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• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  IT security awareness needs to be company-wide, says (ISC)²

  Information security awareness needs to be more robust, started as early as possible, continually reinforced and organisation-wide, says Julie Peeler, director, (ISC)² Foundation

• September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12

  GOV.UK to replace Directgov in October

  Government information services website Directgov is to be replaced by GOV.UK from 17 October

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  Government launches £3.8m cyber security institute

  The government has ramped up moves to tackle growing cyber security threats by launching a £3.8m research institute.

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses

  Salford City Council is to offer private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Skills shortage means no unemployment in IT security, says (ISC)2

  Zero unemployment in IT security shows a huge shortage of skills in the profession, says Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)2

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Cabinet Office blacklists Fujitsu from government IT contract tenders

  The Cabinet Office has banned Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for public sector IT contracts as they constitute too high a risk

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  UK cookie law compliance mixed, study finds

  Three months after the enforcement of the cookie law, only 12% of UK websites have prominent privacy notices and robust cookie controls, a study shows

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Irish environment department goes green with Polycom

  Around 900 government workers will be able to use the unified communications system for video and content sharing

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  FBI denies link to leaked Apple device codes

  The FBI says there is no evidence that Anonymous gained access to 12 million identity codes for Apple devices by hacking an FBI agent's laptop

• September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12

  NHS claws back £1bn as CSC negotiations come to an end

  The Department of Health claws back £1bn from CSC as negotiations with the troubled supplier come to an end.

• September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12

  UK Border Agency ordered to crack down on bogus student visas

  The UKBA must crack down on bogus student visas ahead of the roll-out of its troubled e-Borders program, MPs have urged

• September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12

  Anonymous claims a million Apple IDs in FBI breach

  Hacking group Anonymous claims to have released over a million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) obtained from breaching FBI networks

• September 03, 2012 03 Sep'12

  Powerful cyber attack tools widely available, say researchers

  More low-level cyber criminals are getting access to sophisticated attack tools, say cyber intelligence specialists

• August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12

  Businesses worldwide fail to prepare for cyber threats, says Kaspersky Lab

  Companies around the world have failed to address cyber threats, according to a survey from security organisation Kaspersky Lab

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  VMware users can protect against virtual machine malware, says Trend Micro

  New malware that attacks VMware virtual machines is no cause for undue concern, but users can take basic steps to protect data, says Trend Micro

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  GDS rolls out Drupal

  The Government Digital Service is rolling out open source content management system Drupal.

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  Dell expects tough next quarter

  Dell expects third-quarter revenue to be down between 2% and 5% on second-quarter levels due to the “uncertain economic environment”

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  At least 9 out of 10 top mobile apps hacked, study shows

  An average of 96% of the top 100 paid mobile apps have been hacked, a study has revealed

• August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12

  Hunt: Ofcom 'beset by threats of litigations'

  Culture secretary calls on mobile operators to call off the lawyers and focus on the future of 4G to help government achieve broadband targets by 2015

• August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12

  More than 1,000 school application details leaked on the internet

  Personal information about more than 1,000 children has been published on the UK Independent Schools Guide website after an alleged cyber attack

• August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12

  John Linwood, BBC CTO, on the Olympics output and digitisation

  The BBC’s chief technology officer John Linwood talks about managing record-breaking Olympics online viewing and the digital future of the BBC

• August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12

  The Olympics in technology stats

  Computer Weekly takes a look at how we experienced “the most connected Games ever” with our round-up of key technology stats

• August 09, 2012 09 Aug'12

  NHS sees £100m reduction in exposure to CSC contracts

  The Department for Health’s financial exposure to its contracts with troubled supplier CSC have decreased by £100m in just three months.

• August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12

  Good data protection can be cheap and easy, says ICO

  The ICO says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up.

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  LinkedIn data breach costs more than $1m

  LinkedIn says the forensic investigation and other recovery costs of the data breach in June could have topped $1m.

• August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12

  Atos and Capita win £540m in controversial DWP disabilities testing contract

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed by disabled charities for awarding £540m in contracts to Atos and Capita to test the eligibility of disabled people receiving benefits.

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Interview: Denise McDonagh, government G-cloud director

  Denise McDonagh talks about the challenges of the G-cloud programme and how the government is reducing dependence on large outsourcers. 

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Cyber threats affect banks worldwide

  Nearly a quarter of the world's banks were hit by security breaches in the past year, a study shows

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  UK public sector sales drive Steria growth

  French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales.

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Twitter users targeted by Blackhole malware

  Twitter users are being targeted by tweets containing malicious links that claim recipients are pictured in an online photo

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  SQL injection attacks rise sharply in second quarter of 2012

  SQL injection (SQLi) attacks were up 69% in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the previous quarter, warns cloud hosting firm FireHost

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  Australian telco AAPT confirms Anonymous data breach

  Australian telecoms firm AAPT confirms business customer data was breached by hacktivist group Anonymous at an external service provider

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Customers urged to boycott CSC over CIA 'torture flights'

  CSC customers are being urged to boycott the supplier over allegations that it took part in illegal CIA rendition flights in the US "war on terror"

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Siemens issues software fix to protect against Stuxnet

  German engineering firm Siemens has issued a fix for the software vulnerabilities in its programmable logic controllers that were exploited by the computer virus

• July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12

  CIO interview: Sally Howes, National Audit Office

  Sally Howes, CIO at the National Audit Office, talks about how the NAO hopes to perform more IT health checks and fewer project post mortems

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Can IT investment in schools keep pace with change?

  As more schools join the academy programnme, is the next generation getting access to the right technology crucial to the digital world?

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG

  Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Security researchers join forces to bring down Grum botnet

  Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet of hijacked computers

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  Microsoft faces substantial EC fine over browser rules breach

  Microsoft faces a large fine for failing to offer Windows users a choice of web browser despite apologising to the European Commission (EC)

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Skype works to fix privacy bug as instant messages leak

  Internet telephony service Skype has confirmed that a bug in its software has been sending copies of instant messages to unintended recipients

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM

  Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  The most influential women in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the first ever list of the most influential women in UK IT

• July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12

  Metropolitan Police gears up to analyse smartphone evidence

  The Metropolitan Police plans to build a computer system to analyse photo and video evidence gathered from the public using mobile phones

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  EC invests €1.5bn in IT research

  The European Commission (EC) has announced funding for research into IT totaling almost €1.5bn

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Google Android OS Trojan virus hits 100K devices in China

  Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system (OS) in China, say security researchers

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Microsoft Office 365 for Education free for teachers

  Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education, as Scottish Government commits to using the free cloud productivity suite.

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Virus could cut 20,000 UK computers from web on Monday, FBI warns

  The DNS Changer virus could cause 20,000 computers in the UK – of 350,000 worldwide - to lose web access on 9 July, the FBI has warned

• July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12

  BT extends cyber security agreement with MoD

  BT is to extend its cyber security agreement with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in a deal to expand its cyber defence service

• July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12

  Whitehall could save £33bn with big data analytics, says Policy Exchange

  Government could save £33bn a year applying big data analytics to departmental information, claims a report from the Policy Exchange

• June 29, 2012 29 Jun'12

  Key HMRC IT plans delayed due to spending freeze, says NAO

  Key HMRC IT plans have been delayed because of the Cabinet Office’s moratorium on spending, the National Audit Office (NAO) says