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Become as gods? Ethical considerations for virtual reality

How to be a god: we might one day create virtual worlds with characters as intelligent as ourselves Virtual character may soon be smarter than us. Michelangelus/Shutterstock Richard A. Bartle, University of Essex Most research into the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concerns its use for weaponry, transport or profiling. Although the dangers presented by an autonomous, racist tank cannot be understated, there is another aspect to all this. What about our responsibilities to the AIs we create? Massively-multiplayer online

Building an Ethical Law Firm

Building an Ethical Law firm Building an Ethical Law firm is a multi-pronged issue that many lawyers within the industry wish to tackle but are sometimes unsure how. It is worthwhile first defining what ethical actually means in this context, different businesses have varied concepts of what an ethical business is. In this piece, in conjunction with the SRA’s guidance ethical means: socially responsible, profitable and community-driven. A business needs to be profitable in order to remain in business but

Modern Payments for Law Firms

Modern Payments for Law Firms Law Firms like any organisation in business need to be paid – ideally on time. Not being paid on time can result in your firm having to inflate costs to make up for late payment, or make significant cuts to services (be it for staff or customers) on account of a lack of cash. Using traditional methods of payment such as an invoice and BACS transfer can also leave your firm open to fraud, read more

Securing Mobile Devices

Securing Mobile Devices Mobile Devices can be Smartphones, OEM Tablets, standard Tablets and even Laptops depending on your definition. Some laptops now use the same ARM-chips which Smartphones use, resulting in them being treated as a Mobile Device by IT systems. You may wonder why organisations need to secure a Smartphone, but the real question is whether it is connected to your business IT systems – even if only email. In the event the answer is yes, then it is

Implementing a Terminal Server with Linux Mint

Implementing a Terminal Server with Linux A Terminal Server is a server which is designed to be remotely accessed, in the same way you can run a virtualised Remote Desktop to enable access to your network or a particular application. It is a very convenient way to enable internal or external users to access services in a secure way. Some guidance: Any Endpoint on your system must be secured, including servers Yes you save money on licenses through a Linux

Small Business Servers

Small Business Servers are flexible Small Business Servers need to be flexible in order to achieve your goals as a business, if your goal is to grow quickly then a server with the capacity to grow with you is central to avoiding unforeseen expenditure. If your goal as a business is to sustain growth organically a stable platform to run your business on is of equal importance. Small and Medium Business (SMB) servers don’t need to be expensive and often

Open Source Intelligence and Communities

What is Open Source Intelligence? Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is not particular to IT Security and instead is a much broader concept – it is about the free flow and analysis of information from a wide variety of sources. Many intelligence communities including British Intelligence are increasingly using OSINT to expand their capabilities. The open-source element can be software or community, for example it can be the toolset an IT Security vendor uses to support businesses of all sizes, or

Legal Aid Software

Legal Aid Software: Practice Management Practice Management Systems are so much more than software, they have to plug-in to your existing systems and give you room to grow your business. When it comes to law firms who accept Legal Aid anything they use needs to be cost-effective, stable and worthwhile in the long-run. Clio for Legal Aid is Legal Aid software which enables your firm to flourish, and accept instructions in an efficient and meaningful way. One challenge which Legal

Christmas Hackers – how a SOC protects you

Christmas Hackers When there is cheer and joy at work and home it is often the case that individuals are quite vulnerable to external influence. During December many individuals and businesses who they work for or represent are more susceptible to a cyber-attack. There are a mixture of reasons why but primarily it is because individuals are on holiday, there are breaks in communication between stakeholders and buyers and perhaps that people are a little too busy preparing for events

Monitoring Software

What is Monitoring Software? Monitoring software is designed to enable an IT Department to retain visibility of all their IT systems, from standard PCs to complex infrastructure designed for datacentres. A network management agent allows you to monitor all desktops, servers, laptops, printers, firewalls, routers and switches. This is achieved through leveraging SNMP, NetFlow, Syslog, Traps and configuration backup – in effect everything every IT system uses to report on their status. Our Security Operations Centre (SOC) As A Service solutions

Become as gods? Ethical considerations for virtual reality

Become as gods? Ethical considerations for virtual reality

Building an Ethical Law Firm

Modern Payments for Law Firms

Securing Mobile Devices

Implementing a Terminal Server with Linux Mint

Small Business Servers

Open Source Intelligence and Communities

Legal Aid Software

Christmas Hackers – how a SOC protects you

Monitoring Software

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