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• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Home Office launches EU nationals registration system pilot

  EU citizens working at NHS trusts in the north-west of England – and students and staff at Liverpool’s universities – will be able to apply online for settled status in the UK post-Brexit, as part of private beta pilot

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Cyber attackers switching to covert tactics

  Cyber criminals are moving away from mass, high-profile attacks to ones that are stealthy and more subtle – as well as attacks targeting systems typically used in critical infrastructure, researchers say

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Debenhams rolls out Doddle click-and-collect service in all its stores

  Debenhams and parcel collection and return firm Doddle are working together to roll out Doddle’s click-and-collect services to all of the retailer’s stores

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Brussels loans Nokia €500m to fund European 5G research

  European Investment Bank is loaning Nokia half a billion euros to accelerate 5G mobile network R&D

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Challenge to anti-GDPR immigration exemption in DPA to go ahead

  Two human rights groups are challenging a controversial clause in new UK data protection legislation that they say is in conflict with the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and undermines the General Data Protection Regulation

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Arsenal puts Acronis in defence for analytics cloud backup

  Football club is increasingly driven by video and data analysis and opts for cloud backup software-as-a-service and quick restore to any location to replace ad-hoc staff solutions

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Sharp rise in business email compromise

  Cyber attackers are expanding their attack methods to steal money and to gain access to corporate and employee data, a report reveals

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Hancock appoints chief technology adviser

  Hadley Beeman will service as Matt Hancock’s chief technology adviser at the Department for Health and Social Care

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Amnesty International backs campaign to ban killer robots

  Human rights organisation calls for legally binding international agreement to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons that operate without humans

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Finland government to review public procurement laws

  Finland's government is putting its procurement laws under the spotlight after a major IT fraud

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  UK universities targeted by Iranian hackers

  UK universities are among those targeted by a cyber threat group associated with the Iranian government

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Gov.uk Verify chief to leave Government Digital Service

  Nic Harrison is returning to the Department for Work and Pensions, with no replacement as leader of the identity assurance programme yet in place

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Corbyn suggests tech tax to fund BBC

  Labour leader says big technology companies and ISPs should contribute to a fund for public interest journalism

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Dubai Health Authority launches artificial intelligence strategy

  Healthcare organisation is rolling out next-generation technology in its health facilities to improve patient care

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  North Koreans add Mac OS to cryptocurrency-stealing malware attacks

  A North Korean hacking group is targeting cryptocurrency exchanges using Trojanised cryptocurrency trading software designed for both Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s Mac OS, say researchers

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Google Cloud Platform enables faster mobile notifications for World Cup fans

  Onefootball exclusively used the Boost platform, which has now been officially launched, to offer faster mobile notifications for World Cup viewers

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Cryptographic agility is key to post-quantum security

  Although post-quantum security is not an issue for all organisations today, an expert believes that those needing to ensure data is secure for decades to come should aim to achieve cryptographic agility above all else

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  No Deal Brexit papers warn of stark future for UK tech

  The government has published the first of its No Deal Brexit contingency planning notices, containing sobering messages for the UK technology industry

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Apache Struts users urged to update due to new security flaw

  Another security flaw has been discovered in the Apache Struts, which was at the heart of the massive Equifax data breach in 2017

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Danish government in ambitious datacentre push

  Denmark offers many natural benefits for organisations looking to build datacentres in Europe, and a soon-to-be-completed connection to the US will make it even more attractive

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Councils at risk from unsupported Windows Server and SQL Server

  Some local authorities are using unsupported server software, while others are not paying for extended support

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Greater Manchester hails cloud as key to delivery of devolved health and social care in region

  Having taken back control from the government for running its own health and social care budgets, The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care (GMHSC) Partnership is now in the throes of establishing what role cloud will play in its work

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  European cloud adopters still lack basic security

  Despite outpacing the rest of the world, the majority of organisations adopting cloud in Europe, the Middle East and Africa lack basic security, a report reveals

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Language barrier won’t hold back chatbots in the Netherlands

  The use of chatbots by Dutch organisations is on the up, with KLM's chatbot a pioneering example

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Barclays appointment will step up use of AI in investment bank

  Ex-Goldman Sachs expert will focus on improving Barclays’ trading services and making internal systems more efficient

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Nearly a third of organisations still not GDPR ready

  As the UK and other states implement the EU’s GDPR, many organisations admit they are still not fully compliant, but most claim to be able to respond to data subject access requests

