After an 18-month investigation into use of personal data, information commissioner presents report to parliament

With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations

Increased complexity of cyber crime means police no longer hold all the data they need, says report, and better mechanisms for data sharing are essential

Chief technology officer Ben Denison discusses how the organisation is using technology to get on top of increasingly vast and complex cases of bribery, fraud, and corruption

Department successfully challenges ownership of more than 100 spoof domains

Department kicks off early-engagement exercise for new system of managing problems

Both the government and human rights group Liberty claim victory after judges agree that the so-called snoopers' charter is incompatible with EU legislation 

Legislation will punish offenders with a fine of no maximum value

Local police will also receive funding for training and the establishment of dedicated online crime units

Cybersecurity agency issues report looking forward to coming dangers and back at year in which DDoS and ransomware hogged the headlines

Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham confirms warrant has been served on UK company

Department plans ‘modernisation’ of its work to collect more than £1bn owed to the government each year

Warning of “Whitehall asset-stripping” as policy-focused DCMS looks set to gain chunk of GDS remit

All government departments will sign the Tech Talent Charter, including a pledge to submit anonymised diversity data

Rachel Neaman of Corsham Institute believes that facing down the challenge of online misinformation needs a long-term and wide-ranging strategy 

Party makes IT gaffe on day of major reshuffle

Department lays out three-year strategy

Public urged to be vigilant of fraud in which victims are instructed to buy digital vouchers to pay fictitious tax bills

With less than six months until new data-protection law is introduced, PublicTechnology hears from regulators and data professionals across central and local government about what they see as the major challenges facing them between now and 25 May

Trio of Conservative politicians reminded of their data-protection obligations after revealing that they share login details with others

National Audit Office report also points to a lack of coordination in response to attack, which the government has concluded was conducted by North Korea