50 list of the most influential people in UK technology - but who should top the list? It's time to submit your vote... www.computerweekly.com/news/3666260...
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UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology | Computer Weekly
This is your opportunity to vote for the 2025 edition of Computer Weekly’s annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK technology – the chief information officers, industry ex...
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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Congratulations to the record 471 people nominated for the longlist in our #UKtech50 annual search for the most influential people in UK technology. Thanks for all your nominations - watch out soon for the reader vote on the final shortlist of 50... www.computerweekly.com/news/3666257...
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UKtech50 2025: the longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders | Computer Weekly
With a record number of nearly 500 nominees, finding the top 50 most influential people in UK IT is a mammoth task, with so many deserving candidates, especially in a challenging economic climate.
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I really enjoyed the opportunity to speak at #sxswlondon last week, about "When tech goes wrong - how not to be the next Post Office scandal". My presentation is online now, if anyone is interested in taking a look... www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPyE...
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How not to be the next Post Office scandal
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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Friday 23rd May this week is the deadline for you to submit nominations in our annual search for the most influential people in UK technology. Tell us who, and why, our expert judges should consider... www.computerweekly.com/news/3666217...
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UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT | Computer Weekly
Computer Weekly has launched its 15th annual UKtech50, our search for a definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK technology.
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Calm settles over the digital identity market, for now - at least, until Google and Apple come bounding over the horizon. My take on last week's government & industry summit meeting: www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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Calm settles over digital identity market - for now... (Hark, is that Big Tech on the horizon?)
A relative calm has settled over the digital identity sector after months of worry and vitriol – for now, at least. Digital ID players have largely welcomed the government’s announcement of the ...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
External security tests have uncovered a serious vulnerability in the Gov.UK One Login digital identity system whereby privileged access can be compromised without detection - read more here: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666239...
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Security tests reveal serious vulnerability in government’s One Login digital ID system | Computer Weekly
A “red teaming” exercise conducted in March by IT security consultancy Cyberis discovered that privileged access to One Login can be compromised without detection by security monitoring tools.
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
@computerweekly.bsky.social reports on yesterday's showdown between @SciTechgovuk and the digital ID industry over the GovUK Wallet and competitive concerns: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666239...
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Government starts private sector engagement on digital ID and Gov.uk Wallet | Computer Weekly
The government has met with industry representatives to discuss the future of the digital identity market, following backlash from the sector after concerns that the wallet would push private digital ...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Another one for the digital identity crowd... The government’s GovUK One Login digital identity system has lost its certification against the government’s own DIATF trust framework for digital identity systems. Read the full story here: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666238...
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Gov.uk One Login loses certification for digital identity trust framework | Computer Weekly
Computer Weekly has learned that a key technology supplier to One Login chose to allow its certification to lapse, and as a result One Login has also been removed from the accreditation scheme.
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Fair point - and one that remains unresolved and which nobody really wants to talk about...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Wednesday 14th May is set to be an important day in the long, slow, painful evolution of the use of digital identity in the UK, as UKgov finally meets with a worried private sector. What's up for grabs? I took a look... www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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UK government set to finally meet with digital identity providers - but will anything change?
Wednesday 14 May is set to be an important day in the long, slow, painful evolution of the use of digital identity in the UK. For the first time since the government announced its digital wallet ...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
That's why - as we exclusively revealed last year - the final bill for replacing Horizon is likely to be about the same £1bn+ figure as the compensation bill. Only when keeping Horizon became a bigger risk for Post Office than ditching it, did they decide they had to do so (8/8)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
And even then, the £1bn+ compensation bill (paid by taxpayers of course, not by PO itself) was not enough to counter the risk of bringing Horizon in-house or of ditching it entirely... (7/8)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
...the combined cost and risk of bringing Horizon in-house was prohibitive, at least it was until they were forced to accept liability for the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history... (6/8)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
No company can simply switch off such mission-critical software and move to something else overnight. For Post Office, it's always been a risk management issue... (5/8)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
...it was simply that PO didn't have the skills or institutional capability and knowledge to bring the entire support operation in-house. Even today, Horizon IS the Post Office - without Horizon you can't run the business... (4/8)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Most likely, a copy of the software code would be stored in escrow to protect the buyer if the supplier went bust. The reason Post Office couldn't get off Horizon was nothing to do with IP ownership... (3/8)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
When the Horizon deal was signed in late 1990s it was common for companies to not own the IP of software developed in an outsourcing contract. It was a negotiating point- you could own the IP if you wanted to, but the supplier would charge you extra for it. Caveat emptor... (2/8)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🧵It's great to see the BBC keeping #PostOfficeScandal front and centre in its headlines- but I found this a slightly odd story (and not only because there's nothing you wouldn't already know if you've been reading @computerweekly.bsky.social regularly...) (1/8) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Digital ID sector calls for changes to government data legislation @computerweekly.bsky.social has reported on the rift between digital ID suppliers and the Dept for Science, Innovation and Technology - now those suppliers are publicly appealing for change: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666228...
