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• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  (ISC)2 launches security credential for healthcare

  Information security body (ISC)2 has launched a certification for security practitioners in the healthcare industry

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  Hacktivists deface Australian websites over spying reports

  Indonesian hacktivists have defaced Australian websites in response to reports that the Australian embassy was used for spying

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  Atlantis VDI storage helps hospitals save £500,000 a year

  Leicester hospitals study Atlantis ILIO flash caching to boost VDI storage efficiency and cut £500,000 a year from hardware refresh

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Payment card industry updates security

  PCI DSS council has published a list of approved point-to-point encryption systems for the payment card industry

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Information security still immature, RSA conference told

  In five years’ time the security industry will have matured into a data-driven profession, RSA conference told

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  DWP refused to release Universal Credit IT review to MPs

  DWP has refused to provide MPs with a copy of a review of the IT for the troubled Universal Credit project by programme chief Howard Shiplee

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Governments need to work with tech startups to solve social problems

  Governments around the world should look to startups to solve social problems more efficiently

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  BSI certifies first two CSA STAR cloud providers

  The BSI has certified the first two cloud service providers in the CSA Security, Trust and Assurance scheme

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Cabinet Office selects Steria to form £1bn government shared service

  The Cabinet Office is working with Steria to create a joint venture that will consolidate government back-office functions, in a deal worth up to £1bn

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Websense identifies info-harvesting profile on LinkedIn

  Security researchers have discovered a LinkedIn scam profile configured to gain intelligence on LinkedIn users

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  UK startups call for change

  The Web Summit conference in Dublin was a hot bed for technology startups, who told Computer Weekly about the challenges they face.

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  US tech firms call for NSA reforms

  Top technology firms have called for reforms to the US government’s internet surveillance programmes

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Threat info sharing tough, says RSA conference committee

  There is no quick fix to enabling cyber threat information sharing, says the European RSA Conference Programme Committee

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  BDUK seeks new CEO

  The top job within the division with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport charged with rolling out broadband across the UK is up for grabs

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  ISG to publish report on global public sector IT outsourcing

  IT outsourcing market intelligence company ISG will soon release its first ever global public sector research report, reflecting the growing importance of the sector to the global outsourcing industry

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Government calls for more data scientists in the UK

  The government is calling on industry and academia to help produce more data scientists in the UK

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Olympic cyber security down to design and testing, says BT

  Cyber security at the London 2012 Olympic Games was based on principles of security by design and extensive testing, says BT

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Explosive IT outsourcing figures mask industry realignment

  The latest figures on global IT outsourcing sales from ISG reflect a realignment in IT services as they are bought in different ways

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Adobe admits hack hit 10 times more users than expected

  Adobe has revealed that a recent cyber attack compromised more than ten times the number of accounts initially reported

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  UKtech50 2013 - Vote for the most influential person in UK IT

  Who do you think is the most influential person in UK IT? Cast your vote for the UKtech50 list by choosing from our judges' shortlist of 50 leaders

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Google and Yahoo lash out over reports of NSA interception

  Google has expressed outrage while Yahoo has reiterated denials of complicity in response to reports that the NSA tapped into datacentre links

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  UK needs open data champions, says Martha Lane Fox

  UK digital champion Martha Lane Fox calls for government, businesses and charities to promote innovative use of open data

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Identity assurance system moves into beta test phase

  The Government Digital Service has started testing of a key system to support plans for citizens to securely prove their identity when accessing online public services

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Qualys launches security metrics project

  Security firm Qualys has launched a security metrics initiative at RSA Europe 2013 conference in Amsterdam

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Former Lord Justice of Appeal Hooper joins Post Office Horizon investigation

  The Post Office's Horizon accounting IT inquiry appoints former Lord Justice of Appeal Anthony Hooper to chair mediation stage

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Microsoft reveals operational security methodology

  Microsoft has lifted the veil on how it maintains security for more than 200 cloud services, including Office 365, Windows Azure and Outlook.com

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Analysis: RSA says security needs to change, but what does that mean?

  RSA executive chairman Art Coviello has issued a call to action to the security industry to improve technology and collaboration

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Most businesses need to transform IT security, says RSA

  No modern network or IT system can withstand the onslaught of a skilled adversary, given focus and time, says Amit Yoran, general manager of RSA

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  G-Cloud raises the ceiling again for government IT procurement

  The fourth version of of G-Cloud - G4 - has gone live, aiming to provide more SMEs a chance to win government IT contracts

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  US and Canada follow UK initiative on Open Data

  The US and Canada are planning to emulate the work of the UK’s Open Data Institute (ODI), created by Tim Berners Lee

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  British man arrested over hacking into US military systems

  The UK's National Crime Agency has arrested a 28-year-old British man on suspicion of hacking into US military and government systems

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  CIO Interview: Ann-Marie Rafferty, head of IT, Access, on partnership models

  Ann-Marie Rafferty, who heads up IT for the partnership between Serco and Glasgow council, discusses strategic frameworks

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Analysis: What’s PCI DSS V3.0 all about?

