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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Second Lorca cohort to focus on supply chain security
The second cohort of companies to benefit from the new London cyber innovation centre will focus on user-centric security and securing supply chains
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
A very digital plan for the NHS
The NHS Long Term Plan aims to empower people through the use of technology and create a digital-first NHS, offering virtual outpatient appointments, digital GP consultations and improved cyber security. But how and when will the government achieve ...
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
AWS secures cloud hosting role in UK government Crown Marketplace programme
Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform to play key role in how public sector organisations procure common goods and services
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January 07, 2019
07
Jan'19
NHS Long-Term Plan to bring health service into the digital age
The long-term plan to transform the NHS by using Theresa May’s £20.5bn-a-year birthday present promises use of artificial intelligence, genomic testing and digital GP appointments for all
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January 04, 2019
04
Jan'19
German politicians’ data leak shows need for global action
Hacked data includes contacts’ email addresses, private chats, mobile numbers, photographs and credit card details, which were published on Twitter
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January 03, 2019
03
Jan'19
IT regulators and practitioners need common language
There needs to be greater understanding between lawmakers and technologists to ensure regulations do not have unintended consequences, says a US computer security researcher and bug bounty pioneer
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January 03, 2019
03
Jan'19
Fortinet to lead cyber security discussion at WEF annual summit
The head of cyber security firm Fortinet has been named as a discussion leader at the upcoming World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
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January 03, 2019
03
Jan'19
Hancock promises GP IT overhaul
New £450m framework will “shake up” primary care IT by getting rid of old systems, using new standards and exploring moving patient data to the cloud, says health secretary
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
Brighton and Hove gets ready for Orbis migration
Brighton and Hove City Council has already moved its co-location servers onto Nutanix nodes. It is now looking at moving its primary Hove datacentre
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
Nordic digital transformation driven by traditional businesses
More traditional Nordic businesses are fuelling the region's digital transformation, finds report
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
SMEs urged to get on board with Network Services 2 framework
Suppliers have until the end of January 2019 to sign up to the new government network services purchasing framework
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
Subpostmasters suing Post Office over IT failures stunned by CEO’s honour
Subpostmasters’ campaign group attacks Post Office CEO Paula Vennells’ New Year honour amid ongoing court case
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December 31, 2018
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Dec'18
New Year’s Honours 2019 lauds women in IT and data specialists
The New Year’s Honours list 2019 features accolades for leading women in IT and data, as well as other specialists in data
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December 28, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 stories on national security in 2018
From Russian disinformation, state surveillance, and police stop and seizure powers, to Facebook and WikiLeaks
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December 28, 2018
28
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Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018
Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management
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December 27, 2018
27
Dec'18
Top 10 CIO interviews of 2018
IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly in 2018
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December 27, 2018
27
Dec'18
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East enterprise IT stories of 2018
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December 24, 2018
24
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Top 10 public sector IT stories of 2018
In the year the UK government couldn’t decide if Brexit really meant Brexit, departments continued to struggle with the workload of EU exit technology projects, the chancellor’s budget promised lots of money for tech, and ministers played musical ...
