The Secret Intelligence Service, which is responsible for security and intel operations outside of the UK, has promoted its current head of innovation and technology to the agency’s top job […]...

Dstl, which has previously brought in screening providers to help prevent the possibility of recruiting animal welfare activists, still uses almost 700 animals per year in its research, minister says […]...

Government has endorsed all calls set out in a recent review, including recommendations to reduce administrative and staff costs, while also investing in new defence technologies including automation and drones […]...

Prime minister announces that, following the creation of the government’s new digital centre in DSIT, security policy and oversight will also move from the Cabinet Office to the tech department […]...

Government announces creation of tech and entities to adapt to a world in which ‘ways of warfare are rapidly changing, with the UK facing daily cyberattacks on this new frontline’ […]...

The cyber branch of the UK’s security services has attributed a series of attacks on various targets, and based on common techniques including the guessing of credentials and spear phishing […]...

The ministry is recruiting for someone to provide training and support for employees, veterans and families, as ‘people are the real first line of defence in cyber and information security’ […]...

Recent reports have claimed that top government cyber officials have raised worries about the security risks attached to the new system, but minister flags up impact of independent assurance processes […]...

A parliamentary statutory committee intended to monitor the state’s intelligence and security community has issued criticism related to a plateau in financial support and the removal of safeguards protecting independence […]...