03.06.2025 Scam Interceptors. If you haven’t watched it already, put it on your watch list. Scam Interceptors is a documentary series on BBC One, the outline of which is described as: “Working with ethical hackers to hunt down the scammers plaguing our lives, using cutting-edge tech to catch out crooks.” We thought IAP members, especially […]
27.05.2025 IAP Academic Connections & Student Membership. The IAP welcome student members. As a specialist professional body in the software development field, the IAP believe that well-designed software has a positive impact on industry, our communities and future. We feel it’s important to connect with academia in order to offer support to students who are […]
20.05.2025 The IAP is launching a new e-newsletter in June 2025. THE SOURCE will keep you informed, with a round-up of recent news and events, how you can contribute and stay connected and, what’s coming up next. Dates for Your Diary The IAP organise a range of events. We’ll let you know the next few […]
12.05.2025 Cyber Attack Awareness. M&S, the Co-op and Harrods have all been recent victims of cyber attack. Software Developers Beware In the spirit of ‘improving software for society’, the IAP urge software developers to raise their awareness around cyber security in order to create and design more resilient software to combat cyber attack. Avoid using […]
28.04.2025 Keep informed with the best online computer magazines. We’ve chosen and given you links to, what we think, are the top four reads. You can have a quick catch up or read in-depth about everything from influential people, cyber attacks, the best tech gear, gaming and what’s coming next. We’ve given you some headlines […]
15.04.2025 IAP Academic Connections & Student Membership. The IAP welcome student members. As a specialist professional body in the software development field, the IAP believe that well-designed software has a positive impact on industry, our communities and future. We feel it’s important to connect with academia in order to offer support to students who are […]
08.04.2025 IAP Membership is a Tax Deductable Expense HMRC List of Professional Subscriptions At a time when most of us are looking at year end expenses, it’s worth knowing that the IAP membership fee is tax deductable. To check this out for yourself you can find the IAP on the HMRC website’s list of Approved […]
01.04.2025 Avoiding IT Specific Scams in the UK: A Guide for Professionals Credential Harvesting & Phishing HOW IT WORKS: Attackers send fake login pages for systems like Office 365, AWS, GitHub, etc. TACTICS: – Lookalike domains (micr0soft.com, aws-support.co.uk) – MFA fatigue attacks: constant login prompts to trick you into approving DEFENCE: – Use hardware-based 2FA […]
