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Replacement for Ciaran Martin announced
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US officials make plea to stop ‘madness’ of allowing Huawei to help build UK 5G network
President’s national security adviser gives dossier to ministers
Cabinet Office works to manage fallout of honours data leak calamity
Security advice reportedly offered to those whose details were leaked – which included celebrities such as Ben Stokes and Nadiya Hussain
Ciaran Martin to leave after ‘privilege of a lifetime’ setting up NCSC
Departing chief executive of cyber security centre recognised in New Year’s Honours list
Legal Aid Agency looks to end ‘reliance on USBs and CDs’
Organisation issues guidance on use of removable media
‘The most significant cybercrime threat to the UK’ – authorities indict Evil Corp kingpin
Reward of $5m offered for Maksim Yakubets
Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways
Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cyber force and tax incentives for investing in cloud computing
EXCL: HMRC ‘monitoring exposure’ to Windows 7 as end-of-support looms
Department reveals it has almost 1,800 PCs still running on ageing operating system
Powys gets £1m backing for digital transformation
County council gets Welsh Government funding to implement tech
Government issues alert over tax fraudsters
Public told to keep an eye out for scam emails and texts
House of Commons seeks cybersecurity chief
Tech leader will be responsible for advocating best practice to both lords and MPs
World wide web creator: ‘Describing data as the new oil is really wrong’
Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells event why data is a completely different type of commodity
Royal Navy seeks digital services partner
Transformation programme looks to appoint supplier to two-year contract worth up to £10m
Labour Party hit with two DDoS attacks
Party reports double cyber incursion to NCSC
Life hacks – a year at the National Cyber Security Centre
The NCSC’s annual report reveals that a public sector entity or business is hit with a major cyberattack about twice each day. PublicTechnology looks at the biggest risks facing government and how they can be mitigated
The greatest glitch in government
In 2017, the NHS was the most high-profile victim of an international cyberattack. With the imminent phasing-out of support for Windows 7, Guinevere Poncia asks how government institutions are keeping pace with cyberthreats
Data chiefs warn party leaders to keep election campaigns on the right side of the law
Heads of ICO and UKSA remind Corbyn, Johnson et al to remain legally compliant in use of data and statistics
Government opens consultation on cybersecurity of UK Plc
DCMS seeks input on barriers to improving security and effectiveness of existing laws
‘We cannot accept this as the new normal’ – European lawmakers urge action on disinformation
European Commission report finds that ‘large-scale automated propaganda’ is a persistent threat
Government delays Huawei 5G decision until after election
Digital secretary confirms that the UK’s next government will be the one to make the call on whether to allow the Chinese vendor to help build the country’s telecoms infrastructure
Government review finds Hacker House grant award was ‘appropriate’
Audit finds no impropriety in funding given to firm run by PM’s friend, but DCMS minister says she intends to ‘ensure that processes are strengthened’
National Cyber Security Centre: ‘Our adversaries innovate – so we must too’
Senior leaders stress importance of risk-taking in combatting the threats faced by the UK