London schools seek £50m antivirus partner
London Grid for Learning floats potential nine-year deal
GDS recruits managers for cross-government digital identity work
Organisation advertises three senior roles for ‘One Login for Government’ project
Defence set for ‘rapid acceleration’ of digital, says MoD tech bigwig
Sector is currently ‘less mature’ than other areas of public services
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EXCL: Digital minister says government will pass law to make smart devices safer ‘as soon as we can’
Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses
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The remote-first world has seen email being relied on more than ever as a core communication mechanism - but with 93% of IT leaders acknowledging a risk to sensitive data, what steps should be taken to secure data? Egress explores
Navy to deploy £25m autonomous minesweepers
Technology is designed to ‘detect and destroy’
Arrest info on 150,000 people accidentally deleted from police database
Minister says data was wiped during ‘standard housekeeping process’
The biggest stories of 2020 – part two
PublicTechnology completes our round-up of the most read and significant stories of 2020
Consultation to examine police use of drones and body-worn video
Scottish Parliamentary committee invites views from the public
MoD gets £24bn boost to create National Cyber Force
Boris Johnson claims extra funding represents ‘biggest investment since Cold War’
Government to create ‘trust framework’ of standards for digital identities
Minister says input will be welcomed from all stakeholders
ICO alerted after DWP publishes personal data of 6,000 benefit claimants
Department claims that ‘no-one can be identified’ from information published
Software contractor jailed for exposing Top Secret military information
Former civil servant given 52-month custodial sentence
Coronavirus causes spike in serious cyberattacks
The National Cyber Security Centre was required to respond to more than 700 incidents last year
Government claims bringing nuclear warheads in house will enable investment in technology
AWE will become an arm’s-length body
UK pins 'cynical and reckless' Olympic cyberattacks on Russia
Government attributes 2018 campaign to Moscow and claims more assaults were planned for cancelled 2020 summer games
MoD awards £15m deals for support with Navy transformation scheme
BAE Systems appointed to three deals to provide additional personnel
Inmates at seven prisons still waiting on video call technology
Work began six months ago but more than 3,500 prisoners still lack access to remote visits
Police to offer citizens ability to provide live stream of incidents
Three forces seek service that would allow officers to access a live feed from a device owned by a member of the public
HMRC warns students on cybercrime threat
Tax agency says freshers could be even more vulnerable to scams as teaching moves online
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Department’s annual report shows, for the first time in many years, documents or data lost from a secure government building had to be reported to the ICO. PublicTechnology finds out more.
Why it is time to change our approach to cybersecurity
Organisations need to understand that a single cybersecurity solution alone is not infallible and instead should move towards a multi-layered approach to security, according to experts from Switchshop
‘Our adversaries are investing in AI’, warns military intelligence chief
Russia and China are increasingly operating in a ‘grey zone between war and peacetime’, according to the government
Parliamentary officials warned of cyberthreat from Extinction Rebellion
Civil servants working on select committees were given security advice in expectation of possible attack