Cybersecurity

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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

After three deranged men murdered 17 people in Paris, millions took to the streets to express solidarity with the victims’ families and friends. Social media was alive with defences of freedom of speech and freedom from tyranny. In this article Ray Corrigan, Senior Lecturer in Technology at The Open University asks the question: Is mass surveillance the answer to stopping known terrorists.

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More than 7 hours of study

Introduction to Cybersecurity

As our lives increasingly depend on digital services, the need to protect our information from being maliciously disrupted or misused is really important. This course will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. You will learn how to recognise the threats that could harm you online and the steps you can take to reduce the chances that they will happen to you.

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Findings from an evaluation of the pilot application of AI for witness statement and report generation

Dr Paul Walley and Dr Helen Glasspoole-Bird have published an evaluation report entitled “An Evaluation of the Pilot Application of Artificial Intelligence to Witness Statement and Report Generation at Hertfordshire Constabulary”. The work studies the outputs of version 1 of an AI application that takes audio from Rapid Video Response interviews with victims of domestic abuse and converts this into relevant summary documents including MG11 witness statements.

15th May 2025