  The latest version of PCI DSS is due for publication on 7 November, but what can merchants expect?

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Loughborough University implements 400 virtual desktops

  Loughborough University has cut maintenance costs and enabled a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme for academics with virtual desktops.

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Latest version of PCI DSS reaches final stages

  Around 500 global stakeholders are to meet this week to give the final community feedback on the next version of PCI DSS

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  End in sight for sub-postmaster claims against Post Office's Horizon accounting system

  Sub-postmasters' claims of errors made by the Horizon accounting system could be completed in three months

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Cyber attack shuts down Israeli toll road tunnel

  A cyber attack has shut down a major link in Israel's national road network, experts claim

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Home Office awards £621m contracts for visa application services

  The Home Office has awarded two contracts equating to £621m for managing visa applications

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Official PHP website confirms server compromise

  The official website for the PHP scripting language has confirmed that hackers compromised two of its servers

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Three quarters of UK homes can access superfast broadband

  A report from telecoms regulator Ofcom claims three in four homes can now access superfast internet connections and adoption of the technology is on the rise

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  BT and Whitehall tell council to keep BDUK postcodes quiet

  BT and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) told Cumbria County Council to keep BDUK roll-out locations secret

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Microsoft shares up on strong Q3 results

  Microsoft shares rose 6% on third quarter earnings of $5.2bn, a 17% increase compared with the same period the year before

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Legacy IT preventing councils from delivering better digital services

  Local authorities are being held back by their legacy IT systems from delivering improved and cost-effective digital services

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Thales launches critical infrastructure cyber security lab

  Thales has set up a cyber security lab dedicated to help improve the security of critical national infrastructure, government and business

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  London costs force Tech City startups to look elsewhere

  Technology SMEs struggle to grow in London and are looking to other less expensive hubs and cities to start up their businesses

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Naming authority Icann announces internet domains in Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic

  Internet naming authority Icann has announced four non-Latin generic top-level domains in Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic scripts

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Facebook to trial warnings for extreme content

  Facebook is to trial warning messages on extreme content after an outcry over its decision to lift a ban on beheading videos

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Information sharing key to security, say European experts

  Faster threat information sharing is essential in the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks, say European experts

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  MEPs call for suspension of EU-US bank data deal in response to NSA snooping

  Members of the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for the suspenion of the EU’s Terrorist Finance Tracking Program agreement with the US

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Security finally able to enable business, says Voltage

  New security technologies are finally making it easier for security to enable the business and drive value, says Voltage Security

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Time to review cyber trust, says ICSPA

  The world needs to reset the clock on trust after Snowden's revelations on US internet surveillance, says ICSPA

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  US publishes draft cyber security framework

  The US has published a draft framework of voluntary cyber security standards aimed at reducing risks to critical national infrastructure

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Google to release two-factor security token

  Google is planning a two-factor authentication token, the firm’s principal engineer has confirmed

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  The commercial reality of Huawei’s trust issues

  The Chinese firm is working tirelessly to tell the world it can be trusted but, the US remains unwilling to budge

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  IT security a new challenge post Snowden, ISSE conference told

  Business is facing a new challenge in securing data in a post Edward Snowden era, ISSE 2013 conference told

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Computer science needs business and people skills, says professor

  Universities need to broaden teaching of computer science if the mismatch between graduate skills and business IT requirements grows.

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  MEPs vote to tighten data protection rules after internet surveillance revelations

  MEPs want internet companies to personally inform European citizens of any requests to transfer their data outside the EU

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Manchester’s Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust streamlines IT with private cloud

  Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is implementing a private cloud to improve IT efficiency for the organisation’s 8,800 staff members

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  NCA begins major cyber recruitment campaign

  The UK’s new National Crime Agency (NCA) has begun a major recruitment drive for cyber crime fighters and intelligence officers

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  UK must legislate on critical cyber security, says ViaSat

  The UK must set rules for the cyber security of critical national infrastructure, says chief of communications firm ViaSat UK

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Job growth in UK technology sector storms ahead, says report

  Job growth in the UK technology sector has outperformed the rest of the UK private sector over the past ten years

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Microsoft withdraws faulty Windows RT 8.1 update for Surface tablets

  Microsoft has widthdrawn its Windows 8.1 update for Surface RT tablets after some users reported system crashes

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  China no longer top source of cyber attacks

  Indonesia has overtaken China as the top source of cyber attacks, according to a report by Akamai

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  US researchers find 25 security vulnerabilities in SCADA systems

  US researchers have identified 25 zero-day vulnerabilities in industrial control SCADA software from 20 suppliers that is used to control critical infrastructure systems

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Huawei denies government influence and calls for cyber security standards

  Huawei has reiterated denials of government influence and called for common international cyber security standards

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  High-growth companies selected for government Future Fifty programme

  The first high-growth UK companies have been chosen for the government’s Future Fifty fast-track programme.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Government overhauls security classification to fit digital age

  In its first overhaul since World War II the government is consolidating six security bands to three with a system deemed more appropriate in the digital age.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Government ups teaching bursaries for tech graduates

