Further reading The quality and effectiveness of audit: independent review - Gov UK Sir Donald Brydon issues his report on the quality and effectiveness of audit - Deloitte UK

Top 10 books about working life (Guardian, April 2015) What to read to understand international relations (Economist, Aug 2023) The World: A Brief Introduction. By Richard Haass The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. By Paul Kennedy Is the American Century Over? By Joseph Nye China Goes Global: The Partial Power. By David Shambaugh The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. By David Landes

The NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence (ACD) program aims to protect the UK from cyber threats by providing tools and services to improve cybersecurity across the public and private sectors. Active Cyber Defence Further reading Introducing Active Cyber Defence 2.0

Advanced Message Security (AMS) is a feature of IBM MQ designed to safeguard sensitive data while it travels across the IBM MQ network. Further reading Overview of Advanced Message Security - IBM Documentation Qualities of protection available with AMS - IBM Documentation Related IBM MQ

Affinity is a method used by fraudsters to build trust and rapport with their victims, often by exploiting shared interests or common backgrounds, in order to manipulate and deceive them more effectively. Further reading Related pages Book - Scam me if you can

The agency problem arises when there is a conflict of interest between the goals of a company’s management and its shareholders. This issue occurs because managers may prioritise their personal gains over the profitability and value of the company. Further reading Agency Problem: Definition, Examples, and Ways To Minimize Risks - Investopedia Principal–agent problem - Wikipedia The Agency Problem: Two Infamous Examples - Investopedia Related pages Corporate governance

Agile auditing is an innovative approach to internal audit that emphasises flexibility, collaboration, and rapid response to change. By integrating agile principles and practices, Agile Audit aims to deliver a more effective audit. Further reading Agile auditing, Mindset over matter - pwc (PDF) What is agile auditing? A guide to agile auditing for internal audit - Wolter Kluwer Future Ready: Toward a Sound Agile Audit Framework - ISACA Journal Related pages Agile methodology

Why were well-planned projects failing to meet their objectives? In the late 1990s, a group of software developers set out to address this challenge, creating what we now know as Agile methodology. They were looking for an approach that could adapt to rapidly changing user requirements whil delivering working software quickly and efficiently. Where it started In 2001, a group of software development leaders met at Snowbird, Utah, and formalised the Agile movement by publishing the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. At the time, traditional development models like Waterfall were failing to adapt to changing requirements, resulting in costly delays and dissatisfied customers. ...

AI alignment is the field of study focused on ensuring that artificial intelligence systems act in ways that are aligned with human values and intentions. Further reading AI Alignment - Wikipedia

Apple Intelligence ChatGPT by OpenAI Claude by Anthropic Microsoft Copilot NotebookLM by Google Perplexity AI by Perplexity AI, Inc. Example: AI Alongside Episode 6 - Prompting Perplexity Produces Polished Publications

The UK Government published the AI Opportunities Action Plan on 13 January 2025, which set out the agenda of the country’s national AI plan. The report outlines how the UK will work in building up it’s own AI capabilities, to grow the economy and create jobs of the future. The agenda is broad and covers areas including healthcare, education and employment, with specific recommendations including national supercomputers, AI Growth Zones, and the establishment of an AI Energy Council. ...

Further reading GROUND ZERO FOR AI SAFETY Inside the U.K.’s bold experiment in technology governance - TIME Magazine | (Apple News) UK drops ‘safety’ from its AI body, now called AI Security Institute, inks MOU with Anthropic

AI skills gap in the UK government report Jan 2025

Overview Apache ActiveMQ is a popular open-source message broker used by organisations to enable reliable and asynchronous communication between different applications. How it works ActiveMQ acts as an intermediary, receiving and then delivering messages, ensuring that none are not lost even if the receiving application is temporarily unavailable. ActiveMQ supports various messaging protocols, including JMS, AMQP, and MQTT, allowing for interoperability between diverse systems. Resilience and availability ActiveMQ is built for high availability, meaning it can keep running even if one part fails. It does this using a main server and a backup server (master/slave) and by storing data in a shared location. More traffic can be handled by connecting multiple ActiveMQ servers together in a cluster. ...

Further reading Apache Cassandra - Wikipedia