The BCS is a leader in setting the standards of professionalism within the industry, check this article to understand how important standards are in certification.

Big corporate rivalries - Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Boeing and Airbus, McDonald's and Burger King - tend to have one thing in common: competition for the same business.
That's why Facebook and Apple's feud is so intriguing.
They're both big technology companies, and that's where the similarities end.
Almost all of Facebook's revenue is from advertising but it provides only a small fraction of Apple's, which comes mostly from devices and its App Store.
The two companies don't really compete with each other - they just don't like each other.

SEE THE FULL ARTICLE HERE...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55079454

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A new security law being unveiled on Tuesday threatens telecoms giants with hefty fines if they fail to tighten security. The Telecommunications Security Bill bans the involvement of Chinese firm Huawei in the UK's 5G mobile network.But it also says that companies which fail to meet deadlines for higher security requirements could face enormous fines.
Some of these could be 10% of turnover, or more than £100,000 a day.

Read the article in full on the BBC News Site
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Project Management Institute  (PMI) is a wealth of relevant industry information.

With remote working impacting us all and as all-remote teams have become more popular, it is useful to examine organizations using this format effectively for some time. GitLab is one such organization

Click on the PMI Link and sign up or log in to read the whole article...

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Have a read of this... 

"The IT industry should be regulated to ensure ethical standards in areas like artificial intelligence, according to new public survey.
​The majority (59%) of UK adults believe the profession should be kept focussed on solving society’s problems by an independent regulatory body, the poll by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT found.
In contrast, only 23% felt that ‘big tech’ companies should have the task of enforcing the industry’s ethical standards, while 22% said politicians should have the job."
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