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• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Foreign Office outsources end-to-end IT management

  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has outsourced the management of its IT services to BAE Systems Detica with targeted IT savings of 40% over the five year agreement

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Microsoft pays out $128K to security bug hunters

  Microsoft has paid out more than $128,000 since introducing bug bounty programmes in June

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Major gaps in enterprise insider threat detection, study shows

  There are major gaps in the ability of large enterprises to detect and address insider threats, a study shows

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Government pledges extra £100m to Enterprise Zones

  Communities secretary Eric Pickles confirms the additional funding to help complete infrastructure projects around the new business hubs

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Big business still struggling with social media, says TCS

  Almost two-thirds of big firms have employees dedicated to using social media, but only 10% report any business benefits

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Driving Standards Agency updates WAN with MDNX

  The government agency has revamped its WAN solution to link its datacentre through the PSN network to its driving test centres across the UK

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  UK National Cyber Crime Unit becomes operational

  The UK's National Cyber Crime Unit has become operational as part of the new National Crime Agency

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Government holds consultation on broadband delivery

  A meeting to tap the industry for its knowledge on broadband delivery is taking place in Whitehall today, but DCMS gives little notice for companies to be prepared

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  RSA Europe 2013 to get practical about big data

  Big data is to dominate the agenda at the RSA Europe Conference 2013 taking place in Amsterdam from 29 – 31 October, but will be more practical than theoretical, says programme chair

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Banks to test cyber defences

  UK banks are to take part in the most extensive cyber threat exercise in two years to test their ability to survive a sustained online attack

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  How London Met improves students’ job prospects with IBM Academic Skills Cloud

  London Metropolitan University's Faculty of Business & Law implemented IBM Academic Skills Cloud to improve the prospects of its students

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Building government IT in Northern Ireland

  Paul Wickens is CEO of Enterprise Shared Services in Northern Ireland's Civil Service, which is applying private sector IT to the government.

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Health trust adopts Tintri hybrid flash storage in VDI rollout

  Northern Ireland health trust chooses Tintri hybrid flash storage to replace HP LeftHand array for 2,000 desktop VDI rollout. Startup chosen ahead of EMC, HP and flash newcomers

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Awareness training not enough, says security researcher

  Cyber security awareness training of employees does not go far enough to be effective, says McAfee research director

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  McAfee Focus 2013: Digitally signed malware a fast-growing threat, say researchers

  Digitally signed malware is a fast-growing threat aimed at bypassing whitelisting and sandboxing, say security researchers

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Time to reinvent security, says Intel president

  Future IT security will be not be like it has been in the past, says Renée James, president of Intel

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  World needs to understand cyber threat, say Leon Panetta

  The world needs to understand that cyber threat is really about crippling attack, says former US secretary of state Leon Panetta

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  FBI shuts down Silk Road online drug market

  The FBI has shut down the Silk Road online drug market and arrested kingpin Ross Ulbricht, previously known only as Dread Pirate Roberts

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  Now is the time for IT to tackle rising energy costs

  The energy used by IT equipment is one area CIOs can target to help their organisations curb energy price hikes

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  McAfee Focus 2013: APTs more dangerous than ever, says researcher

  Advanced persistent threats (APTs) pose more of a threat than ever, says a researcher at Intel-owned security organisation McAfee

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  McAfee Focus 2013: Security is about enabling tech benefits, says McAfee

  Information technology can benefit people only if they trust they can use it without risk, says McAfee president

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  McAfee Focus 2013: McAfee leadership upbeat about Stonesoft acquisition

  Intel-owned security firm McAfee is upbeat about its acquisition of Stonesoft and its future capability to tackle security differently

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Staffordshire County Council picks ANS cloud to improve public services

  Staffordshire County Council has implemented private cloud computing services as it aims to offer more public services online

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  IT failure hits NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

  IT system failure leads to hundreds of postponed NHS appointments and staff unable to access clinical and admin systems

