Chris is a passionate advocate for the potential of technology and the benefits of diversity and inclusion. He campaigns for more accessible environments for disabled people and has conducted an independent review for the UK Government that made recommendations on opening up public appointments to disabled people.

In 2017 Chris’s report on ‘Distributed Ledger Technology For Public Good’ (DLT) urged the government to consider blockchain for public use cases. The Electronic Trade Documents Act, which Chris steered into law in 2023, is a fine example of that work coming to fruition. It represents the potential to kickstart mainstream adoption of blockchain systems for the wider digitalisation of trade documents.

In this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast, we talk about Chris’s interests in distributed ledger technology, future legislation that’s due to pass through Parliament in the current sitting, and how the UK can lead the world in data policy, privacy and soverignty.

You can read more about Chris here:
https://chrisholmes.co.uk/

And on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lord-chris-holmes/

About the Electronic Trade Documents Act:
https://chrisholmes.co.uk/news/electronic-trade-documents-act/

Chris’ 2017 Report on DLT for public good:
https://chrisholmes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Distributed-Ledger-Technologies-for-Public-Good_leadership-collaboration-and-innovation.pdf [pdf] 

Joe Green’s LinkedIn page:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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Although the motives of cyber attackers may be slightly different from the point of view of security experts in the public sector, their methods tend not to be. But there are particular ways that organizations can protect themselves more thoroughly, and our guest on this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast knows most of them.

Nigel Tan, the APAC Director of Systems Engineering at Delinea has had a long and distinguished career in cybersecurity, and talks to us today about zero-trust and PAM (privileged access management) in the enterprise.

It’s becoming increasingly necessary to ensure a constant check is made on access to information and software, whether that’s in the cloud or on-premise. Additionally, “identities” are a concept applicable to both machines and people. A complicated situation, that many in cybersecurity teams are struggling to contend with.

Nigel guides us through the technical side of the issues in play, and we discuss best practice, current trends in hacker behavior, and the differences that need to be considered when protecting large, public sector organizations from bad actors.

You can learn more about Delinea here:
https://delinea.com/

Nigel Tan is on LinkedIn, here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-t-bb4bba7/

And Joe Green, your host, is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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The economic downturn is turning the screws on public sector funding right across the world. In the UK and Ireland that’s no different, with smaller budgets, a demand for more open, easily accessible services and, of course, the expectation that everything is to be delivered safely.

Many government departments, authorities and taxpayer funded organisations look to outsourcing ‘non-core or enabling functions’ as a way of focusing on delivering the best core value to citizens.

There are particular constraints on the public sector in the UK & Ireland in terms of data sharing inside the auspices of the legal & regulatory requirements, plus a need to offer services down as many routes as possible to a very broad demographic.

On today’s episode of the Tech Means Business podcast, Joe Green talks to two representatives from Wipro, a global multinational service provider, about some of these challenges and possible ways to approach cybersecurity service delivery in the public sector. Our guests talk about risk, cybersecurity education, and budgetary difficulties facing the sector, and bring their expertise to bear on this complex area.

Learn more about Wipro’s work in the public sector and cybersecurity here:
https://www.wipro.com/public-sector/
https://www.wipro.com/cybersecurity/

Hitesh Bansal, Country Head (UK & Ireland), Cybersecurity & Risk Services is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bansalhitesh/

Richard Vinnicombe, Partner at Wipro Limited can be found here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-vinnicombe-46b36817/

Your host is Joe Green, who is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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With public spending cuts and a greater awareness of obtaining best value for money, the public sector has to get the best possible value it can from its IT provision. The answer may be, to some degree at least, making more use of cloud technologies.

But it’s not as simple as a lift-and-shift process for IT leaders in the sector. There are multiple considerations: data integrity, security, governance, cross-platform compatibility, and above all else, value for the tax-payer.

In this podcast we talk to global IT partner and service provider, Wipro, about how it is helping the public sector realise full value from its cloud acquisitions and how its consultative and partnership-based approach is helping organisations provide world-class services to their users.

Hyperscalers may talk big and are recognised as de facto players, but are they always the best choice? And is the cloud the right answer to every situation facing the sector? We explore the issues and possible solutions with Anurag Aren (Director, Cloud Advisory Services, Europe) and David Asfaha (Managing Consultant) at Wipro, UK.

The Wipro public sector offerings can be seen here:
https://www.wipro.com/public-sector/

https://governmentbusiness.co.uk/company-focus/wipro-ltd

Anurag Aren is here on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuragaren/

David Asfaha is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-asfaha-750942b/

And finally, your host’s social media profile is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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