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  JP Morgan fintech strategy widens retail trading

  Bank’s digital You Invest service opens up trading opportunities to millions of customers

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Superdrug denies data breach

  Superdrug has warned online customers it believes may have had personal details exposed, but claims its systems were not compromised, in what could be the first GDPR-related extortion attempt

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  NHS Digital plans for £450m GP IT framework

  A framework for GP IT systems and services will replace the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) contract and aims to make procurement easier for suppliers and primary care providers

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  The risk of upgrading to S/4 Hana

  S/4 Hana has been touted as the evolution of SAP's long-standing ERP suite, but with just six years to upgrade, how can businesses avoid an expensive SAP flop?

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Windfarm benefit fund helps pay for full-fibre broadband

  A number of communities in the Highlands are using benefit funds established by a local windfarm provider to pay for full-fibre broadband services

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Online crime costs more than $1m a minute

  More than $1m is lost to cyber crime every minute, a report reveals, underlining the increasing and significant threats businesses face online

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Government departments are exploring new tech, according to GDS report

  A GDS-commissioned report has found artificial intelligence and blockchain are the most popular among emerging technologies in government, but projects are often done in silos and departments risk “reinventing the wheel”

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Retail and finance top cyber targets

  Retail and finance remain the top cyber attack targets, but the second quarter also saw a spike in attacks against the manufacturing industry and an increase in remote desktop attacks, a report reveals

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  UK cryptocurrency exchange enlists Rackspace for Microsoft Azure cloud move

  London Block Exchange taps up Rackspace to assist with two-month Microsoft Azure migration as it sets about shoring up its platform against demand spikes

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Estonia targets UK tech talent

  Estonian businesses are trying to close the country’s IT skills gap by targeting UK IT professionals as part of a recruitment campaign

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Microsoft announces free election cyber defence tools

  Microsoft has revealed it recently disrupted domains associated with a Russian cyber attack group believed to be targeting US political groups ahead of the midterm elections

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  CIO interview: Celia Pronto, chief customer and digital officer, Casual Dining Group

  Casual Dining Group’s chief customer and digital officer, Celia Pronto, is overhauling technology, consolidating IT and improving collaboration across its 300 restaurants

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  NHS trusts lose nearly 10,000 patient records a year

  Report calls for NHS trusts to work to abolish handwritten notes in hospitals to prevent loss of personal documents and to introduce a patient identity protocol

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Job losses caused by artificial intelligence will dwarf those of Victorian revolution

  The disruption to the jobs market caused by artificial intelligence will be far greater than that caused by industrialisation in Victorian times

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Planned Australian law raises tech firms’ security concerns

  A digital industry group representing some of the world’s largest tech firms is opposed to proposed Australian laws aimed at compelling them to help security agencies and police

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Fibre cable break takes Gatwick flight information screens offline

  A broken fibre-optic cable has taken Gatwick Airport’s flight information screens offline, with airport staff forced to use whiteboards to provide information to passengers

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Superfast broadband brings £9bn extra turnover for UK SMEs

  Local businesses in areas covered by the government’s superfast broadband roll-out are making more money than ever before, according to a report

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Home Office preps for migration of police IT systems to AWS cloud

  Digital Marketplace tender document reveals the Home Office is on the hunt for an IT supplier to support its work in migrating core police IT systems from an on-premise datacentre to the AWS cloud

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Cyber Security Challenge UK to scale up

  Cybersecurity Challenge UK plans to scale up its events and its role in coordinating UK industry efforts to attract talented people to the cyber security profession

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Apple confirms teen hacker took no customer data

  Teenage “fan” who broke into Apple’s mainframe from his home in Melbourne is believed to have downloaded 90GB of secure files, but no customer data

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  Trump sparks speculation after repealing cyber attack restraints

  The US president has sparked speculation about US policy on launching cyber attacks by repealing Obama-era restraints, underlining the need for international rules on cyber warfare

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  New broadband network builder British Fibre Networks starts roll-out

  Recently established full-fibre broadband network builder BFN has ambitions to connect new-build homes to ultrafast services

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  Global infosec spending to top $114bn in 2018, says Gartner

  The need for improved detection, response and privacy is driving the demand for security products and services in response to security risks, business needs and industry changes, Gartner reveals

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  HMRC goes live with first phase of customs IT system

  HMRC’s Customs Declaration Service is now live, and a small group of importers can use the system to make ‘certain types of supplementary declarations’