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Cyber security and the board – where should a Chair start?

June 15, 2022August 19, 2022 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

Cyber security is a topic that’s increasingly hard for boards to ignore. The threat is very real

Podcast: Diversity in Cybersecurity

February 9, 2022February 10, 2022 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

An interesting conversation with my old friend and colleague Sherry Bevan for her podcast, Closing The Gender Pay Gap.

Policing biometrics

October 31, 2021November 2, 2021 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

It’s often said that technology develops at a speed that outpaces society’s ability to manage it, and here is a classic case.

Promoting diversity in tech

June 21, 2021November 1, 2021 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

Ahead of the Women in IT UK Summit, I spoke to Information Age in my capacity as Vice Chair of the UK Cyber Security Council about promoting diversity in tech. You can read the article here.

Identity anarchy in the UK

January 29, 2021February 9, 2021 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

It's good to see the UK government moving on digital identity again, following many years of drift and uncertainty.

Public sector tech, fast and slow

November 23, 2020January 26, 2021 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

Rebecca and I chatted about the state of public sector tech for Mantis PR's new podcast, TechToTransform.

Why can’t the UK be more like Estonia?

November 12, 2020January 26, 2021 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

It's complicated. My research on citizen digital ID for Think Digital Partners showed that

The missing Internet identity layer

October 1, 2020January 27, 2021 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

The concept of an internet identity 'layer' will sound a bit odd to those outside the telecoms industry, but it's a nice way to explain the problem we have right now with digital ID.

Relax: AI is not a thing

September 23, 2020January 25, 2021 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

There's a lot of AI doom and gloom around at the moment. But the story is not particularly coherent, and the cycle of disappointment goes something like this:

Digital trust in the age of distance

April 28, 2020September 20, 2020 Jessica FiguerasLeave a comment

Whilst anti-social behaviour is as old as humans, what is new and urgent is our need for trust in the digital realm. After all, that’s where most of us live now.

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