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Case Study: Why Coventry University has deployed HP ElitePad Windows 8 tablets

  Coventry University is deploying Windows 8 tablets to academic staff for location-independent working and simplified desktop IT

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Ofcom announces UK white space trials

  UK organisations will play a major part in European tests for the wireless technology

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Bank of England and Treasury set banks cyber security deadline

  Directors at banks and organisations core to the financial system have six months to outline their cyber security strategies

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Biometrics key to frictionless authentication, says BioCatch

  Biometrics provides hassle-free, invisible, yet highly accurate user authentication, says Israeli startup

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  IT security industry still immature, says (ISC)2 board member

  The information security industry is still immature and failing to act or speak as one, says Dave Lewis, (ISC)2 board member

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Google makes new search commitments to the EU

  The head of the competition commission believes Google’s new proposals around its search sites will answer any anti-trust concerns of its rivals

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Developing a new strategy for information security

  What are the chief challenges facing information security practitioners and what are the solutions?

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  How Barnsley Council became a tier three datacentre

  Spending cuts, the need to deliver high-quality IT at lower costs and efficiency needs saw Barnsley Council pick a robust tier 3 datacentre facility

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Network Rail to boost mobile broadband on trains

  Network Rail will work with industry partners to boost mobile broadband connections for train passengers by 2019

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Huawei poses no competitive threat to US networking firms, says Enterasys CEO

  Too few US organisations trust China government-linked Huawei for it to pose a threat to networking firms, says Enterasys’s CEO

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  ‘I don’t believe privacy exists,’ claims network executive

  Ipswitch executive claims European businesses more paranoid about privacy than US, where attitudes have changed since 9/11

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Europe fails to invest in downtimes

  Enterasys CEO Chris Crowell says economic downturns are the best times to invest, but with more activity in the US than Europe

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  MoD announces specialist programme to fend off cyber attacks

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced a strategy to defend UK national security from the threat of cyber attacks

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Cyber attack retaliation a bad idea, says international panel

  Retaliatory cyber attacks are not a good idea, an international panel has told a joint security practitioners conference in Chicago

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Financial markets next big cyber target, says US expert

  Manipulation of international financial markets will be the next evolution of cyber crime, says US Cyber Consequences Unit chief

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Continuous monitoring has great promise, says IA specialist

  Continuous monitoring is fast becoming a security buzzword, but it is a way for security professionals to regain lost ground, says IA specialist

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Metropolitan Police cybercrime team claims £1bn savings

  The Metropolitan Police claims its Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has saved over £1bn in the past two and a half years

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2013

  Cyber crime featured heavily in security news coverage in 2013, with cyber criminals and cyber law enforcers upping their games with each passing month

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Software acquisition is risk acquisition, says industry panel

  New software often means new security vulnerabilities, panel tells the (ISC)2 Security Congress 2013

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Government approves BYOD for public sector staff

  The government has issued security approval for public sector organisations to offer bring your own device (BYOD) schemes for employees

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  British Gas invites startups into the connected home

  The Connected Homes division of British Gas is running a competition to attract startups to develop smart energy technology

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Education and skills key to cyber security, says (ISC)2

  Information security professionals are making progress, but they are still losing the race, says (ISC)2 head

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Time for a new security paradigm, says ex-military CIO

  Security is constantly changing, which means security professionals need to be proactive, says a former US military CIO

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  What does the Public Accounts Committee want from BDUK?

