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• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  LGA proposes full-fibre broadband kitemark for homebuyers

  The Local Government Association has urged housing developers to adopt proposals for a fibre-to-the-premises broadband kitemark for new-build homes in rural areas

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  Average attacker dwell time nearly six months for EMEA, study shows

  Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa take nearly six months to detect cyber attacks on average, a report reveals

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  IT decision-makers trust Facebook less and are changing policies

  As Facebook scrambles to contain the damage from the Cambridge Analytica data exploitation scandal, a survey reveals that a majority of IT decision-makers have lost trust in the social networking firm

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  UK firms failing to make financial plans for cyber attacks

  Most UK firms are failing to plan for the financial impact of cyber attacks, a survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Data policy move to DCMS causes mixed reactions

  Some believe Theresa May handing over government data policy responsibility to DCMS is “downgrading digital government” while others see it as a positive move

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Data breaches revealed at four US retail chains

  The Easter weekend has seen another round of data breaches, further underlining that many companies are still failing to take the necessary steps to protect customer data

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Future of internet regulation is focus of Lords inquiry

  Inquiry will seek evidence on whether or not the law is up to the job of regulating online platforms such as Facebook, and what improvements can be made

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

   Automation and gamification key to cyber security

  The use of automation and gamification are key to winning the fight against cyber criminals in the face of the skills’ shortage, a study investigating challenges facing IT security teams reveals

• March 30, 2018 30 Mar'18

  GDS loses government data policy to DCMS

  Prime minister confirms long-rumoured move in written statement to Parliament as MPs left for Easter recess

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  Europol operation nabs another 20 cyber criminals

  Police have arrested 20 cyber criminals in connection with a €1m fraud operation across Italy and Romania

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  Business unaware of scale of cyber threat

  Many businesses, especially board members, do not understand the scale of the cyber threat, but international efforts to combat cyber crime are being hampered by political barriers

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  AstraZeneca IT exec steps down

  Pharmaceutical giant’s vice-president of IT transformation and office of the CIO, Chris Day, is leaving the company after eight years in the role

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  UK government secures public sector discounts on Microsoft cloud products to April 2021

  Government procurement chiefs have secured ongoing preferential pricing on Microsoft cloud products for the public sector through Digital Transformation Agreement

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  Cryptocurrency mining rampant in higher education

  Higher education institutions are the biggest target for illicit cryptocurrency mining, data shows

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  IR35 reforms: IT contractors express concerns over ‘inevitable’ private sector roll-out

  Research suggests IT contractors are resigned to the IR35 reforms being implemented in the private sector, and many fear an announcement to that effect will come this year

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  Most airports not protected from cyber threats

  The chairman of the Israel Airports Authority paints a dismal picture of the state of cyber security in aviation, and offers advice on what can be done to avert the next disaster

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Home Office ‘over-promised’ on exit checks programme, report finds

  Chief inspector of borders and immigration calls on Home Office to re-establish exit checks project with proper data quality in place, but department rejects recommendation

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Majority of European firms unprepared for phishing attacks

  Most cyber attacks can be traced back to a phishing email, but more than half of European firms are unprepared to deal with email-based attacks, research has revealed

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Home Office issues guidance on tech to prevent identity fraud

  Advice highlights the benefits of using identity document validation to audit and share data on fraudulent documents

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Microsoft Word document and zero-day attacks on the rise

  Macro-less Microsoft Word document attacks and zero-day malware are on the rise, according to data from WatchGuard

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Government should take a ‘Lego brick’ approach to public services, report says

  Report calling for a radical reform of public services says government should open up, standardise processes and stop developing services that already exist

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Majority of firms fear mobile workers have been hacked

  More than half of organisations fear that their mobile workers have been hacked and most are concerned that a growing mobile workforce means increased cyber security risk, a survey reveals

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  UK organisations urged to develop cyber security skills

  Managed cloud computing firm Rackspace is calling on UK organisations to do more to develop cyber security skills in the light of research into expertise in cloud security

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Most top UK firms fail to disclose cyber risk testing details

  Most of the largest UK companies do not reveal their testing of cyber protection plans and do not share security updates with the board regularly, a Deloitte report reveals

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Facebook could be hit with $2tn fine after FTC inquiry

  Facebook could face huge fines as the result of a federal inquiry into the data exploitation scandal, further underlining the importance of personal data protection for all enterprises