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Digital ID sector calls for changes to government data legislation | Computer Weekly
The digital identity sector is calling on the government to amend its forthcoming data legislation, and to change policy around use of the Gov.uk Wallet – which was technology secretary Peter Kyle’s f...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
After this week's revelations over security problems in One Login and growing industry concerns over UKgov digital identity policy, my latest take on where we are: UK digital identity turns to drama (or farce?) over industry fears and security doubts - www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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UK digital identity turns to drama (or farce?) over industry fears and security doubts
Government at loggerheads with industry. Warnings of serious security and data protection problems undermining a vital public service. A burgeoning political campaign seeking greater influence. You .....
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
My understanding is the digital identity team OK'd the offshore work, they just didn't tell anyone else...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
According to claims by a whistleblower, many of the security problems that were reported have yet to be resolved (4/4) Read the full story here: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666225...
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Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID | Computer Weekly
The Government Digital Service (GDS) was warned by the Cabinet Office and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that its One Login digital identity system had “serious data protection failings” an...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Problems were confirmed by an internal investigation led by GDS’s CISO. But when an MP wrote to the Cabinet Office to enquire about potential issues around the information security of One Login, GDS did not mention any of the warnings in its response (3/4)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The Government Digital Service was warned by Cabinet Office and National Cyber Security Centre that One Login had “serious data protection failings” and “significant shortcomings” in information security that could increase the risk of data breaches and identity theft (2/4)
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
@computerweekly.bsky.social has learned of serious security and data protection issues surrounding One Login, the UK government's flagship digital identity system 🧵(1/4) www.computerweekly.com/news/3666225...
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Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID | Computer Weekly
The Government Digital Service (GDS) was warned by the Cabinet Office and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that its One Login digital identity system had “serious data protection failings” an...
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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Our annual search for the most influential people in UK technology is back #UKtech50 – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666217...
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UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT | Computer Weekly
Computer Weekly has launched its 15th annual UKtech50, our search for a definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK technology.
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"ID cards by stealth" alert! In Westminster tomorrow there's a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Identity - and unusually for an APPG, things could get a bit heated. Find out why... www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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Distrust builds between digital ID sector and government amid speculation over 'ID cards by stealth'
Wednesday 2 April sees the latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on digital identity. It’s more exciting than it sounds – honest! APPGs have no power or governmental role – ...
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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
US Congress demands UK lifts gag on Apple encryption order Apple and Google have told US lawmakers that they cannot tell Congress whether they have received technical capability notices demanding backdoor access to encrypted data from the UK government: www.computerweekly.com/news/3666206...
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US Congress demands UK lifts gag on Apple encryption order | Computer Weekly
US law makers have hit out at the UK Home Office for “attempting to gag” US companies by preventing  them from telling Congress whether they have been subject to secret UK orders requiring them to han...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
To lose 1 or 2 senior digital leaders as Labour embarks on its digital strategy would be unfortunate - but to lose 6 or 7? It makes you think... My in-depth look at the realities of delivering the latest attempt at digitally transforming UK government: www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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Can the government's new digital broom sweep the civil service clean of its resistance to change?
In September last year, Computer Weekly sat down with three of the most senior and influential digital leaders in the UK government to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead under a new ...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Writing for @computerweekly.bsky.social, until recently one of UKgov's most senior digital leaders, former MoJ CDIO Gina Gill reveals the flaws and difficulties of delivering digital transformation across the civil service: www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Deli...
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Delivering digital government – it’s (still) not about technology | Computer Weekly
To create a digital government, technology is not the only thing that needs to be responsive - the entire system of government needs to be designed for adaptability.
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There's been something of an outcry among private sector digital ID companies since the government announced a digital driving licence. I took a look at why many people are quietly fuming... www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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A driving licence in an app is a boost for digital identity - but not for angry suppliers
It’s rare that a digital government development attracts interest from mainstream media, but last month’s announcement of a digital driving licence brought widespread national coverage and a mass ...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Labour announces plans to overhaul digital government - GDS absorbs CDDO, i.AI and Geospatial Commission; HM Treasury will "experiment" with more agile budgeting. But have we heard this all before? www.computerweekly.com/news/3666181...
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Labour announces plans to overhaul digital government | Computer Weekly
The UK government has announced wide-ranging plans to overhaul the way technology is funded, implemented and acquired across the public sector to accelerate the development of digital services to bene...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
UKgov estimates benefits of shaking the Magic Technology Tree at £45bn... www.computerweekly.com/news/3666181...
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Government plans to revamp digital services to save £45bn | Computer Weekly
Legacy IT and the use of tech contractors is costing taxpayers billions. The government aims to fix the public sector with AI and new digital services
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
AI is not a panacea. No technology has ever been a panacea. No technology ever will be a panacea. My take on the UKgov AI Action Plan: www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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The UK government's AI plan covers all the bases but needs a dose of pragmatism
With the launch of its AI Opportunities Action Plan, few people can complain that the UK government is not taking the potential of artificial intelligence seriously. With 50 recommendations in the ...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
It's all here too... www.computerweekly.com
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
On Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel, Andreessen et al... Fear the technologists, not the technology? The rise of the tech baron www.computerweekly.com/blog/Compute...
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Fear the technologists, not the technology? The rise of the tech baron
News in the international media lately seems strangely dominated by a new phenomenon – more stories are being written about technologists, than technologies. With the impending inauguration of ...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Who are you? 🤦‍♂️
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Working things out over here - hoping to get more active soon...
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