Interesting report pointing out how increasing interconnectedness is leading to larger and larger scales of system crash, with the need for #resilience thinking to address this... nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/event-summary/…

One needs to micromanage #AI for #SoftwareDevelopment: "I feel terrible when I'm talking to an LLM. It's like I'm every manager I've ever hated" 😋 - attrib. Murray Tait

Agile #softwaredevelopment needs #agile processes. Here's why... securedevelopment.org/2025/05/01/why…

Delighted to see the peer-reviewed publication of our #forecasts for the #future #cybersecurity for critical infrastructure (#CNI)! 😀. With added context, caveats and emphasis of the new need for wider hashtag#resilience thinking... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Good to see one country at least taking the #Scam #fraud industry seriously... payments.ca/strengthening-…

You have your #cybersecurity taped - great! But what about your #cybercontinuity? securedevelopment.org/2025/06/16/the…

Thoughtful analysis comparing #GenerativeAI programming support with #PairProgramming. Better than nothing, but not nearly as good... 😉 martinfowler.com/articles/explo…

Amusing reminder that phishing entrapment campaigns are a very poor idea: youtube.com/shorts/93rIWao…

Delighted to win the 'Best Paper Award' for IEEE Computing 2024 for our future study on Computing in 2040, with Anna Dyson Olamide J Louise Dennis and Katie Paxton-Fear 😀 computer.org/publications/b….

Join me perhaps? I'm speaking at this event in Salford in September. igpp.org.uk/event/Public_S… (discount code PSC-MD if you want).

Do you know what it means to make #software that's #resilient to disasters? I'll be running a workshop in Edinburgh at Lean Agile Scotland to help work out the answers...

I'm doing a fair bit of public speaking, so I enjoyed Martin Fowler's piece on how to fit a talk to a timescale without the need to practice... martinfowler.com/bliki/Expansio…

Remember the NCSC UK #cybersecurity advice to use Three Random Words for your passwords? It makes them easy to remember long enough to enter on a PC or phone even if you use a password manager. Here's a simple utility to create them when you're feeling lazy: securityessentials.github.io/ThreeRandomWor…

Good to remember the NCSC have guidelines for #cybersecurity in AI development: ncsc.gov.uk/collection/gui…

Looking forward to the workshop I'm running on Thursday at Lean Agile Scotland in Edinburgh

Do you use Microsoft Word for documents with images or tables? Try the free FrameFlow plugin to lay them out easily on Windows or Mac: charlesweir.github.io/FrameFlow/

Amused to see my portrait on Lancaster's LinkedIn... 😃 If you wondered what I spend my time doing, here it is... linkedin.com/pulse/spotligh…

I'm speaking on the future of #cybersecurity at this webinar next week focus.governmenttechnology.co.uk. Should be good!

The number of serious #cyberattacks has more than doubled in the past year. ncsc.gov.uk/news/uk-experi…

Delighted that EuroUSec, the usable #cybersecurity and #cyberprivacy workshop, went well 😀. If you missed it, here's a write-up: securedevelopment.org/eurousec25/