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• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  BT announces new head of security business

  BT has appointed a former law enforcement officer and BT investigator as the new head of its security business

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  UK government commits to opening up data in bid to push adoption of AI

  Opening up data is vital to government plans to push adoption of artificial intelligence across all sectors of the UK economy

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  Police investigations into cyber crime up 14% in a year

  Officers forced to follow up over 2,500 complaints of Instagram, Facebook, email and website hacking, and Bitcoin ransom, despite a rise in violent crime, report reveals

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Government mobilises to persuade tech sector to endorse May-EU deal

  Jeremy Wright, the secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, says the prime minister’s deal with the European Union will be good for UK tech, ensuring free flow of data

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission is deciding whether to delay its decision on subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution until after a related court case

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Cyber crime most significant harm in UK, says top cyber cop

  Cyber crime is the most significant harm in the UK, according to the cyber lead at the City of London Police, which is the national lead for online crime

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Marriott data breach highlights basic failings

  A breach of a guest reservation database of the Starwood division of the Marriott International hotel group highlights basic personal data protection failures

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  WannaCry borderline national cyber emergency

  The May 2017 WannaCry attack, which disrupted services at one-third of NHS trusts and more than 600 primary care organisations is the closest the UK has come to a national cyber emergency, says the NCSC

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  CIO interview: Theo Blackwell, London chief digital officer, Mayor of London’s Office

  After more than a year in post, London’s chief digital officer reflects on changes, collaboration between boroughs and developing a smart city

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  E-commerce sites warned of heightened DDoS threat

  E-commerce sites are being urged to ensure that they have adequate DDoS protection ahead of the vital holiday trading season after attacks ramped up on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  APAC healthcare providers reaping digital transformation returns

  Digital transformation could potentially double the improvements in integrated care by 2020, study finds

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  UK cyber security strategy making ‘good progress’

  The National Cyber Security Strategy is making good progress, but there is much left to be done, according to a Cabinet Office official

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Danish government launches wide-ranging digital services project

  Denmark's government has launched an ambitious project to digitise and automate public services

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  120,000 police officers to receive cyber security training

  Cisco is partnering with UK police forces to offer cyber security training through the Cisco Networking Academy

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Health and care must prepare for a digital world, says Scotland’s digital director

  Challenges include dealing with ethical questions, data and collaboration needs in a digital environment, says Scottish government’s Colin Cook

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Scottish Government and Nesta launch health data challenge

  Partnership between the Scottish Government and Nesta will see funding available for innovative projects driving the use of technology to give citizens access to data and help them live healthier lives

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  Cyber resilience lacking due to apathy of UK leaders

  An unwillingness to accept that cyber is a real threat to critical national infrastructure by UK political and business leaders has resulted in a lack of resilience, says security industry veteran

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  Challenger bank signs up Google-inspired platform

  Cloud-based platform offers functionality around smart contracts and a workflow engine for bank processes

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  FCA deeply concerned as no end in sight for IT failures in banking

  The FCA has reported a massive increase in the number of banking IT failures in the UK and admitted there is no end in sight

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  UK competition watchdog concerned with PayPal’s fintech acquisition

  Competition and Markets Authority fears $2.2bn deal could reduce competition for payment services in the UK

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  Amazon sets about speeding up space data processing in the cloud with AWS Ground Station

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is aiming to take the cost and complexity out of processing space data to make it more readily accessible by colocating managed ground station antennas with its cloud datacentres

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Government yet to recruit chief data officer

  Two years after the government began the process to hire a chief data officer, the post continues to sit empty

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Businesses failing to win consumer trust

  Businesses are still largely failing to win the trust of consumers to keep their personal data safe as data breaches continue to make headlines

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  GDS has lost momentum, MPs told

  There are still significant culture issues in government and the Government Digital Service has stopped supporting departments to do the right thing, Science and Technology Committee hears

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Nordic IT network attracting big brands as well as startups

  Tech Nordic Advocates is now seen as the go-to place for access to the Nordic tech startup sector

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Poor Wi-Fi connectivity damaging to home life, say UK consumers

  A study for BT has revealed a substantial proportion of UK families feel they are being let down by poor in-home Wi-Fi networks

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Openreach extends Gfast roll-out to a million more homes

  Copper-based ultrafast broadband roll-out continues at pace

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  York teen crowned 2018 UK cyber security champion

  Teenager beat off competition from 41 other cyber security enthusiasts from across the UK, and six from Singapore, in the UK Cyber Security Challenge final

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  ICO fines Uber £385,000 for data protection failings

  Like Facebook, Uber has escaped a potentially much higher fine for data protection failings because the 2016 breach that affected millions of UK customers is not covered by the GDPR

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Treasury Committee launches inquiry into bank IT failures

  With IT outages in the financial sector a regular occurrence, the Treasury Committee is investigating the causes and consequences of these failures, and what industry and regulators are doing to promote resilience

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  High Court trial over Horizon computer system completes witness cross-examinations

  The High Court trial in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has reached an important stage

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  GDPR is encouraging UK IT directors to pay cyber ransoms

  As predicted ahead of the General Data Protection Regulation enforcement deadline, research shows that fear of fines under the new laws is making some firms more likely to pay cyber ransoms

• November 26, 2018 26 Nov'18

  HPE makes bigger push in hybrid IT

  Enterprise technology supplier HPE has doled out a slew of enhancements to its composable IT portfolio to help enterprises run IT more like cloud service providers

• November 26, 2018 26 Nov'18

  Barnet Council looks to bring parts of Capita contract back in house

  Barnet Council is planning to bring parts of its Capita outsourcing deal back in house, and expects the supplier to pay the council £4.12m due to delivery issues with some areas of the contract

• November 26, 2018 26 Nov'18

  NHS policy leaders: value AI but get the basics right

  NHS doctors and policy chiefs said at the Westminster Health Forum that artificial intelligence has untapped value for healthcare, but needs to be underpinned with discipline

• November 23, 2018 23 Nov'18

  UK fails to make top eGovernment rankings

  UK fails to make it into the top rankings in the European Commission’s eGovernment Benchmark report, which shows that across Europe, two-thirds of public sector services are now available online

• November 23, 2018 23 Nov'18

  ASOS launches digital assistant to help customers find right size

  Online fashion retailer ASOS has launched an artificially intelligent assistant to help consumers find the right size of clothing before they place an order

• November 23, 2018 23 Nov'18

  Hamburg has ambitions to be a virtual reality hub

  The German city of Hamburg is setting itself up as a potential hub for virtual reality startups

• November 23, 2018 23 Nov'18

  Lords call for HMRC to delay Making Tax Digital for VAT

  The government must begin to listen to small businesses and should delay the roll-out of its Making Tax Digital for VAT programme by at least a year, says the Lords Economic Affairs Committee

• November 22, 2018 22 Nov'18

  Smart meter benefits cut by old technology and rising costs

  Energy companies may end up spending billions unless they can install smart meters more cheaply

• November 22, 2018 22 Nov'18

  IKEA to focus on digitisation and convenience shopping

  Swedish furniture brand IKEA will be cutting jobs and focusing on smaller stores and its digital pipeline in a bid to usher in a new era of business transformation

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Finland invests in IT to upgrade electricity network

  National electricity transmission grid operator Fingrid’s Datahub system will play key role in retail market’s transition to a centralised information exchange

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  TechUK calls on Matt Hancock to fast-track NHS digitisation

  The tech industry body’s ‘Manifesto for Matt’ calls on the health secretary to focus on empowering citizens, enabling a world-class workforce and making the UK the number one place for health tech innovation

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Interview: Comms sector ripe for disruption as climate change takes hold

  Humanity has just 12 years left to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5⁰C and prevent climate meltdown. Paul Dickinson from the Carbon Disclosure Project discusses how CIOs can help take steps to avert disaster by changing their attitude to ...

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Post Office held back information about Horizon IT system errors

  Post Office director admits to Horizon errors and not sharing details with subpostmaster network

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Citizens don’t want the NHS to prioritise digital health, report finds

  The UK public want the NHS to focus spending on cancer care, staff and mental health, and rank digital access to services lowest on their list of priorities

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  NetApp and Pure show strong results on flash storage and cloud

  NetApp records healthy year-on-year revenue increase with flash showing out well, while Pure Storage sees incredible earnings for its flash products over 12 months

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Lincolnshire Police signs 10-year cloud control room tech refresh deal with Motorola Solutions

  Lincolnshire Police is embracing cloud technologies within its control room environment as it strives to improve the efficiency of its operations

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  How voice biometrics catches fraudsters

  Telephone banking is often seen as the forgotten channel in multi-channel banking, something that fraudsters are now exploiting

• November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18

  Police challenged over refusal to disclose files on WikiLeaks staff

  Lawyers will challenge the Metropolitan Police Service today to confirm or deny whether it holds correspondence with US law enforcement about three WikiLeaks staff – including two UK citizens – in a freedom of information tribunal