The UK Space Command has launched into space the first satellite to be wholly owned by the Ministry of Defence, with more craft to be launched in the coming months […]...
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GDS signs £500k deal for ‘live cyberattack simulation’
Digital unit signs a specialist deal lasting two years and covering the provision of services to test digital defences with attacks aimed at ‘identifying and exploiting a variety of vulnerabilities’ […]...
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MoD plots ‘digital experience platform’ for up to six million users
The Ministry of Defence is seeking to engage with potential suppliers that could support the delivery of a system likely to support hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel […]...
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MoD losses of devices and documents double to 72 in FY24
The annual report from the Ministry of Defence reveals that the department clocked a big increase during the recently completed year in incidents in which inadequately protected material went missing […]...
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Home Office offers £135k for new CISO
The department is offering a six-figure salary for a security leader to roll out a dedicated cyber strategy, as well as the implementation of wider business processes, guidelines and standards […]...
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EXCL: Cabinet Office looks to ‘address cross-government capability gap’ with deal for Microsoft intel on nation-state threats
Central department awards £900k contract lasting nine months and enabling officials to tap into open source data insights from the software vendor’s Microsoft Threat Analysis Center facility, PublicTechnology can reveal […]...
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HMRC records 60% rise in serious personal data incidents in FY24
The tax department’s annual report reveals that a total of 29 breaches, affecting more than 35,000 individuals, were escalated to data watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office during the 2023/24 year […]...
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Home Office seeks tech suppliers for £300m-plus deal to monitor nuclear device threat
The department has published a formal contract notice opening bids from potential providers to support the UK’s national network of radionuclide detection devices, as well as the underpinning IT infrastructure […]...
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‘Must be transportable as commercial carry-on luggage’ – MoD seeks on-the-go device for battlefield cyberthreat-hunting
The dedicated innovation unit of UK Strategic Command wishes to acquire a portable hardware system that military personnel can deploy to counter threats, even in situations lacking connectivity or power […]...
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HMRC creates £500m legacy tech and security programme after merging major projects
The Critical Platform Transformation project and Enterprise Security Programme, which aim to tackle technical debt and improve cyber posture, have now formally been combined to become the Technical Health Programme […]...
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