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• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  NHSX emphasises need for ethical patient data access

  The health service's digital unit welcomed the launch of Health Data Research hubs, but stressed that it will control the design of research collaborations

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  Police use of algorithms needs stronger safeguards to prevent bias, report says

  A study by the Royal United Services Institute calls for new code of practice to guide use of algorithmic tools in policing

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Ditch hoodies and hackers to encourage diverse security recruitment

  The cyber security industry needs to address a systemic image problem if it is to succeed in recruiting more diverse teams

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  When AIs go to war: Autonomous cyber weapons ‘inevitable’

  CISOs must start thinking about how to engage with intelligent, adaptive, non-human attackers, says Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Dutch banks to work together in fight against money laundering

  Dutch banks are sharing expertise and resources to help reduce money laundering through their accounts

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Justice system transformation sees delays and reduction of scope

  “Ambitious” timescales and scope for £1.2bn modernisation of services had to be scaled back, says NAO report

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Industry opposition to no-deal Brexit hardens, says TechUK

  A survey of TechUK members has found that 71% believe a no-deal Brexit at the end of October will negatively affect them in spite of their preparations

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Government seeks views on post-Brexit security alignment

  The government has called for views on its proposals to align the UK’s post-Brexit cyber security policy to that of the European Union

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  ICO to probe government over Gov.uk data collection plan

  The ICO is to look into the government’s leaked data collection plans over fears they may breach the law

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  UN agency Unicef praised for response to accidental data leak

  The UN’s children’s agency has disclosed an inadvertent leak of personal data belonging to users of its online learning platform Agora

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Mirai descendants dominate IoT threat environment

  Attacks leveraging compromised IoT devices are growing in size, scale and frequency, report security experts at F-Secure and Trend Micro, with Mirai-related botnets a major source of trouble

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  Government departments urged to publish R&D spending roadmaps

  Issues including funding concentration in the “golden triangle” of London, Oxford and Cambridge must be addressed, according to a Science and Technology Committee report

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  UK consumers want biometrics but fear driverless cars and AI

  Report also shows many adults across the country have never heard of the internet of things or big data

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  GDPR non-compliance worse than feared

  Over half of UK businesses do not yet appear to be fully GDPR-compliant, and many have de-prioritised their compliance efforts

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  UK calls for cyber capacity-building at UN security group

  The UK’s representative to a United Nations cyber security working group has called for increased investment in capacity around cyber security

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Tech startups can boost UK shipping market after Brexit

  Increased connectivity and propositions based on tools such as AI and blockchain can provide opportunities to the shipping sector after Brexit, says report

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  BT gears up to take on rogue drones

  BT’s Enterprise unit is offering customers an anti-drone security solution to protect their physical sites from intrusion

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Ministry of Defence unveils innovation priorities

  Artificial intelligence and 3D printing are among the key areas of focus for the Ministry of Defence's latest approach to emerging tech

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Terror watchlist faces reform after court rules it violates rights of people entering US

  A secret US terrorist database containing information on more than 1.2 million people – who face repeated interrogations, detentions and electronic searches – violates constitutional rights, a US judge said last week

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Social engineering a factor in virtually all cyber attacks, report claims

  Almost every single cyber attack will, at some stage, require a human to be tricked into doing something, according to research by Proofpoint

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Loyal Dutch IT professionals not being rewarded enough, survey shows

  Companies warned they could lose loyal IT staff because salary rises do not match those on offer from rival employers

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Towns invited to bid for connectivity boost

  Some 100 places in England are eligible to get resources from the £3.6bn fund aimed at creating local jobs and economic growth, with broadband as a key priority

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Royal Navy readies autonomous technology push

  A competition ran by new accelerator NavyX will seek to find mature ideas around the approach to improve operations and increase efficiency in maritime operations

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Security pros doubt officials can enact effective security laws

  Elected officials cannot be trusted to enact effective cyber security legislation and social media firms should be subject to strict privacy regulation, according to most information security professionals in a survey

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  New funding announced to tackle online child abuse

