
ONS chief data officer: ‘We want a much more connected relationship with citizens around how their data is used’
In light of a major new data strategy, PublicTechnology and Fiona James discuss trust, transparency,

WATCH: Can the public sector access the cyber skills it needs?
As part of our dedicated Cyber Security Week, PublicTechnology brought together experts from government, industry,

Cyber Security Week: What will imminent changes to the network security laws mean?
Regulatory amendments could see vast swathes of IT suppliers brought under the scope of laws

Cyber Security Week: Why is outsourcing so prevalent in the public sector?
Government data reveals outsourced cyber services are used far more widely in the public sector

Cyber Security Week: ‘Cover-ups don’t help anyone’ – how the ICO changed tack with the public sector
The UK’s data protection regulator is trialling a new approach to public bodies that eschews

Cyber Security Week: How the police is leading a resilience revolution
The police-led national network of Cyber Resilience Centres was created by government to support SMEs,

Cyber Security Week: Is government’s anti-disinformation unit protecting or persecuting citizens?
Government claims the Counter Disinformation Unit – accused of effectively spying on its own citizens

Cyber Security Week: Analysis – how and where are attackers getting in?
Government data shines a light on the most common forms of attack being suffered by

Digital Leaders’ Download: National statistician Ian Diamond on how data can provide ‘answers we could only have dreamed about 20 years ago’
In the latest in our series of discussions with government’s foremost leaders, the ONS chief

‘No excuse for inaction’ – is government doing enough to tackle digital exclusion?
After nearly ten years without an updated government plan, PublicTechnology talks to charity Good Things

‘We do not want it to be a hardship to contact us’ – how HMRC hopes to use AI and analytics to transform customer service
PublicTechnology talks to chief digital product officer Sarah McMann, who discusses the burgeoning use of

‘Often companies want to do the right thing – but don’t know what that looks like’ – inside government’s data ethics hub
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation was created with a remit to support opportunity

Scotland’s Health and Social Care Data Strategy: Power to the people
Two digital and data leaders tell PublicTechnology about the challenges and priorities in driving the

‘If we don’t use this information, we’re not doing our duty to protect people’ – Met Police science chief on data, bias and precision policing
Lawrence Sherman outlines approach to focus on most harmful criminals and acknowledges risks of bias,

Government CTO interview: ‘Technologists have a duty to explain tech – and have not always done a great job’
PublicTechnology talks to Whitehall’s recently appointed chief technology officer David Knott about tackling legacy IT,

Surprising sources for skills and 10,000 problem passwords – eight things we learned at PT Cyber Security Conference
More than 100 delegates gathered at our annual event last week to discuss how the

How GovAssure is bringing ‘rigour and objectivity’ to departments’ cyber credentials
New regime of independent audits launched recently and – ahead of her appearance at the

Digital Leaders’ Download: Ex-HMPPS leader Farrar on how technology was crucial in helping prisons’ pandemic response
In the first of a series of interviews with government’s biggest figures, PublicTechnology and CDDO