ICO appoints first-ever technology director
Simon McDougall joins regulator in the role of executive director for technology policy and innovation
MoD to help ex-service personnel into cyber careers
Ministry signs agreement with non-profit organisation TechVets
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Home secretary urges Silicon Valley to help government in tackling online extremism
Amber Rudd to speak at Global Internet Forum in San Francisco later today
Government to invest £14.5m in new London cybersecurity hub
‘Innovation centre’ will confirm capital’s status as a world leader in the field, according to digital minister Matt Hancock
NHS Digital seeks market input for new Security Operations Centre
Health service body issues RFI looking for supplier advice
Government is merely flirting with digital – it’s time to commit
Nat Gross of industry body BIMA believes that all political parties must do more to ensure the UK remains at the digital vanguard
Digital service to allow patients to track how their NHS data is used
Two months on from WannaCry attack, Department of Health publishes extensive report detailing upcoming cyber and data security measures
GOV.UK Verify to be extended to cover other countries next year
Trials also ongoing in local government and private sector
MoJ's troubled electronic tagging programme hampered by blacklisted tower delivery model, NAO report finds
Watchdog criticises ministry for failing to deliver value for money
Crown Prosecution Service refreshes computing to drive digitisation and remote working
Agency’s director of digital transformation Mark Gray discusses revamp of client and datacentre computing estate, including increased use of cloud
Robotics revolution: why chatbots and AI could shake up local government
Enfield Council’s lead technology adviser Rocco Labellarte says the authority’s chatbot is attracting international attention and is about to transform services and release resources. Gill Hitchcock reports
Social media, BYOD, and 'clicking the link' - public sector IT chiefs name their biggest security headaches
Government IT professionals discuss how to ensure they remain protected
SnapChat and fax machines – report finds that ‘the digital revolution has bypassed the NHS’
Report from DeepMind Health finds that health service has a haphazard hotchpotch of digital, paper, and other improvised systems
‘They should have planned it on Google Earth’ – UK cybercrime chief on the Hatton Garden heist’s folly and why WannaCry is a watershed moment
Cybercrime lead at National Crime Agency lays out his three objectives
One in three PCCs overlook online fraud in police and crime plans - report
Report from National Audit Office claims public sector must do more to combat problem
GCHQ unveils cybersecurity playbook after pilot with ‘UK’s most spoofed brand’ HMRC
Four initiatives made available free to public sector bodies
'Like swimming in a pool of sharks' - less than one in 4,000 Met Police PCs running latest version of Windows
More than half of force's PC estate still running on unsupported Windows XP operating system
New Scottish information commissioner to be appointed
A motion to appoint lawyer Daren Fitzhenry is to be put before the Scottish Parliament
Is hybrid IT worth the hassle?
Joe Kim of SolarWinds looks at what government IT pros can expect from hybrid IT, and whether implementing it will provide any benefits
Group chat an indispensable tool within Whitehall
Group chat services can make civil servants more efficient by reducing email overload. If government does not embrace them, it will lose out
WannaCry NHS attack - lessons for data recovery strategies
A fresh look at data protection and backup best practice, particularly when it comes to ransomware.
How should we respond to cyber attacks on public bodies?
Fear around GDPR is being "hyped up by companies trying to sell solutions".