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Case study: Berkshire NHS trust provides mental health support through social network

  Berkshire NHS is using its Support Hope and Recovery Online Network to provide 24/7 support and advice to service users struggling with mental health issues

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams

  Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Police arrest €1bn cyber heist mastermind

  Police have arrested a key member of the Carbanak gang believed to be responsible for more than 100 cyber heists worldwide

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  ShopDirect set to use AI to detect fraud on phone calls

  The online retailer has signed a contract to use voice authentication technology from Pindrop to tackle fraud and improve customer experience

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Blockchain not ready for cross-border bank payments

  The use of blockchain in certain parts of the financial services industry is limited at present due to the additional IT work required around its use

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  UK government publishes export strategy for UK cyber security

  The government has published a guide for UK cyber security firms on how it plans to support their efforts to find and secure opportunities to export their products and services

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  CQC raises concerns over quality of online primary care services

  Care Quality Commission’s inspection into online or app-based GP services finds that 43% of providers aren’t adhering to “safe care” regulations

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Swedish study talks up benefits of artificial intelligence

  A major report has reassured Swedish society that artificial intelligence will be a positive force for change despite fears of job losses

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Swedish industry contributes to 5G evolution

  Swedish industrial companies have played a role in the development of Ericsson’s 5G services in the country

• March 24, 2018 24 Mar'18

  Government must improve quality and awareness of childcare website, say MPs

  Treasury Committee says government should launch websites only when they can cope with the expected workload, after childcare website was down for 160 hours last summer

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  European insurtech growth dwarfs US

  Europe is seeing rapid growth in its insurtech as investors pump hundreds of millions into the sector

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Cloud key to cyber defence, says Palo Alto Networks

  Organisations need to make sense of security intelligence and act on it faster to get ahead of attackers, and cloud-based security is one way of making that possible, according to Palo Alto Networks

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Facebook braces for new regulation for Cambridge Analytica deal

  Facebook's COO has joined the social network’s CEO in apologising for betraying users’ trust by giving Cambridge Analytica unfettered access to personal data, saying the firm will work with regulators

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Scottish village rolls out FTTP broadband at half normal cost

  Residents of the remote village of Balquhidder in Stirlingshire have banded together to roll out a full-fibre broadband network at just half the cost of a normal fibre network build

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  CIO interview: Damian Smith, head of IT, England and Wales Cricket Board

  Embracing change at an institution more than 200 years old can be a sticky wicket, but England and Wales Cricket Board’s head of IT is batting for a digitally enabled future

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Telefonica cuts HR running costs by 40% as it replaces hundreds of ageing IT systems

  Multinational telecoms group Telefonica is on the verge of completing a project to replace 175 incompatible HR IT systems with a cloud service covering more than 40 countries

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Private sector over-investing against nation-state attacks

  The creator of a routing technique that protects the domain name system says the money spent on guarding against nation-state actors could have been better used for other purposes

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  GP contract calls for increased digital uptake

  NHS England’s GP contract says practices must move to e-referrals by October 2018, and work on improving uptake of patients using online services to 30%

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Privacy group calls for UK response to data exploitation

  Policy-makers need to respond swiftly to the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data exploitation scandal, according to privacy rights group

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Colt pioneers blockchain in telco voice wholesaling

  Colt Technology Services and Hong Kong Telecom’s international unit PCCW Global teamed up to trial the use of blockchain in wholesale voice settlements

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Canadian broadband expertise speeds Gigaclear fibre dig

  Rural broadband provider Gigaclear has enlisted Canadian firm Lite Access Technology to assist in the roll-out of full-fibre services to 10,000 properties in Oxfordshire

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  CityFibre consumer broadband collaboration hits Peterborough

  CityFibre is returning to one of its earliest Gigabit City projects with Vodafone in tow to upgrade thousands of homes in Peterborough to gigabit-capable full-fibre broadband

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Mayor of London kick-starts drive to make city top for AI

  London mayor Sadiq Khan commissions a study to look at improving the capital’s readiness for artificial intelligence

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Application layer DDoS attacks increasing, Imperva data shows

  Distributed denial of service attacks targeting applications almost doubled in the last three months of 2017, according to Imperva Incapsula data

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Fintechs weigh up their partnership options

  Fintechs need to consider what type of companies they should work with to make the most of open banking regulations