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
HMRC used ‘implied consent’ to collect voiceprints of five million citizens
ICO investigating tax agency after investigation by advocacy group Big Brother Watch
Constituents report MP to ICO over alleged data-protection breach in Facebook post
Data-protection watchdog ‘making enquiries’ after Conservative Gordon Henderson publishes names...
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Every Welsh NHS entity to get cybersecurity review as part of £5.5m digital health investment
Welsh Government announces multimillion-pound spending pot for healthcare technology
Government offers social networks ‘groundbreaking’ software to combat child abuse
Home Office invests £600,000 in digital-fingerprint plug-in
UK hit by more than 30 cyberattacks requiring ‘a cross-government response’ in the last year
National Cyber Security Centre marks first 12 months in existence by publishing report into threat landscape
Amber Rudd: ‘I don’t need to understand encryption to understand it’s helping criminals’
Home secretary steps up war of words with WhatsApp and others, suggesting that she is frequently ‘patronised’ by tech companies
MoD offers £170k and £2.2bn budget in search for leader to drive IT procurement ‘transformation’
Department’s ISS function seeks commercial director to help deliver value from technology engagements
Sheffield NHS trust ICT chief: ‘WannaCry was opportunistic; a concerted attack is what keeps me awake at night’
Technology leader Andy Vernon talks through ransomware assault, while NHS Digital admits it ‘got it wrong’ in relaying information
DfE seeks three technology leaders including new CISO
Department for Education needs to fill three seats at its tech and digital top table
Don’t fear the robots – tech automation to have less impact on public sector jobs, report claims
Study from Nesta and Oxford University predicts that the civil service and wider public sector will see fewer jobs lost to automation than other industries
Why the public sector should utilise big data to measure citizen sentiment
Carol Brock of OpenText believes better use of structured and unstructured data could help the government deliver better policy and services
What all public-sector IT leaders need to know to be ready for GDPR
Victoria Cetinkaya of the Information Commissioner’s Office gives the organisation's top tips for government tech and data chiefs to ensure they are ready for new regulation next year
Think tank calls for urgent review of how blockchain could help – and hinder – police
The Police Foundation identifies various potential benefits and challenges of distributed-ledger technology
TfL revokes Uber’s taxi licence in London on claims the company’s software could block regulators and impede law enforcement
But taxi app hits back and announces intention to appeal immediately
Prime minister tells tech giants to remove terrorist content within two hours or face penalties
Theresa May uses UN General Assembly address to urge Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to do more
Greater Manchester Police still has more than one in five PCs running Windows XP
Research finds widespread use of unsupported software in England’s second-biggest force
Police chief admits possibility of working with online vigilantes but says tech firms must do more on child-protection
Data shows evidence gathered by self-styled paedophile hunters is becoming increasingly prevalent in criminal cases as senior officer admits 'I am not winning that moral argument'
Cabinet ministers head to Nordics and Asia to promote UK tech credentials
Karen Bradley and Matt Hancock dispatched on tech-centric trade missions
Introducing the Harris T7 – the MoD’s new £1m bomb-disposal robot
Ministry announces major deal to acquire 56 specialised machines
Most hospitals still reliant on hundreds of pagers
Report finds 93% of increasingly outdated devices still active in the UK are owned by hospitals
HMRC, Home Office, and DWP to share data in ‘fully digital’ post-Brexit immigration system
Leaked Home Office paper unveils plans to take immigration status check service entirely online
Council investigates after Telford public information sign shows pornographic images
Apparent breach changes advertising content to explicit website
National cybercrime pilot among police innovation projects to receive slice of £80m government funding
Other schemes include £11.5m for ‘video-enabled justice’ and creation of online hub to combat hate crime in the capital