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• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Employee monitoring under the radar, says security expert

  Snowden has stirred national debate on internet surveillance, but employee monitoring barely gets a mention, says Weblife Balance chief David Melnick

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Civil servants believe government departments lack skills to achieve "digital by default"

  Just 36% of civil servants in central government believe their departments have the skills needed to achieve its "digital by default" strategy

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Essex CC sets upon IT transformation project after £16.6m deal with Fujitsu

  Essex County Council has partnered with Fujitsu as part of a £16.6m deal to transform its corporate systems estate

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  UK firms see 1,000+ internal data breaches a day, study finds

  Internal threats are not a high priority for UK firms despite more than 1,000 internal data breaches a day

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  NHS England puts patient database on hold

  NHS England is to delay by six months the roll-out of its controversial Care.data scheme for sharing patient records through a central database

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  NHS England faces growing pressure to delay Care.data medical records plan

  NHS England is coming under increasing pressure from medical groups to reconsider roll-out of controversial Care.data scheme for sharing patient records

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  HMRC and BIS offer support workshops to tech SMES

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are organising a series of workshops to support high-tech SMEs.

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  ISF principal analyst Adrian Davis to join (ISC)2

  ISF principal analyst Adrian Davis is to Join (ISC)2 as head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa regional office

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Atos Healthcare faces competition in DWP fit to work tests

  The Department for Work and Pensions plans to increase the number of suppliers involved in testing for eligibility of disability benefits

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Cut Microsoft admin rights to mitigate 92% of threats, study shows

  Removing Microsoft admin rights from employees mitigates 92% of critical vulnerabilities reported in 2013

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Top UK developers join forces to make best use of flood data

  Top UK developers joined forces at the weekend to create useful resources to help those affected by floods

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Roaming costs lose mobile operators 300 million users

  A new survey by the European Commission shows 94% of citizens limit their mobile use when in another state to save on roaming charges, meaning mobile operators could be missing out on big revenues

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Medical database could undermine privacy, says NHS risk assessment

  NHS England’s own risk analysis says the planned care data system could undermine patient confidentiality

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  NHS Scotland awards SWAN contract to Capita

  Capita wins the £110m contract for the Scottish Wide Area Network project, while BT continues to seek damages for losing out

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Kickstarter notifies users of data breach after four days

  Online crowdfunding website Kickstarter has admitted that attackers have gained access to user data

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Google acquires audio ID startup SlickLogin

  Google has acquired Israeli startup SlickLogin, which enables online services to authenticate a user with sound waves

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Birmingham City University revamps IT backhaul

  The University works with Logicalis to overhaul its IT infrastructure, from designing two new datacentres to rolling out new wired and wireless networks

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  BBC starts search for suppliers to replace £2bn Atos outsourcing deal

  The BBC is moving away from its single-supplier outsourcing deal to a multi-sourced 'tower' approach for its technology services

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Top banking botnets study victims' behaviour, Dell report reveals

  Five of the top eight banking Trojans capture snapshots of victims’ behaviour, profiling their online interactions, Dell research reveals

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Tesco.com deactivates accounts after hackers publish logon details

  Tesco.com has deactivated more than 2,000 customer accounts after hackers posted a list of usernames and passwords online

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  How will tech startup clusters survive outside London?

  Computer Weekly looks at how technology startup clusters outside London are performing

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  Software industry group welcomes US cyber security framework

  BSA, The Software Alliance has welcomed the launch of the US Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyber security

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  The challenges of implementing Camden’s digital strategy

  Camden Borough Council's digital strategy sets out how technology will support and enable the local authority grow and develop

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  EU should use US trade talks to win data privacy, say MEPs

  MEPs have approved an inquiry report that calls for a new EU-US trade deal to be blocked unless the US fully respects EU citizens’ data privacy

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Telehealth startups cluster around Kent

  Telehealth technology startups cluster around Kent in industry move to provide digital health solutions for the UK’s aging population

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Newcastle and Buckinghamshire councils win O2 Local Government Digital Fund

  Newcastle City Council and Buckinghamshire County Council have won a share of prize money from O2 which will be used by the councils to tackle social challenges using technology

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Government tasks startup to build flood volunteering website

  A new website to help victims of the UK flooding disaster has been launched today

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Password-free online authentication a step closer

  The elimination of insecure passwords for online services is another step closer.

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  BT sues NHS Scotland for £20m over SWAN project

  After losing its bid for the Scottish Wide Area Network project, the telecoms giant is suing the NHS National Services Scotland

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  First thousand users start to test government's Identity Assurance system

  The first thousand users of the government’s future system for online user authentication will start testing over the next two months

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Annual global cost of identity theft as high as £3bn

  The annual worldwide impact of phishing and various forms of identity theft could be as high as $3bn a survey has revealed

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  NTP-based DDoS attacks a concern, says Cloudflare

  Security firm Cloudflare says it spotted and stopped a massive DDoS attack that exploited a vulnerability in the infrastructure of the internet

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  (ISC)2 expands online security awareness programme to Ireland

  The (ISC)2 Foundation has launched its Safe and Secure Online programme in Ireland, to commemorate Safer Internet Day 2014

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Rights groups call on White House to open privacy review

  A coalition of 25 rights groups is calling for a 90-day US government review of big data and the future of privacy to be opened up to the public

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  CIOs lack confidence in government to deliver NHS IT innovation

  CIOs in the healthcare sector are not confident in the government’s ability to deliver IT innovation in the NHS.

