Public bodies tighten restrictions on TikTok
App is now formally banned from Scottish Government devices and can no longer be accessed on Westminster network
NHS long-term cyber strategy sets out plan to ramp up workforce and ‘defend as one’
Government sets out vision for improving resilience of health and social care sector by the end...
Scottish parliamentarians ‘strongly advised’ to ditch TikTok
MSPs are issued with advice following consultation with National Cyber Security Centre
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UK and US launch joint military operation to tackle cyberthreats
Exercise seeks to identify and help combat digital attacks
No one is an island: How Caribbean states are working together to tackle cybercrime
Members of the Caribbean Community are working through an action plan to harmonise laws, increase investigative skills and broaden international cooperation. PublicTechnology finds out more.
MI6 recruiting tech team to help provide ‘mission advantage’
Secret Intelligence Service advertises five roles for IT professionals seeking 'technical challenges – the likes of which you will never have seen before’
HMRC issues fraud warning after taking down 10,000 websites in a year
Scammers will aim to take advantage during a time of year when many are completing tax returns, department warns
Foreign Office signs £7.5m two-year deal to support cyber transformation
Department signs deal with defence contractor
ICO reprimands Home Office after anti-terror documents left at London venue
Department is censured for the second time in 10 days after probe reveals it took seven months to notify watchdog of breach
Scottish Parliament digital service to track online threats to members
Holyrood seeks to appoint security analyst to help create tool that will scan social networks
Cabinet Office seeks CISO and cyber defence head
Central department recruits for senior IT security-focused positions
‘These are fundamental to empowering individuals’ – ICO takes action against departments and councils over data requests
Ministry of Defence and Home Office are among those reprimanded over major backlogs that caused ‘significant distress’ to individuals. PublicTechnology finds out more.
Death and digital assets: Ministers to consider law reform
MoJ minister claims government is awaiting recommendations from advisory body, as private member's bill continues passage through parliament
MoD appoints £2m cyber specialist to test Army IT vulnerabilities
Firm will be asked to assess existing and new tech platforms
Government reveals ambition to drastically reduce cybercrime
Consultation launched on how to ‘reduce the security burden on citizens’
Brexit: ‘No known data breaches’ of EU citizens’ digital status since programme launch, minister claims
Home Office databases have not been compromised, according to Tom Pursglove
No conflict over Michael Keegan’s roles, says Cabinet Office
Crown representative for BAE Systems and non-executive director of government supplier will avoid conversations on bidding
Half of three departments’ key risks concern technology
Annual reports of HM Revenue and Customs, Home Office and DWP discuss risks from cyber security, data protection and specific projects
Parliament to recruit director of information security
Cabinet Office, ONS and DWP also seek senior security technologists
Government’s cyber plan delivers ‘a complete revolution in how we provide assurance’
The recently published Government Cyber Security Strategy set out a range of ambitions to make the public sector safer. PublicTechnology gathered a panel of experts to find out more about how it will do so.
‘Proactive security’ – GDS invests in threat intelligence tech
Digital agency signs deal for data-led cyber protection system
HMRC and GDS working on trials for government’s new identity-checking app
New browser login system is also being tested with support of Disclosure and Barring Service
Officials’ personal info published online by government lawyers in ‘regrettable’ data leak
Government Legal Department is investigating after names of civil servants were not removed from transparency documents
Cybercrime picked as key focus for new National Crime Agency chief
Graeme Biggar has finally been confirmed as the head of the national body after a rerun of the procurement process