  Government announces £30m of new cash to tackle online child harm as part of Spending Review 2019

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  Post Office changes IT leadership reshuffle decision

  The Post Office has changed its IT leadership reshuffle weeks after announcing its original plan

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Nearly £1m of EU funding to boost tech skills in UK SMEs

  An initiative led by the Department for Work and Pensions will focus on enhancing skills in rural locations to unleash competitiveness in areas such as agritech and biorenewables

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Interim GDS boss gives preview of priorities

  Alison Pritchard sets out key areas of attention for the digital service, from analytics to Brexit work

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  UK organisations join quantum comms pilot

  Four UK companies are taking part in a pilot project to build the most secure communication infrastructure in Europe

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Dutch virtual reality can help reduce teacher shortage worldwide

  Dutch lecturer uses virtual reality to improve teaching and developments are being watched by the Teachers Task Force of Unesco

• August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19

  Government confirms GDS minister

  Simon Hart appointed minister for implementation, with responsibility for the Government Digital Service

• August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19

  Location analysis expands Nordic telco’s range of services

  Nordic telecoms company works with startup to offer services to businesses through location data analysis

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  UK gets first millionaire ethical hacker

  Six months after the first millionaire ethical hacker was announced, five more have been recognised, including a Briton, who have collectively discovered nearly 5,000 vulnerabilities

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency hit by IT workers’ strike

  DVSA tech staff are on a month-long strike over working conditions and expect their action to affect the IT workload at the government agency

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Government investigates matching geospatial data with AI

  Report looks into the commercial opportunities of matching location data with a number of emerging technologies

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Targeted cyber attacks, including ransomware, on the rise

  Governments and healthcare institutions are prime targets of ransomware operators, a report shows

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  CIO interview: Network Rail plans digital factory to accelerate modernisation

  The operator will enhance its multimillion-pound IT strategy with a sharper focus on areas including mobile, data and cultural change for digital transformation

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Ransomware has evolved into a serious enterprise threat

  Ransomware has seen a resurgence since the start of 2019, with cyber criminals changing code and tactics to target enterprises and local authorities for higher ransom payments, McAfee researchers warn

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Councils deliver savings through digital initiatives

  Projects under the Digital Channel Shift programme reported fivefold return on investment

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  IR35 reforms: HMRC defends off-payroll rules guidance against "woeful" IPSE jibes

  HMRC promises there are more preparatory materials in the pipeline to help the private sector prepare for the April 2020 IR35 rules, after IPSE brands its current guidance "woeful"

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Three more identity providers to withdraw from troubled Gov.uk Verify programme

  Three of the five companies supporting the government's troubled digital identity scheme are pulling out, raising further questions over the viability of the £175m programme

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Security pros reiterate warning against encryption backdoors

  The majority of security professionals believe countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more susceptible to nation-state cyber attacks

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  A helping hand from the Nordics in the eye of the GDPR storm

  Nordic IT companies are well suited to supporting enterprises in their data protection projects, even though openness is more natural to them

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Student Loans Company appoints chief information officer

  Stephen Campbell will be leading a complex transformation programme and handling problems including high staff turnover

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  NHSX aims for mental health services transformation

  Digital unit of the NHS has started a discovery process focused on children and young people

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Healthcare faces triple cyber threat, says FireEye

  Criminal and nation-state cyber attackers are increasingly targeting the healthcare industry to steal data, carry out espionage and cause disruption, a report reveals

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  NHSX kicks off discovery process to revamp screening

  The digital unit decides to prioritise improving the delivery of services and starts discovery exercise

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Government opens new round of digital funding for councils

  Grants of up to £350,000 will be invested from the £7.5m Local Digital Fund for local authorities to enhance their projects focused on innovation

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  YPO debuts £400m datacentre and cloud framework for local councils and schools

  Procurement management organisation YPO has set live a public sector framework designed to support local authorities and educational institutions embrace hybrid cloud

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Buyers think SD-WAN is too expensive and complicated

  Building and maintaining an SD-WAN is perceived as a complicated endeavour, and the industry’s messages are not getting through, says a new report