  Schools minister David Laws says more bursaries and scholarships will be provided to attract top graduates in computing, maths, physics and chemistry into teaching

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  New tech a top security challenge, says Isaca CEO

  A top challenge facing information security professionals is the multiple points of entry created by new technologies, says Ron Hale, acting CEO of Isaca

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  The challenges of using mobile devices in the public sector

  The government is allowing the public sector to implement BYOD schemes, but the guidelines are limiting and challenges still remain

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  UK calls for open internet to spur economic growth

  The UK has called for an open and borderless internet at the opening ceremony of the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 in South Korea

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  DDoS attacks more than treble in the past year, report reveals

  The number of DDoS attacks over 20Gbps so far this year is more than three times greater than for the whole of 2012 data shows

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Spanish bank La Caixa looks to startups for innovation

  La Caixa is looking for ways to innovate in an increasingly competitive environment, and is turning to startups for new and niche technologies

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Mobile payments set to take Europe by storm

  Benjami Puigdevall Esteve, head of electronic channels at the Spanish bank La Caixa believes Spain will lead the way with NFC payments in 2014, with hopes that the trend will also take hold of the rest of Europe.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Dexter payment card malware variant hits South Africa

  The Dexter payment card skimming malware discovered last year has resurfaced in South Africa, resulting in millions of pounds lost to fraud

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Enterprises struggle with security challenge of BYOD, study shows

  Organisations are struggling to solve the security problems created by personal devices accessing corporate data, a study has revealed

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Government organisations will eliminate CIO or digital chief, says Gartner

  Nearly two-thirds of government organisations will get rid of the CIO or chief digital officer role to eliminate overlap, says Gartner

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Neustar to host first DDoS awareness day

  Communications firm Neustar is to host the first international awareness day on distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Ofcom seeks bidders for MoD 4G spectrum

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom is given 190MHz of spectrum by the MoD for commercial use, so another auction could be on its way

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Intel profits dip as glitch delays Broadwell chip

  Intel profits dipped after it announced that production of its next-generation PC chip, Broadwell, will be delayed by a quarter

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  OFT launches investigation into public sector IT supply

  The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a formal study into the supply of IT products and services to the public sector

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  The ICO issues BYOD warning after breach

  The ICO is calling on organisations to ensure data protection policies reflect how employees are using personal devices for work

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  UK businesses call for support to close virtual security skills gap

  Most UK businesses want to see virtual security guidelines put in place to help organisations understand best practice

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  D-Link begins fixing router backdoor

  D-Link has begun releasing security patches to close the backdoor discovered on some of its routers

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  BT, GCHQ and NCA set challenge to find UK cyber defenders

  BT, GCHQ and the National Crime Agency (NCA) join forces to test finalists in this year's Cyber Security Challenge UK

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Kevin Cunnington appointed as digital chief at DWP

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced Kevin Cunnington as director general for digital transformation

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Italian university reduces costs by 23% with cloud platform

  Italy’s first open university, Marconi University, has launched an IT project to host its e-learning services on a cloud platform

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  McAfee exposes scope of digitally funded crime extends to contract killings

  Virtual currencies are being used for a very wide range of crime – including contract killings – says a report by security firm McAfee

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Scottish Government pilots Windows 8 tablets to improve services

  The Scottish government is piloting how Windows 8 could be used to improve citizen relationship

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Upfront security better and cheaper, says expert

  Businesses can increase data protection and decrease cost by baking in information security from the start of any IT project

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Osborne confirms Chinese investment in Manchester Airport City

  Chancellor George Osborne announces partnership with Chinese industry to bring more than 16,000 jobs to Manchester

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Building railways not broadband is a ‘strategic mistake’

  The chief technology officer for Microsoft in EMEA claims the government is making a mistake investing billions into HS2 rather than broadband infrastructure which could enable more mobile working

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Skype under investigation over link to NSA

  Skype is under investigation by Luxembourg's data protection authorities over links with the NSA's Prism surveillance programme

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Richard Horne joins PwC’s cyber practice

  Richard Horne, former managing director of cyber security at Barclays Bank, is joining PwC's cyber security practice

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Can speech recognition software save the NHS?

  The pathology department at Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust is using voice dictation software from Nuance to streamline tissue sample processing

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Nuance demos virtual healthcare assistant

  Speech software company Nuance has demonstrated how a voice-based user interface could streamline medical consultation

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Facebook will not allow anyone to hide

  Facebook is removing a privacy setting that enabled people to hide their profiles from the social networking site’s search function

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  NCA notches up first phishing conviction

  The National Crime Agency (NCA) Cyber Crime Unit has notched up its first conviction of a phishing offender after an investigation

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Top tech firms plan cross-platform cookie alternatives

  Microsoft, Google and other top tech firms are planning cookie alternatives to improve their ability to track users

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Legitimate users of Tor need not worry, says NCA

  The National Crime Agency (NCA) says criminals cannot hide on the internet, but legitimate business users of anonymity software Tor are safe