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In a follow up interview with Alvin Orbaek White, Senior Lecturer and Sêr Cymru II Fellow at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI), he tells Johanna Hamilton AMBCS about a recent grant from the Welsh government, progression and why his lightweight, recycled carbon data cables are good for society.

Women are bearing the brunt of the pandemic when it comes to work and caring duties. Rebecca George OBE and President of BCS says women are already disproportionately represented in the tech industry, and more must be done to support them.

Dr Alexi Drew, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Policy Institute at King’s College, London advises BCS on policy and cyber security. In this opinion piece she writes that now is the time to have a grown up conversation about the sometimes destructive power of the internet.

While the last few years have been defined by nation states untangling long-standing international collaborations on cybersecurity, 2021 will see security vendors and professionals step up and collaborate to fill the void, writes Neil Thacker, CISO EMEA at Netskope.