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.
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
MoD explores digital ID and verification options for 20,000 Secret-level users
Defence department is seeking to identify technologies that could, in the first instance, enable a
Home Office explores biometric enrolment via smartphone
Having previously tested automated kiosks capable of capturing and processing fingerprints and facial scans, the
Cyber red teams ‘deeply sceptical of AI’, government research finds
A study from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has found that security professionals
Cybercrime: One in every 1,000 CMA offences were charged in FY25
Statistics reveal there were more than 55,000 offences logged under the Computer Misuse Act in
Home Office seeks head of cyber detection and response
Department wishes to hear from security leaders who have previous experience of working for organisations
‘No evidence of data theft ‘ in recent Glasgow cyberattack
The local authority for Scotland’s largest city announces that ‘forensic examination’ of the affected infrastructure
Glasgow services downed and citizen data ‘presumed’ stolen after cyberattack
The local authority for Scotland’s largest city has announced that a breach was first discovered