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December 21, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cyber crime stories of 2018
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December 20, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2018
In 2018, the NHS celebrated its 70th birthday, NHS Digital began a huge restructure, Matt Hancock swooped in as new health secretary and the health service launched its all-singing, all-dancing app
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December 19, 2018
19
Dec'18
Lauri Love battles police for return of computers as NCA confirms live investigation
The National Crime Agency (NCA) confirms there is a live investigation into Lauri Love in the UK, as Love brings legal action against UK police for the return of seized computer equipment
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December 19, 2018
19
Dec'18
Top 10 broadband stories of 2018
The networking industry swung firmly behind full-fibre broadband in 2018, with encouraging signs that the gold-standard of broadband service delivery technology is at long last taking off in the UK
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December 18, 2018
18
Dec'18
Defra unveils green government tech vision
Printing reams of paper and travelling to meetings are among the areas targeted in the new, green ICT makeover
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December 17, 2018
17
Dec'18
NICE debuts standards to help ease NHS adoption of new technology
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is calling on the tech community to provide feedback on its plans to help NHS commissioners make better-informed technology adoption decisions
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December 14, 2018
14
Dec'18
Iranian cyber espionage highlights human element
State-backed hackers in Iran have reportedly upped efforts to compromise US officials’ email accounts using phishing scams
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December 14, 2018
14
Dec'18
Australia passes controversial encryption law
Arguments continue over law that requires companies to work with government agencies to ensure that encrypted communications can be read if a crime is suspected
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December 14, 2018
14
Dec'18
CIO interview: Mayank Prakash, CDIO, DWP
Outgoing DWP chief digital and information officer Mayank Prakash looks at challenges and accomplishments during his time at the department, and talks about finishing the roll out of Universal Credit
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
ICO and government help UK businesses prepare for no-deal Brexit
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the government are providing guidance for UK businesses, particularly SMEs, on how to prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
Social engineering at the heart of critical infrastructure attack
Social engineering is the core technique used in a series of cyber attacks targeting government, defence, nuclear, energy and financial organisations around the world, which means people are key to defence
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
Government urged to create one million high tech jobs by 2030
The Trade Union Congress has called on the government to create a million new high tech and manufacturing jobs over the next 12 years
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
DWP completes Universal Credit roll-out
The Department for Work and Pensions concludes the deployment of Universal Credit across the UK, meaning the full digital service is now available nationwide
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
UKtech50 2018: Women are making their mark
Women are making strong progress in the UK technology industry, with seven of the top 10 on Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 list being female
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
UKtech50 interview: Jacky Wright, CDIO, HMRC
The UKtech50’s most influential person in UK IT 2018, HM Revenue and Customs’ chief digital and information officer, Jacky Wright, on balancing priorities, leveraging new technologies and the changing role of the CIO
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
UKtech50 2018 – the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has announced the ninth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
Criminals act like nation-state attackers in Russian campaign
Security researchers have uncovered evidence of a sustained effort targeting Russian state-owned critical infrastructure companies by financially motivated non-state actors
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December 10, 2018
10
Dec'18
Councils awarded funding for digital innovation projects
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government digital innovation fund awarded to a range of projects, including chatbots, artificial intelligence and town planning transformation
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December 10, 2018
10
Dec'18
UK businesses feel let down by government on cyber security
Government needs to provide more support around cyber security issues in 2019, according to the majority of UK IT leaders polled
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December 07, 2018
07
Dec'18
Finnish government announces research and development ecosystem
Finland has launched an innovation ecosystem that will support IoT and AI developers amongst others
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December 07, 2018
07
Dec'18
Court orders Post Office to explain inability to access encrypted file
Post Office unable to open encrypted recording of an interview that forms part of its evidence in High Court case
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December 07, 2018
07
Dec'18
Complex Post Office Horizon case set to continue into 2020
Court case where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office set to span at least four trials and extend into 2020
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
UK genome sequencing project reaches 100,000 genomes goal
Health secretary hails scheme’s progress as “a major milestone in the route to the healthcare of the future”
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
Software failure paralyses O2’s 4G network
O2 is racing to fix a major outage on its 4G network that has left millions of mobile subscribers without access to data services
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
BT moves to strip Huawei kit from EE’s network
Telco will remove Huawei’s networking equipment from the core of EE’s 4G mobile network
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
Symantec unveils AI-based protection for critical infrastructure
Cyber security firm has unveiled what it claims to be the industry’s first neural network to protect critical infrastructure from USB-borne malware attacks
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
Australia races towards commercial quantum computing
Universities make headway in the challenge of commercialising quantum computing
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
Nominet brings security expertise and tech to market
The .uk domain registry is to bring its DNS expertise and technology developed for the NCSC to market to address cyber security ‘blindspot’
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
Phishing at centre of cyber attack on Ukraine infrastructure
Phishing is one of the key tools used by cyber attackers against critical national infrastructure (CNI), as highlighted by attacks on telecommunications in Ukraine
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December 04, 2018
04
Dec'18
‘Open-minded’ DVSA cuts cost of MOT testing
Government agency harnesses customised open source platform to ensure data security while cutting costs and plans to extend its MOT testing capability to do the same for drivers’ theory tests
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December 04, 2018
04
Dec'18
NHS email outage caused by ‘internal software issues’
NHSmail system shutdown, which saw staff locked out of their accounts, blamed on “software issues” in supplier Accenture’s internal infrastructure
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December 04, 2018
04
Dec'18
GovTech Catalyst Fund awards contracts to five SMEs to tackle rural isolation and loneliness
Five small tech companies have been awarded contracts through the GovTech Catalyst Fund to come up with innovative solutions to rural isolation and loneliness
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December 03, 2018
03
Dec'18
Digital identity market welcomes plan to hand Gov.uk Verify to private sector
Players in the UK digital identity community welcome the clarity over the future of Verify, but question marks remain over prospects for government ID system
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December 03, 2018
03
Dec'18
UK government commits to opening up data in bid to push adoption of AI
Opening up data is vital to government plans to push adoption of artificial intelligence across all sectors of the UK economy
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December 03, 2018
03
Dec'18
Police investigations into cyber crime up 14% in a year
Officers forced to follow up over 2,500 complaints of Instagram, Facebook, email and website hacking, and Bitcoin ransom, despite a rise in violent crime, report reveals
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November 30, 2018
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Government mobilises to persuade tech sector to endorse May-EU deal
Jeremy Wright, the secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, says the prime minister’s deal with the European Union will be good for UK tech, ensuring free flow of data
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November 30, 2018
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Nov'18
CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial
The Criminal Courts Review Commission is deciding whether to delay its decision on subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution until after a related court case
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November 30, 2018
30
Nov'18
WannaCry borderline national cyber emergency
The May 2017 WannaCry attack, which disrupted services at one-third of NHS trusts and more than 600 primary care organisations is the closest the UK has come to a national cyber emergency, says the NCSC
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November 30, 2018
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Nov'18
CIO interview: Theo Blackwell, London chief digital officer, Mayor of London’s Office
After more than a year in post, London’s chief digital officer reflects on changes, collaboration between boroughs and developing a smart city
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November 29, 2018
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Nov'18
UK cyber security strategy making ‘good progress’
The National Cyber Security Strategy is making good progress, but there is much left to be done, according to a Cabinet Office official
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November 29, 2018
29
Nov'18
Danish government launches wide-ranging digital services project
Denmark's government has launched an ambitious project to digitise and automate public services
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November 29, 2018
29
Nov'18
120,000 police officers to receive cyber security training
Cisco is partnering with UK police forces to offer cyber security training through the Cisco Networking Academy
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November 29, 2018
29
Nov'18
Health and care must prepare for a digital world, says Scotland’s digital director
Challenges include dealing with ethical questions, data and collaboration needs in a digital environment, says Scottish government’s Colin Cook
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November 29, 2018
29
Nov'18
Scottish Government and Nesta launch health data challenge
Partnership between the Scottish Government and Nesta will see funding available for innovative projects driving the use of technology to give citizens access to data and help them live healthier lives
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November 28, 2018
28
Nov'18
Cyber resilience lacking due to apathy of UK leaders
An unwillingness to accept that cyber is a real threat to critical national infrastructure by UK political and business leaders has resulted in a lack of resilience, says security industry veteran
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November 27, 2018
27
Nov'18
Government yet to recruit chief data officer
Two years after the government began the process to hire a chief data officer, the post continues to sit empty
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November 27, 2018
27
Nov'18
GDS has lost momentum, MPs told
There are still significant culture issues in government and the Government Digital Service has stopped supporting departments to do the right thing, Science and Technology Committee hears
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November 27, 2018
27
Nov'18
Treasury Committee launches inquiry into bank IT failures
With IT outages in the financial sector a regular occurrence, the Treasury Committee is investigating the causes and consequences of these failures, and what industry and regulators are doing to promote resilience
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November 27, 2018
27
Nov'18
High Court trial over Horizon computer system completes witness cross-examinations
The High Court trial in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has reached an important stage
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November 26, 2018
26
Nov'18
Barnet Council looks to bring parts of Capita contract back in house
Barnet Council is planning to bring parts of its Capita outsourcing deal back in house, and expects the supplier to pay the council £4.12m due to delivery issues with some areas of the contract
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November 23, 2018
23
Nov'18
UK fails to make top eGovernment rankings
UK fails to make it into the top rankings in the European Commission’s eGovernment Benchmark report, which shows that across Europe, two-thirds of public sector services are now available online
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November 23, 2018
23
Nov'18
Lords call for HMRC to delay Making Tax Digital for VAT
The government must begin to listen to small businesses and should delay the roll-out of its Making Tax Digital for VAT programme by at least a year, says the Lords Economic Affairs Committee
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November 21, 2018
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Nov'18
Finland invests in IT to upgrade electricity network
National electricity transmission grid operator Fingrid’s Datahub system will play key role in retail market’s transition to a centralised information exchange
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November 21, 2018
21
Nov'18
TechUK calls on Matt Hancock to fast-track NHS digitisation
The tech industry body’s ‘Manifesto for Matt’ calls on the health secretary to focus on empowering citizens, enabling a world-class workforce and making the UK the number one place for health tech innovation
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November 21, 2018
21
Nov'18
Post Office held back information about Horizon IT system errors
Post Office director admits to Horizon errors and not sharing details with subpostmaster network
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November 21, 2018
21
Nov'18
Citizens don’t want the NHS to prioritise digital health, report finds
The UK public want the NHS to focus spending on cancer care, staff and mental health, and rank digital access to services lowest on their list of priorities
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November 21, 2018
21
Nov'18
Lincolnshire Police signs 10-year cloud control room tech refresh deal with Motorola Solutions
Lincolnshire Police is embracing cloud technologies within its control room environment as it strives to improve the efficiency of its operations
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November 20, 2018
20
Nov'18
Police challenged over refusal to disclose files on WikiLeaks staff
Lawyers will challenge the Metropolitan Police Service today to confirm or deny whether it holds correspondence with US law enforcement about three WikiLeaks staff – including two UK citizens – in a freedom of information tribunal
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November 20, 2018
20
Nov'18
Sixth form college rebuilds after fire with Scale hyper-converged
Xaverian College suffered a server room fire but took the opportunity to build a hyper-converged infrastructure with Scale Computing that did away with costly VMware licence fees
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November 20, 2018
20
Nov'18
Jeremy Wright announces Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation board
Secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright, announces make up of Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation board at ODI Summit
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November 19, 2018
19
Nov'18
Government lacks cyber resilience leadership, according to MPs
The government lacks political leadership and urgency in dealing with cyber threats, according to Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, calling for a minister in charge of delivering cyber resilience
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November 16, 2018
16
Nov'18
Tech sector split over Brexit deal
The draft EU Withdrawal Agreement has caused rifts in the tech sector, with some calling for a People’s Vote with the option to remain in the EU, and others wanting MPs to back the agreement, saying it’s better than a no-deal scenario
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November 16, 2018
16
Nov'18
Post Office executives cross-examined in Horizon IT system trial
A High Court trial, where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office for damages caused by an allegedly faulty IT system, ended its second week.