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  PCI DSS compliance still too low, says Verizon

  Compliance with the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) remains low, according to a study of assessments around the world

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  UK among targets of 'Mask' advanced cyber espionage campaign

  The UK has been hit more than 100 times in an advanced global cyber espionage campaign that has gone undetected for more than five years

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  NSA failed to detect Snowden’s unsophisticated insider attack

  The NSA failed to detect the relatively unsophisticated data mining activities of whistleblower Edward Snowden, it has emerged

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  CIO interview: The Met's Richard Thwaite on its Total Technology IT strategy

  Metropolitan Police CIO Richard Thwaite on getting the business and IT suitably aligned as the force embarks on a four-year IT strategy

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Barclays bank leaks thousands of customer records

  Regulators investigate Barclays after a whistleblower claims the bank leaked 27,000 customer records

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Camden Council launches digital strategy

  The London Borough of Camden has launched a digital strategy intended to redesign the way it delivers public services in the council

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  UK inquiry into spy agency laws flawed, say campaign groups

  Leading UK civil liberties and privacy groups have raised concerns about the ISC's planned inquiry into laws governing intelligence agencies

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Glasgow City Council signs BT for free Wi-Fi before Commonwealth Games

  Glasgow City Council signs BT to provide free Wi-Fi across the city in time for the Common Wealth Games in summer 2014

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police to trial iPad Minis

  The Metropolitan Police Service is to trial iPad Minis for use by officers in the Hammersmith and Fulham Borough this year

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Twitter wants more transparency on government data requests

  Twitter is considering taking legal action to establish the right to publish more details about government requests for user data

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Turkey seeks tighter internet control

  Turkey moves closer to even tighter government control of the internet after pushing new internet regulations through parliament

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

  The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  LinkedIn shares 15% down on latest financial report

  Shares in professional networking service LinkedIn dropped 15% in after-hours trading on the latest financial report

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Universities and science minister unveils £73m big data funding

  The government is to plough £73m into big data, universities and science minister David Willetts has revealed

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  GCHQ used DoS attacks against Anonymous, show Snowden documents

  UK spy agency GCHQ used denial of service (DoS) attacks against Anonymous, according to documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  UK critical infrastructure at risk of cyber attack, says IET report

  UK critical national infrastructure is at risk of cyber attack, says a report by consultancy Atkins for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  Google makes extra promises to EU on search

  The European Commission has been offered ‘improved commitments’ from Google over competition concerns for online search

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  The BBC DMI project - what went wrong?

  The BBC and its former CTO have engaged in tit-for-tat allegations over its failed £100m digital media project. But who was right?

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Enterprise partnerships could solve startup skills gap, says panel

  Startups may find partnerships with larger corporations the best way to tackle talent-hiring blockades caused by UK immigration laws

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  DWP could face further multimillion-pound bill for IT project problems

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could face further multimillion-pound charges as a result of two troubled IT projects

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Halfway through the Government Digital Service transformation project

  Halfway through a two-year project to move public services online, the Government Digital Service (GDS) is on track, but what challenges lie ahead?

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  HP investigators find Autonomy made 80% less profit than stated

  HP investigators say UK firm Autonomy, acquired for $11.7bn in 2011, made 80% less profit than originally stated

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  NHS site malicious redirects are a warning to developers

  A coding error that redirected NHS website visitors to malicious content should be a warning to developers, say security experts

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  BBC DMI row continues as Linwood defends “working technology”

  Former BBC CTO John Linwood was scrutinised by a public accounts committee yesterday during a hearing about the failed BBC Digital Media Initiative

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  CloudStore to be rebuilt to include other digital frameworks

  GDS is to build a Government Digital eMarketplace which will include the CloudStore and other digital frameworks

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Web app security fixes down to 11 days in 2013

  Suppliers of web apps improved the rate of delivery for security fixes in 2013, but still take 11 days on average

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Tech startups lobby for changes to immigration laws

  A group of technology startup companies in London have lobbied the Home Office to adjust immigration policies

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  BT criticised for ‘knocking out competition’ in Wiltshire

  BT and Wiltshire County Council have been accused of using public funds to build out broadband in areas set to be served by alternative providers

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  BBC insists former CTO John Linwood's claims are wrong, in ongoing DMI row

  The BBC has responded to former CTO John Linwood’s claims about its failed digital media project, insisting there were still considerable IT problems

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Zeus variant by-passing security, say researchers

  A variant of the data-stealing Zeus Trojan best known for targeting online banking uses a new technique to bypass security systems.

