Cyber Security Hub

As there is a continued and significant increase in the scale of the threats facing public services – as well as the potential consequences of successful attacks, and the critical importance of government’s response – PublicTechnology’s editorial focus is often consumed with all things cyber. We have created this dedicated hub so our audience can catch up on all the latest stories, analysis and interviews from the public sector security world.


Cyber graduate roles emerge as Whitehall’s most hotly contested

Having once again been given its own dedicated segment of the Civil Service Fast Stream

Government taps AI to prevent £500m of fraud in FY25

At an event bringing together member states of the international Five Eyes intelligence collective, ministers
David Lammy speaks at the UN Security Council on 24 September 2025

‘UK’s mission is embedding AI safely in society’, Lammy tells UN 

Deputy prime minister uses speech to Security Council to warn that, while artificial intelligence offers

Bristol City Council hit with ICO enforcement notice over data delays 

Information commissioner gives authority eight months to respond to all outstanding subject access requests after

Government extends £1.5m deals for rapid cyber simulation pen test regime

A duo of providers first signed up in 2023 will remain under contract for 12

Abolition of NHS England ‘will not hamper digital services or cyber standards’

As government embarks on 18 months of work to bring the central health service entity

MoD agency begins tests for £1bn AI-powered digital system to help ‘degrade or destroy an identified target’

Supporting the work of the UK’s new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command, the Digital Targeting Web

Government previews £24bn tech mega-framework

Whitehall’s procurement agency has issued an initial planning notice, and will soon connect with potential

Treasury watchdog warns UK firms over cyber risk from North Korean IT freelancers

The government body that clamps down on funding for terror and hostile states has published

Government has not fully assessed costs of digital ID regime, minister says

Following recent ministerial comments indicating that the UK will explore a possible compulsory identity programme,

Top MoD official ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with secrecy over Afghan data breach

A super injunction meant that, for over two years, only a very limited number of

Minister: ‘MoD systems need updates after years of underfunding and hollowing out’

Last year, damning defence data releases saw the then shadow Labour government put the spotlight

Watchdog warns of ‘insider threat’ of students launching cyberattacks on their schools

Educators and parents are encouraged to act, as privacy regulator analyses hundreds of recent incidents

Legal Aid Agency to begin restoring digital services in coming days, minister says

Recovery continues, almost five months on from a breach in which a ‘significant amount’ of

Fear vs cheer: Can we ever strike the right tone on cyber?

As PublicTechnology launches a new hub gathering together a range of content specially focused on

Security agencies tell public-sector IT to fix problems given cyber threats from Chinese companies

National Cyber Security Centre and agencies in 12 other countries advise those managing networks for

Defra retains £6m deal for customer ID system – but intends to integrate One Login

Department agrees new engagement for an initial period of two years, providing continued support for

South Yorkshire Police reprimanded over deletion of almost 100,000 evidential videos

The UK’s regulator for data protection has announced the results of an investigation which found
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