‘Government has a strong position against paying ransoms to cybercriminals’ – Priti Patel
Home secretary tells conference that complying with demands will only encourage criminals
MoD agrees five-figure payout for disability discrimination after failing to provide homeworking kit
GOV.UK Verify to continue until 2023 with £11m-a-year funding
Cabinet Office to offer further backing to identity-assurance tool while work takes place to develop government-wide login system
Irish health service shuts down IT systems after ‘sophisticated’ ransomware attack
‘Human-operated’ cyber assault is causing lengthy delays and some cancellations to appointments
Lords grill TikTok over Russia relationship
Social media firm denies giving any special treatment to the Kremlin in parliamentary hearing
Tech firms given chance to work with computing teachers on curriculum
Companies including Amazon, Adobe, and PwC take part in Glasgow ‘Digital Critical Friend’ scheme
EXCL: Government agreement offers public sector up to 20% discount on AWS hosting
PublicTechnology can reveal the terms of a public sector-wide MoU, under which more than contracts worth more than £300m have already been awarded
Government asks if 30-year-old cybercrime laws are still fit for purpose
Consultation commenced on efficacy of Computer Misuse Act
‘Bonkers’ and ‘baffled’ – Cameron’s increasingly incredulous texts on fintech firm
The ex-prime minister’s sent more than 70 messages to ministers and officials regarding Greensill Capital
Scores of GDS staff moved to new Central Digital and Data Office
Responsibility for controls and standards has been taken on by new entity
How Covid has revealed public sector transformation’s greatest strengths – and weaknesses
Discussing the findings of a Dods and SAP Concur report, experts from government and industry reflected on the achievements of the past year, and the areas that have been shown to need the most improvement. PublicTechnology learns more.
Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
A closer look: what now for the government’s vaccine passport plans?
PublicTechnology examines the government’s strategy for offering a digital certification tool, and its key advantages and challenges
PublicTechnology research: five things we learned about the future of digital government
A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress
Faster Indicators: Why the ONS is checking CCTV footage for hints about the health of the economy
PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Faster Indicators programme
Q&A: HMRC tech chief on how the department is ‘leading the way on government cloud adoption’
Daljit Rehal tells PublicTechnology about his priorities for the tax agency’s digital services and its programme to reform billions of pounds of tech procurement
Ex-NCSC chief Martin asks whether the new cyber strategy will make the UK safer
Ciaran Martin discusses six tests that can be applied to the incoming national plan for cyber
How DWP built an engineering community to support its digital ambitions
Head of engineering Stuart Taylor discusses how 1,000 staff across the department support each other’s work
Data governance is fundamental to our post-pandemic world
Coronavirus has shown the power of data and, according to Sue Daley of techUK, it is crucial that the UK implements the right laws to govern its use and protection
NHS workers must be at the centre of technology reform
The health service’s IT infrastructure badly needs an update. But modernisation efforts must not focus solely on the technology, believes Matt Fetzer of Reform.
The National Data Strategy needs a shot in the arm
The national plan for the UK’s data needs could learn from the successful vaccine rollout by prioritising experts and practitioners, according to Dan Klein of Zühlke UK
IWD 2021: time to accelerate ambitions for meaningful change
Nimmi Patel of techUK on how its members are beginning to have important conversations about equality, and what the industry body can do to help