  MPs slammed the BDUK broadband process for making it too easy for BT. But how to rectify the situation? We take an in-depth look at the report

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Enterprise security increasingly challenging, study finds

  Enterprise IT security executives are facing broad, complex and sometimes conflicting security challenges, an (ISC)² study has revealed

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  UK risks falling behind in cloud adoption, report reveals

  Cloud adoption is slower than UK businesses would like, due to issues around data protection, legislation and regulation, a survey has revealed

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Pen tests must effect cultural change, says security veteran

  Penetration tests are worthless unless they can be used to show how to mitigate potential damage of cyber attacks, says security expert Ira Winkler

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Europe threatens to pull out of US data-sharing deal over NSA surveillance claims

  European Parliament threatens to pull out of deal to allows US authorities access to European payment networks for tracking terrorist funding

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Secure cloud adoption is all about risk, says industry panel

  Always take a risk-based approach to cloud adoption, a panel has told security professionals at the (ISC)2 Security Congress 2013 in Chicago

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Anti-phishing vital in Scada protection, says expert

  A high proportion of cyber attacks, including those against Scada control systems, are enabled by phishing attacks.

• September 24, 2013 24 Sep'13

  National census set to go digital

  The paper-based national census is set to end, as the Office for National Statistics looks to replace its 10-yearly survey with a digital alternative

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Two IT directors being recruited to improve government IT buying

  The government is recruiting for two senior IT leadership roles that are intended to improve how Whitehall buys IT

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  US websites should inform EU citizens about NSA surveillance, says report

  US web site providers should inform European citizens that their data may be subject to government surveillance, says a report for the European parliament

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Cyber bank robberies a warning for business, say experts

  Barclays has joined Santander in being targeted by criminals who took control of bank computers using inexpensive kit

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  FireEye announces pricing of IPO

  Security firm FireEye has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 15.2 million at $20 a share

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Government urged to get tougher on IT spending cuts

  MPs have encouraged the Cabinet Office to get tougher with Whitehall departments in cutting costs of IT purchasing across government.

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Data analytics at MoD could save money and lives, says report

  Applying big data analytics at the MoD could save money and lives, says a report by the Royal United Services Institute

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  RSA vetoes NSA-linked encryption algorithm

  RSA advises customers to stop using the encryption algorithm leaked documents suggest contains a back door placed by the NSA

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  NSA reveals how Snowden accessed secret Prism files

  Prism whistleblower Edward Snowden accessed secret documents through a file-share, the NSA has revealed

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Microsoft releases emergency fix for IE zero day

  Microsoft has released a fix for the latest zero-day flaw in IE, but IT administrators must still be vigilant after patch is released, say experts

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Context is key to security as IT loses control, says Gartner

  IT is losing control of devices and systems, but security can be achieved through context, says Gartner

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Time for a security and risk reset, says Gartner

  It is time to kick security and risk evolution into high gear, says Gartner vice-president and distinguished analyst Paul Proctor

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  MPs brand NHS National Programme for IT a 'fiasco' as posthumous costs rise

  The now-axed NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is still incurring significant costs following the failure of the government IT project

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Proportionality key to cyber surveillance, says former MI5 head

  Proportionality is critical in cyber surveillance by intelligence services, says former MI5 head Eliza Manningham-Buller

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Government tests emergency mobile alert system

  The Cabinet Office plans to test a public alert system to let mobile users know if an emergency occurs in their area

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  UK dominates public sector outsourcing in Europe

  The public sector took 41% of total IT outsourcing in Europe in the first six months of 2013, with most contracts signed in the UK

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Mobile security “a tidal wave” of challenges, says security expert

  “Expect more trouble,” a mobile security expert has told the 2013 EuroCACS security and risk management conference in London

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  ICO denies bias against public sector organisations

  The ICO has denied a bias in imposing civil monetary penalties against public sector organisations

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Union voices concerns over choice of Steria in government shared service

  The Cabinet Office’s choice of Steria as preferred bidder for a government back-office shared service has been greeted with “grave concerns” from the union representing staff.