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Case study: Transport for London modernises website with HTML5

  Transport for London has re-engineered its website to move with the times. TfL's head of online, Phil Young, explains the design principles

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Apple faces $840m e-book damages claim

  Apple faces an $850m damages claim after the company was found guilty in July 2013 of conspiring with five publishers to raise the prices of e-books

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Vodafone avoids fine for missing 3G targets

  Ofcom confirms Vodafone has now met its requirement for 3G coverage across the UK and will not be fined for its late completion

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Hackers access Yahoo Mail with stolen passwords

  Yahoo has revealed that hackers have tried to access some Yahoo Mail accounts with stolen passwords

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Interview: Dame Wendy Hall on Global Commission on Internet Governance

  We speak to UK IT's representative on the new Global Commission on Internet Governance and ask what she hopes it will achieve

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  GDS intends to drop G-Cloud brand

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) is planning to rebrand the G-Cloud framework to simplify purchasing for users

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  HSCIC appoints Andy Williams as chief executive

  The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has named ex-outsourcer governance expert Andy Williams as its CEO

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Information security salaries set to rise in 2014

  Salaries for information security professionals are set to rise across the board in 2014 as demand increases

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Alleged SpyEye mastermind pleads guilty to fraud

  The alleged mastermind of the SpyEye banking Trojan has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in a US court

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Hacktivists hit Angry Birds website after spying claims

  Hacktivists have attacked the wesbite of Angry Birds maker Rovio over UK and US spying revelations

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Lenovo buys Google’s Motorola Mobility in $3bn deal

  Google has announced the sale of its Motorola Mobility unit to Chinese computer maker Lenovo in a $3bn deal

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Are businesses turning to Windows Phone instead of BlackBerry?

  It's been a year since BlackBerry tried to reclaim the smartphone market with the BB10 operating system and the Z10 and qwerty Q10 handsets

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Government will spend a further £100m with small businesses

  Government to spend a further £100m on IT services and technology from SMEs through the CloudStore and digital services framework

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Government announces preferred open standards for documents

  The government has announced a set of open standards which it hopes will be used for documents across government

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  BBC CTO John Linwood defends role in failed £100m digital project

  Former BBC CTO John Linwood defends his role in the failed £100m DMI project, citing changing business requirements as a key factor

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Cyber security quest strong in UK, says Isaca

  There is a strong interest in cyber security in the UK, says Rob Stroud, international president-elect for Isaca

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Angry Birds maker wants industry response to mobile app spying

  Angry Birds maker to re-evaluate its relationship with ad networks after revelations that spy agencies can access user data

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust deploys iOS devices

  South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has deployed 300 iOS mobile devices onto its network to improve patient care processes

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO

  The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme"

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Privacy considered a shared responsibility, survey shows

  Users of online services believe responsibility for privacy is shared by governments, technology suppliers and individuals, a survey has revealed

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Transparency deal fails to meet all surveillance demands

  Tech firms win greater transparency on government data requests, but no reductions in how much is collected

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  FBI cracks down on hacker-for-hire websites

  The FBI has arrested five people in connection with several websites offering hacking services

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  DECC IT overhaul follows government digital standards

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is accustomed to large outsourcing contracts, yet it is the first department within government to move away from a single supplier approach, to a new multi-sourcing model across all its core ...

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Apple shares down on flat profits

  Apple share fell almost 9% in after-hours trading despite reporting record quarterly revenue of $57.6bn for the quarter ending 28 December 2013

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Security basics overlooked, says Heathrow CISO

  Data security is complex, but the basics are often overlooked says Mark Jones, chief information security officer at Heathrow Airports Limited

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  NHS Scotland has more time for patients thanks to mobile technology

  NHS doctors and nurses are using the latest mobile technology across Scotland to speed admin and spend more time with patients

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Father of European supercomputing: Hans Meuer

  Professor Dr Hans Werner Meuer, 1936-2014

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Business college gets Nimble hybrid flash to replace LeftHand SAN

  Ashridge Business School dumped creaking end-of-life LeftHand array for Nimble Storage hybrid flash array in a move that also saw Nexenta storage software rejected

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  NSA involved in industrial espionage, says Snowden

  The US National Security Agency’s cyber surveillance is not confined to matters of national security, says whistleblower Edward Snowden

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  BBC CTO John Linwood sacked over failed £100m digital project

  Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has been sacked over the broadcaster’s failed £100m Digital Media Initiative

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Government attempts to end big and wasteful IT contracts

  The government has published rules to reduce the dominance of small number of IT suppliers offering inflexible contracts

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  DWP refuses to release value for money reports on Universal Credit IT suppliers

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refuses to publish details about Universal Credit IT suppliers' performance

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  CIO interview: Julian Payne, head of ICT, Science Museum Group

  The Science Museum Group has just completed a merger with the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Beginning in 2012 and took two years to integrate all business and IT functionality with the group

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  David Cameron calls for offshore jobs to return to Britain

  Prime minister David Cameron says he wants British companies to bring offshored jobs back to the UK

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  CNN latest target of Syrian hacktivists

  CNN is the latest western media organisation believed to have been targeted by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacktivist group