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• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  86 million reasons to support No More Ransom

  Anti-ransomware cross-industry initiative says it has prevented more than £86m in ransom payments as it marks its third anniversary, which coincides with a resurgence in ransomware in many parts of the world

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  New digital minister appointed as PM Johnson continues reshuffle

  Former telecoms executive Nigel Adams takes over as minister for digital and sport, succeeding Margot James

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Crown Commercial Service to replace Crown Marketplace

  The Cabinet Office’s executive agency tweaks its modernisation strategy to boost government procurement efficiency and advances its own technology agenda

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Virgin Media pledges gigabit broadband without full-fibre

  Cable TV operator is betting that improvements to the Docsis standard will enable it to offer gigabit broadband without full-fibre

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Mobile banking malware surges in 2019

  Mobile banking malware surged in the first half of the year, email scams geared up and attacks on cloud increased, while illicit cryptocurrency miners declined, report reveals

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Most SMEs severely underestimate cyber security vulnerabilities

  Small businesses are the primary target for cyber attacks, yet most are unprepared and do not think they will be targeted, a survey reveals

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise invests big in India

  Enterprise IT giant aims to take advantage of India’s fast-growing economy and the country’s wealth of tech talent

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Ofcom must do more to help operators invest in 5G

  Telefónica UK boss Mark Evans warns that Ofcom is prioritising action on behalf of consumers to the exclusion of enabling the telecoms and mobile industry to grow

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Surge in UK businesses switching bank account providers

  The UK system that makes it easy to change bank account has seen a surge in businesses taking up the service

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  HPE and SAP among tech industry backers of UN climate change mitigation campaign

  Enterprise tech giants HPE and SAP are among a number of technology firms which have responded to the UN’s calls for corporations to do more to reduce the risk of global warming and cut their emissions

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  New ministerial appointments for tech policies in Boris Johnson Cabinet

  The new Prime Minister has brought in ministers in all the key government posts affecting digital and technology policy

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Facebook shrugs off $5bn fine, reports strong quarter

  Investors responded positively after social networking firm reported better-than-expected second-quarter results after budgeting for FTC fine, but the company faces a further antitrust investigation

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Internet crime costs global economy £2.3m a minute

  Cyber crime cost the global economy £2.3m every minute in 2018, reveals a report aimed at defining the scale of cyber attacks taking place over the internet

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Santander brings global digital services under one roof

  Spanish banking giant Santander Group is creating a global digital unit as part of its transformation plans

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Global malware down but ransomware up, with UK hard hit

  Despite a global decrease in the volume of malware in the past year, ransomware is surging once again, and the UK is one of the worst-hit countries, a report reveals

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Smart technology will transform Dutch neighbourhood

  A programme in the Netherlands is creating a smart neighbourhood as a pilot for how people could live in the future

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Controversial ‘immigration exemption’ used in 60% of cases

  The UK government has used a controversial GDPR opt-out in response to the majority of its immigration-related data requests since the start of 2019, the High Court has heard

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  AI to advance Swedish military systems

  Swedish report into use of artificial intelligence in military systems reveals opportunities and concerns

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Phishing attack highlights cyber security need at universities

  UK university cyber security is once again under the spotlight after Lancaster University reveals that it has been targeted by a phishing attack used to send fake invoices

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  UK government to boost AI and data use in preventive healthcare

  A programme led by Public Health England and NHSX will aim to usher in a “new era of evidence-based self-care", with patients increasingly expected to allow access to their personal data

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Home Office hands EE additional £220m for ESN

  Home Office quietly announces a major extension to the ESN project, pumping over £200m of additional taxpayer money into its contract with EE

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Almost a third of European firms still not compliant with GDPR

  Almost a third of European businesses admit they are still not compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, but there are encouraging signs of increased maturity in data protection, with the new rules driving better, ...

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Norsk Hydro cyber attack could cost up to $75m

  March 2019 ransomware attack could cost Norwegian aluminium giant up to $75m in the first half of the year, according to latest estimates

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Data breach costs on the rise, IBM study shows

  Data breach costs have risen in the past decade, and the financial impact can be felt for years. Breaches posing a growing risk for small businesses, a study shows, underlining the importance of incident response

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  High Court to hear challenge to immigration exemption in DPA

  The High Court is to hear a challenge by two human rights groups of a controversial clause in new UK data protection legislation they say is in conflict with the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and undermines the General Data Protection Regulation

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  IT infrastructure and cyber security ‘critical’ for Student Loans Company future

  Upgrades to key systems and cyber defence capability will be required so the non-departmental public body can continue to perform key functions, according to a major review

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Openreach to slash wholesale fibre prices from September

  Wholesale price cuts of almost 40% will help Openreach’s CSP customers grow their full-fibre customer bases, and generate a better return on their investment

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Morgan Stanley uses Box to power new Digital Vault

  Bank has integrated the Box collaboration platform to provide a new, secure document-sharing service for its customers

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Ofcom brings in new protections for mobile users

  New rules around how mobile contracts are sold should give end-users a fairer deal

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  CDEI publishes reports on online targeting and bias in algo decisions

  Recommendations due in late 2019 and early 2020 from Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation’s work on online targeting and bias in algorithmic decision-making

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Big tech firms back UK cyber security initiative

  Big technology firms have pledged their support for UK investment in an initiative to “design out” of new tech the most damaging cyber security threats

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Latest investments in Atom Bank will support cloud platform project

  Bank has raised £50m more finance, which will contribute to funding its project to migrate to the cloud

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  HMRC makes cloud and data progress

  HMRC has shifted half of its systems to virtualised servers, and is nearing completion of a major core system roll out and boosting data capability to support its digital ambitions

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Latest ICO fine highlights privacy due diligence

  A week after issuing the first serious GDPR fines, the ICO has further underlined the importance of data stewardship and due diligence regarding privacy practices

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  CityFibre announces 14 more locations on its full-fibre network

  Full-fibre broadband provider extends its network to more homes and businesses in latest roll-out

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Second CyberThreat Summit announced by NCSC and SANS Institute

  CyberThreat 2019 aims to bring together a more diverse set of technical professionals in cyber security from the private and public sectors in the UK and abroad to encourage collaboration

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  London Underground 4G plan will lead to wider fibre broadband backbone

  The Jubilee Line will be first Tube service to offer 4G through tunnels, and the cabling to support the service will become part of a fibre hub for London homes and businesses

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Government launches digital identity consultation and new pilot scheme

  DCMS is seeking views on the role of the government and private sector in developing digital identities, while a small-scale trial will open up passport data for companies to prove online IDs

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Warzone bulletproof hosts protecting Magecart group

  Security researchers have discovered a Magecart group operating with impunity using bulletproof hosting services, including one in battle-scarred Ukraine

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Verify deemed ‘unachievable’ by major government projects review

  Issues around the digital identity project and a major compliance project led by the Ministry of Justice are impossible to solve, according to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Free tool reveals the true cost of ‘free’ online services

  New data discovery portal developed by Finnish security firm F-Secure helps to uncover what Facebook, Amazon, Google and other tech giants know about consumers

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Digital minister Margot James quits after Brexit vote

  James voted against the government in an attempt to stop the next Prime Minister from suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Parliamentary committee calls for halt to facial recognition trials

  Issues with biometrics and forensics pose a significant risk to effective functioning of the criminal justice system, according to a report by the Science and Technology Committee

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  CIO interview: Kieran Delaney, director of IT, Innserve

  After 13 years at the drinks dispensing firm, Delaney moved into the top IT leadership role and has set out about using technology to empower workers across the company

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Welsh council aims to cut back-office processing costs by 95% through automation

  A council in South Wales is expecting to reduce the cost of human resources business processes by up to 95% through robotic process automation

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  UK poor cyber security practice undermining controls

  UK firms investing in the latest cyber security products and services risk this being undermined by poor security practices, a survey reveals

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Nordic startup scene can rival Silicon Valley

  Sweden is emerging as one of Europe’s competitors to the US’s Silicon Valley as a hot location for tech startups

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Lateral phishing used to attack organisations on global scale

  Lateral phishing is a growing type of account takeover that has enabled attackers to target more than 100,000 people by hijacking just 154 email accounts

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  European Commission launches antitrust investigation into Amazon

  Amazon is being officially investigated by the European Commission to assess whether its use of data from independent retailers is anti-competitive

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Most security pros still concerned about public cloud security

  Despite accelerated adoption of public cloud services by companies keen to benefit from increased efficiency, scalability and agility, most security professionals have reservations