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Risk assessment key to cloud adoption, says Isaca

  There is mass confusion among small and medium businesses about cloud computing, says Amar Singh, chair of Isaca UK

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Police foil bespoke cyber theft at Santander

  London police have arrested 12 men in connection with a foiled attempt to steal millions of pounds from Santander

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  EU plans an end to high roaming charges

  EU Commissioner for the digital agenda Neelie Kroes has proposed an end to exorbitant mobile voice and data charges when abroad

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  Wick Hill and Guidance Software partner to help UK businesses with security

  Value-added distributor Wick Hill and security firm Guidance Software have joined forces to help UK business address cyber threats

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  US protectionism lends Europe opportunity for Chinese investment, says HSBC vice-chairman

  HSBC global banking vice-chairman Kevan Watts says US ‘protectionist tendencies’ lend Europe an opportunity to win investment from China

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  Facebook and Yahoo call for greater NSA transparency

  Yahoo and Facebook have called on the US government for greater transparency over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) data requests

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  Google to face claims over Wi-Fi snooping

  Google is to face damages claims for privacy violations after a US judge ruled the firm broke the law when its Street View vehicles harvested unsecured Wi-Fi data

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  £200m of Universal Credit IT could be scrapped, MPs told

  £200m of IT work on the troubled Universal Credit programme could be written off, says government project management chief Norma Wood

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  GCHQ launches recruitment challenge

  Government communications intelligence agency GCHQ has launched an online code-cracking competition with the aim of finding talented recruits

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Security Think Tank: Embrace consumer cloud storage at your peril

  How can businesses make use of free or low-cost cloud storage services aimed at consumers, but ensure their data is safe and secure?

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  £480bn of government revenue depends on "risky" legacy IT

  Almost £480bn of the UK government’s revenues are dependent on legacy IT systems that “could present a very significant risk”

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  US acts to restore faith in encryption standard after NSA backdoor revelation

  The US tries to restore faith in a widely used encryption standard after Edward Snowden leaked documents showing the NSA has a backdoor

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Apple adopts hands-off approach to iPhone fingerprint scanner

  The fingerprint sensor in the newly unveiled iPhone 5S could mean the end of passwords, but Apple is keeping developers at arm’s length

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Housing firm builds Nexenta storage software hybrid flash array

  Housing association North Devon Homes builds dual-site Nexenta storage software arrays with hybrid flash as shared storage for VMware/Hyper-V virtual server environment

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Yahoo joins technology firms in suing US government for greater transparency

  Yahoo has begun legal action to demand the right to disclose the number of user data requests received from US national security agencies

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Carl Icahn gives up fight to block Dell founder's buyout

  US investor Carl Icahn has given up his bid to block a buyout by company founder Michael Dell

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Case study: M2M and cycling aid Diabetes research

  The mHealth Tour will see cyclists use mobile technologies to investigate the link between exercise and blood sugar levels

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Most websites could be targeted through PHP, warns Imperva

  Hackers are focusing on vulnerabilities in PHP web application development platform, threatening most websites, warns Imperva

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  West Yorkshire signs £22m BDUK contract with BT

  Four local authorities team up for the West Yorkshire project and award BT the contract for rolling out superfast broadband

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Lloyds website continuity hit as TSB launches

  Lloyds Banking Group websites, including the new standalone TSB, have been hit by problems on TSB launch day

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  European Commissioner Neelie Kroes pushes for 5G despite EU 4G lag

  European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes calls for 5G investment despite a GSMA report showing 4G take-up of just 1% in EU

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  DWP writes off millions of pounds on Universal Credit IT, damning NAO report reveals

  The government has written off £34m of IT work on its troubled Universal Credit project, and more than £140m is under review

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Startup Europe launches plan to grow technology sector

  The Startup Europe Leaders Club has produced a plan to drive internet economy growth across Europe

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Over half IT pros believe business is losing cyber battle

  Business is losing the battle against state-sponsored cyber attacks according to a survey of senior IT security professionals

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  NHS patient database gets £1bn investment boost

  UK government backs controversial plans for a patient record database with a £1bn IT investment in the NHS over three years

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Disinfecting PCs false security, says security expert

  Many companies proud of their ability to identify and clean malware infected machines are missing a trick, says veteran security expert

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  UK tech startups face hiring roadblock due to immigration policy

  The UK’s immigration policy is hindering the growth of London’s tech hub