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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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
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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".
Government to tighten rules on personal data storage
Data protection legislation commitment survives Tory cull of manifesto promises
Bradford Council ‘to test boundaries’ of cyber resilience
Bradford Council will work with local digital innovation centre and businesses to pre-empt cyber attacks
How the Internet of Things poses fresh risks to public sector systems
With the cyber threat shifting its focus to sabotage rather than data theft, many of the defences deployed by public sector organisations will have to be adapted for the new world
Why cyber resilience is the UK's first line of defence
New threats require the sort of joint civilian and military planning that was common in the Cold War – but with a focus on cyber rather than nuclear, says Jennifer Cole of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Gloucester City Council fined £100k for failing to deal with Heartbleed vulnerability
Council knew about vulnerability for months prior to attacker gaining access to emails
NHS ransomware attack one month on: "The people who didn’t patch Windows 7 should be sacked"
Last month's high-profile cyber attack caused chaos across much of the NHS, but some parts were unscathed. SA Mathieson explores why
GDPR deadline: One third of public sector decision makers not confident they’ll be ready
Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR