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• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  US issues emergency directive to halt DNS hijacking

  US government agencies have been given 10 days to complete a four-step action plan to stop DNS hijacking attacks

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Young Dutch cyber criminals get re-education rather than jail time

  Young hackers in the Netherlands are being rehabilitated through punishments that educate rather than incarcerate

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  London cyber innovation centre expands global ties

  London innovation centre Plexal has announced international partnerships aimed at boosting global cyber security cooperation

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Scottish Police Authority awards £21m mobile services deal to EE

  EE will oversee a three-year deal to transform police mobile capabilities in Scotland, alongside Motorola Solutions, Samsung and BlackBerry

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Dowden announces five new successful GovTech Catalyst challenges

  Five public sector projects will receive funding as part of the third round of the £20m GovTech Catalyst programme, says implementation minister

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Facebook: US government does not engage in mass and indiscriminate surveillance

  Social media giant challenges a ruling by Dublin’s High Court over a judgment that it says made ‘extraordinary and incorrect’ findings about the US legal system

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Public procurement key to cyber security

  Using public procurement as a means of boosting cyber security is the top recommendation for 2019, according to a report based on expert views

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  DCMS puts digital ID policy team on no-deal Brexit work

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s digital identity policy team shifts focus to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Home Office vetoes privacy campaigner from senior post in surveillance watchdog

  The Home Office refuses academic and privacy campaigner, Eric King, security clearance for a senior role at the intelligence services watchdog, despite high-level backing from officials

• January 18, 2019 18 Jan'19

  Prepare for no-deal Brexit, says ICO

  The UK data protection authority is urging businesses to prepare for a no-deal Brexit to ensure there is no interruption in data flows from Europe

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech

  Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Swedish state and industry back autonomous vehicle testing facility

  AstaZero facility will “road-test” next-generation 5G and digital innovations to support the development of self-driving cars and other vehicles

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  UK tech firms favour second referendum as next move in Brexit stalemate

  UK tech firms want to remain as close to the EU as possible and believe a second referendum on membership of the trading bloc would be the best way out of the current political stalemate

• January 15, 2019 15 Jan'19

  NHS England chief digital officer Juliet Bauer leaves to work for a supplier

  NHS England’s chief digital officer is jumping ship, just as the NHS begins implementing its long-term plan, to join Swedish GP video consultation provider Livi

• January 14, 2019 14 Jan'19

  DfT launches online Blue Badge service

  In its efforts to digitise services, the Department for Transport has launched an online application system for Blue Badges, aiming to speed up the process