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 (e.g., […]
The Child Trust Fund: A Legacy of Development and Redundancy. The Child Trust Fund (CTF) aspired to be a vision for financial security. It was a UK government initiative introduced by the then-Chancellor Gordon Brown in 2002. Designed to provide every child born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011 with a financial start […]
Celebrating Excellence in 2024. Jack Eatock was awarded the prestigious IAP Prize for the Best Software Project 2024 at the University of Plymouth. The honor was bestowed upon him by Alastair Revell, Director General and Trustee at the IAP and, Professor Alexander Belton, Professor of Mathematics and Head of the School of Engineering, Computing and […]
AGM Agenda The AGM was held on Saturday, 15th February 2025 at 10am, in Nantwich, Cheshire. Some members joined us by Teams. Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 24th February 2024 3. Matters Arising from the Annual General Meeting of 24th February 2024 4. President’s Report 5. Receive the Accounts […]
Designatory Letters The reason that spurs most people to join a professional body like the IAP is the prestige which membership brings. Increasingly the letters MIAP after your name are becoming recognised, and mark you out as the right kind of computer professional. But IAP members tend to be versatile individuals, and are often qualified […]
Sterling Service. Paul Lynham stepped down as President of The Institution of Analysts and Programmers and as a Trustee, at its Trustee Board meeting on Saturday 15th February 2025, after serving for several years in that role, and before that as Vice-President. Paul had indicated to the Trustee Board last year that he would not […]
The Role of AI in EV Battery Technology By Dinesh Chacko. This article originally appeared at British Computer Society articles, opinion and research on 18th September 2024. The Practical Use of AI in EV Battery Technology Electric vehicles (EVs) offer cleaner and greener alternatives to fossil fuel guzzlers. They can help the road transportation sector […]
