Simon McDougall joins regulator in the role of executive director for technology policy and innovation ...
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MoD to help ex-service personnel into cyber careers
Ministry signs agreement with non-profit organisation TechVets...
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Next steps for UK cybersecurity: legislation; skills; and security by design
Talal Rajab of techUK looks at the key elements that are contributing to a hugely important year for cybersecurity in the UK ...
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GDS offers £70k in search for ethical hacker
Organisation recruits for post designed to ensure security of government services ...
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Government opted not to encrypt Cold War Kremlin hotline as £20,000 cost was deemed too high
Newly published former top-secret documents reveal that a direct communications link between Downing Street and Mikhail Gorbachev was not encrypted – despite the wishes of the government’s ‘technical experts’ ...
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Lack of cyber skills ‘a pressing matter of national security’, parliamentary committee finds
The government must do more to recognise and address a worrying cybersecurity skills shortage, MPs have claimed...
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GDS working with departments to mitigate reported leak of sensitive data
Report reveals that information has been made publicly available online via an information-sharing tool widely used by government developers...
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IBM picked as NHS cybersecurity partner in three-year £30m deal
Vendor chosen by NHS Digital for contract including malware analysis and pilots of emerging technologies...
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HMRC used ‘implied consent’ to collect voiceprints of five million citizens
ICO investigating tax agency after investigation by advocacy group Big Brother Watch ...
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Constituents report MP to ICO over alleged data-protection breach in Facebook post
Data-protection watchdog ‘making enquiries’ after Conservative Gordon Henderson publishes names and partial addresses of local residents who sent him a letter...
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