Government plans to expunge Huawei from 5G network by 2023, reports claim
Prime minister plans to backtrack on previous decision to allow Chinese giant to play a role in next-generation telecoms
UK border officials to ask travellers to download contact-tracing app on arrival
Minister and local MP cite success of ongoing trial on the Isle of Wight
DCMS quizzed over guidance for dating sites
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UK cyber strategy lacks clear objectives – PAC
Parliamentary committee says progress is being made but is being ‘hampered by a weak evidence base and lack of business case’
HMRC shuts down 1,000 phone scams
Department implements controls to prevent fraudsters calling citizens from numbers that appear legitimate
Inoculating the NHS against cyberattacks
Cybersecurity chiefs at Wirral NHS trust say education, collaboration and rapid communication are important protections against viruses, phishing and ransomware. Gill Hitchcock reports.
Former Home Office chief defends troubled DBS digitisation programme
Sir Mark Sedwill says project was launched on the grounds of reasonable evidence
Five-year spending on NHS cybersecurity tops £250m
Minister claims central government backing is in addition to locally driven investments
National Crime Agency seeks tech leader to spearhead ‘transition away from legacy’
Organisation offers £130k for director of DDaT
Officials admit ESN rollout could see further delays and cost rises
Home Office representatives tell MPs that 2022 is not a deadline for completion, but ‘a not-before date’
GDS brings in consultant to advise on security of services
Minister claims role was ‘better suited’ to an interim appointment
Government criticised for ‘failure to coordinate’ on departmental cyber skills training
Shadow minister Jo Platt says current situation is ‘a free-for-all’
Defence secretary puts £22m into cyber centres to ‘put the Army at the forefront of information warfare’
Facilities will provide round-the-clock info on digital threats
Huawei and 5G – the five big questions
A month on from the revelations about the Chinese vendor’s potential involvement in the UK’s 5G network, PublicTechnology examines the key issues
GDS to appoint privacy and data-protection leader
Digital agency recruits for senior manager to oversee use of personal data
Lessons have been learned from troubled Capita recruitment contract – MoD
Department insists improvements are being made in its response to MPs’ report
What happens during a cyberattack on critical infrastructure?
Leaders at the National Cyber Security Centre lift the lid on the impact of and lessons learned from the Triton malware assault
NCSC urges swift action on WhatsApp breach
Government cybersecurity agency issues guidance telling users to act ‘quickly’
San Francisco set to ban facial-recognition technology
Legislators in California city vote to outlaw surveillance tech
Which government department suffers the most data breaches?
Since 2008 departments have been required to report data breaches every year. In this exclusive research – kicking off two weeks of dedicated cybersecurity content on PublicTechnology – SA Mathieson digs through the numbers to uncover government's biggest security challenges
Government to ‘consider options’ for biometrics regulation
Immigration minister indicates that various courses of action will be examined before any legislation is passed
Durham council puts democracy into digital design
Designing a strategy to take digital take-up over the 50% mark means getting to the heart of what the county’s residents really want. Gill Hitchcock writes.
GOV.UK starts accepting Apple and Google Pay
Citizens can now use biometrics to confirm payments