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Cyberweapons part of UK’s national armoury, says armed forces minister Nick Harvey
Armed forces minister Nick Harvey has revealed the UK is working on a cyber-weapon programme with offensive capabilities to counter cyber warfare threats to national security. Nick Harvey says acti...31 May 2011
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UK national ID cards database goes live
The database that underpins the UK's controversial ID card scheme is up and running, according to the government's identity commissioner Joseph Pilling. He told the home affairs committee that 538 ...25 Nov 2009
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UK National Security Strategy: cybersecurity must have funding, warns think-tank
The cybersecurity community is eagerly awaiting the publication of a new National Security Strategy this afternoon, says a government think tank. "We are hoping that rumours of increased funding fo...18 Oct 2010
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Microsoft UK's national technology officer moves on
Jerry Fishenden, Microsoft UK's national technology officer,...03 Jun 2009
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UK National Skills Academy for IT to open next year
A National Skills Academy for IT will be open by autumn next year after the government gave its support to the project. The plan was developed by the IT sector skills council e-skills and a group o...26 Nov 2009
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UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes
The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning. The newspaper hired computer expert Adam Laurie to test the security that protects the in...06 Aug 2009
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UK national open source centre opens
A national centre to promote the development of open source software has launched this week. The National Open Centre (NOC) held its launch at the Houses of Parliament yesterday. The NOC said the c...26 Feb 2007
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Foreign governments ‘threaten UK’s national infrastructure’
Foreign governments are the primary threat to the UK 's critical national infrastructure because of their hunger for information, according to the government agency responsible for monitoring infra...30 Nov 2005
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Energy giant outsources smart meter services to Logica
Scottish and Southern Energy has outsourced some of its smart metering processes to Logica to help support the UK national roll-out.05 Aug 2011
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E-Skills National Skills Academy for IT launches training subscription service for SMEs
E-Skills UK's National Skills Academy for IT has set up a training subscription service aimed at small businesses and self-employed IT professionals.15 Jun 2011
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PM David Cameron confirms £500m for UK cyber defences
Prime Minster David Cameron has confirmed a budget of £500m for the UK's national cyber security programme in the Strategic Defence Review.19 Oct 2010
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IBM boss appointed chairman of UK's national IT skills council
Larry Hirst, general manager of IBM UK and Ireland, has been appointed chairman of E-Skills UK, the organisation set up to improve the UK's IT skills base. E-Skills UK is the national skills counci...12 Feb 2004
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Judgement due on DNA database
The way DNA records are stored on the UK's national...04 Dec 2008
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Lack of trust doomed ID cards project to failure, conference told
The UK national ID card scheme was bound to fail because the government did not first build trust in the system, according to Simon Davies, director of Privacy International...08 Jun 2010
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Case study: ReadSoft gets a clean bill of health from UK’s Health Protection Agency
In the event of people being exposed to communicable diseases or toxic chemicals, it’s vital that information is gathered quickly to reduce or eliminate further risk. The recent Alexander Litvinenk...02 May 2011
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Scrapping UK ID cards could save £3bn
Scrapping controversial elements of the UK national identity scheme would save taxpayers more than £3bn over the next 10 years, research has shown.14 Aug 2009
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Birmingham council completes UK property database jigsaw
Birmingham City Council is providing the last piece in the UK's national property ID scheme jigsaw.26 Feb 2008
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Tackle cyber security with ad campaign, says Labour defence spokesman Jim Murphy
Labour shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy says government should tackle cyber security with a mix of regulation and education with a hard-hitting advertising campaign. He believes a campaign like ...16 May 2012
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Thales bags £18m deal for national ID card scheme
French defence systems engineering firm Thales has won the first contract for the UK's National Identity Scheme.01 Aug 2008
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UK business warned to plan for rising waters
UK national and local authorities should ensure businesses are better equipped to deal with the increasing threat of flooding. A review led by Michael...27 Jun 2008
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