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November 16, 2018
16
Nov'18
UN extreme poverty monitor is critical of Universal Credit ‘digital by default’ service
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights raises significant concerns with Universal Credit, including poor digital literacy among claimants, automation errors and lack of transparency
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November 16, 2018
16
Nov'18
Why is hiring a government chief security officer such a tricky business?
Security bosses and CIOs weigh in on why they think the government is struggling to recruit a chief security officer
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November 15, 2018
15
Nov'18
Members of Parliament should back EU Withdrawal Agreement, says industry
Industry experts say the government’s EU Withdrawal Agreement is far from perfect and still requires more clarity, but call on MPs to back it, as it’s better than a No-Deal Brexit
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November 14, 2018
14
Nov'18
Defra still to test six ‘critical’ IT systems before Brexit
MPs have raised concerns around Defra’s Brexit readiness as it hasn’t yet begun testing six critical IT systems needed to replace EU systems, but the department remains confident
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November 13, 2018
13
Nov'18
Sweden’s central bank to test digital currency
Riksbank e-krona initiative follows government plan for a cashless society by 2030
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November 13, 2018
13
Nov'18
Panasas refreshes with ActiveStor Ultra in push to the enterprise
Scale-out NAS maker Panasas wants to make its ActiveStor storage more attractive to enterprises by touting its ease of use and putting storage nodes on commodity hardware
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November 13, 2018
13
Nov'18
5G will unleash digital transformation for UK enterprises
Mobile operator EE is working hand-in-hand with its largest enterprise customers to realise the potential of its future 5G mobile network
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November 13, 2018
13
Nov'18
Post Office trial throws up known problem with Horizon system
High Court case in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has revealed a known problem with the computer system at the core of the dispute
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November 12, 2018
12
Nov'18
Home Office to use smartphone ID for EU Exit scheme
The Home Office will use smartphone digital identity verification to support applications for the government’s EU Exit Settlement Scheme
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November 12, 2018
12
Nov'18
HMRC resolves technical issue with tax-free childcare portal
The department’s tax-free childcare website has again suffered technical issues, affecting 22,000 payments, but the problems were resolved last week, according to HMRC
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November 12, 2018
12
Nov'18
Norway’s IT industry must tackle security vulnerabilities
Report reveals growing threat posed by “hostile foreign actors” against Norway’s IT systems and critical national infrastructure
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November 09, 2018
09
Nov'18
Post-quantum cryptography a major challenge, says expert
The crypto wars are just beginning and open systems are key to improved security in future, says cryptography expert
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November 09, 2018
09
Nov'18
High court Post Office trial puts subpostmasters’ contract under microscope
Case against Post Office in relation to allegedly faulty computer system begins in High Court
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November 08, 2018
08
Nov'18
Welsh NHS IT programme is ‘outdated’ and could put patients at risk, report finds
Welsh Public Accounts Committee is concerned the country’s outdated NHS IT systems are putting patients at risk, and found the culture at NHS Wales Informatics Service is the ‘antithesis of open’
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November 08, 2018
08
Nov'18
Dominic Raab: UK AI sector will get boost from EU exit ‘done right’
Brexit secretary tells Tech Nation audience that leaving the EU could create opportunities for the UK technology sector
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November 07, 2018
07
Nov'18
Fintechs advised on how to work with big banks
Advice backed by the government for fintechs on how to engage with traditional finance firms is published
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November 07, 2018
07
Nov'18
BEIS to fund five healthcare AI innovation centres
Five healthcare innovation centres will receive a total of £50m in funding to use artificial intelligence to improve diagnosis and treatment of diseases
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November 07, 2018
07
Nov'18
Cyber security high on European Commission agenda
The European Commission is recognising the growing importance of cyber security to the digital economy and is increasing funding to support research, resilience and cooperation
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November 06, 2018
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Nov'18
Information commissioner calls for stricter regulation on political use of data
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s investigation into the use of data in elections and campaigns, finds "a disturbing disregard for voters’ personal privacy"