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• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  GCHQ: Dyslexic thinkers key to solving UK cyber security challenges

  Neurodiverse staff are bringing a unique contribution to keeping the country safe, according to the intelligence and cyber agency

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Microsoft outlines five-year plan for accessibility tech

  Department for Work and Pensions staff to be trained on accessibility technologies to help people with disabilities return to work

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Covid-19 security challenges leave bank customers at risk

  Challenges arising from the pandemic have left gaping holes in banking security, putting consumers at risk of fraud

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Office 365 compromise likely led to Merseyrail ransomware attack

  Compromise of Merseyrail employee data seems to have begun after a key email account was hacked

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  NHS App to serve as vaccine passport for foreign holidays

  Existing NHS App will have vaccine passport functionality added to it, transport secretary confirms

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  CIO interview: Chris Porter, VP talent acquisition and matching, BP

  With the help of digital technologies and recruitment of data-savvy talent, BP is aiming to become a net-zero business by 2050

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Government extends Gov.uk Verify for a further two years

  The government’s Gov.uk Verify identity platform will continue to run until April 2023 while a new identity service is developed

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  UK supermarkets to trial age estimation tech for alcohol purchases

  Biometric age estimation technology developed by Yoti to be tested in UK supermarkets for alcohol purchases as part of government-led digital identities initiative

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Scality launches Artesca container-native object storage

  Object storage specialist gets on a burgeoning container object storage market with Artesca, which runs from Kubernetes to provide persistent storage for containerised applications

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Leaky Azure storage account puts software developer IP at risk

  Source code for multiple products was left exposed in an unsecured Microsoft Azure cloud storage account, say researchers, but attributing responsibility for the error has proved difficult

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Falkirk Council deploys end-to-end digital telecare

  Council has become the first in Scotland to go live with a complete digital telecare service for its local residents

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Another 38 subpostmasters submit appeals against convictions

  The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is set to get bigger as more subpostmasters take their cases to the Court of Appeal

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  French legal challenge over EncroChat cryptophone hack could hit UK prosecutions

  Lawyers are challenging the legality of a French police operation to harvest tens of thousands of messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network in a move that could overturn criminal prosecutions in the UK

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Digital tech potential in health and social care not yet realised, says King’s Fund

  Report by health policy think-tank says that although there is evidence that digital technology can support staff and patients, there are large gaps in the evidence base

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Post Office scandal CEO steps down from roles after massive miscarriage of justice is laid bare

  Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells has left roles in the church, Morrisons and Dunelm after postmasters’ convictions were overturned in the Court of Appeal

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  HMRC downplays significance of CEO email ‘questioning’ legal basis of loan charge policy

  A document dump of emails shared between HMRC officials has prompted loan charge campaigners to further question the legal footing of the government’s controversial disguised remuneration policy

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  ‘Spy cops’ victims share ongoing data protection concerns

  Under Cover Policing Inquiry will consider whether the extensive amount of personal data collected about left-wing activists by the Special Demonstration Squad was justified, as witnesses question whether information about them is still being ...

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  Post Office scandal victims have criminal convictions overturned in Court of Appeal

  Subpostmasters have their criminal convictions overturned after a judge rules that the Post Office prosecuted them without investigating computer errors

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  London mayoral candidates debate tech

  The four mayoral candidates have set out their plans for the tech sector, including creating skills academies, harnessing kinetic energy, creating a London passport and setting up new tech hubs, but Tech London Advocates founder Russ Shaw says they ...

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  GCHQ: Cyber investment a guarantor of UK’s global status

  GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming sets out a vision for the UK’s cyber security future

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Department for Education publishes digital strategy

  The department's digital and technology function wants to become a leader in the field, invest in its own platforms and manage its legacy technologies

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  NCSC offers teachers free cyber security training

  The NCSC’s latest security training offer builds on a package of measures designed to protect schools from cyber attack

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Government should do more to protect well-being in the digital world, says report

  A select committee report argues that new health and employment rights are needed to tackle the negative effects of increasing digitisation

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  UK government renews cloud discount pricing MoU with Microsoft

  Three-year deal ensures eligible public sector organisations can continue to access discounted pricing on a range of the tech giant's cloud software and infrastructure offerings

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  CIO interview: Richard Corbridge, Boots

  Boots has been hugely successful in its transition to e-commerce and the Covid-19 pandemic has seen several digital initiatives spun up to continue offering services to customers

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Ocado advances autonomous vehicle strategy with Oxbotica deal

  The £10m investment is part of a push to enhance Ocado’s last-mile delivery and logistics capabilities, with first prototypes expected for 2023

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Winemaker racks Pure all-NVMe all-flash for rapid SAP response

  Concha Y Toro also pocketed a 35% saving in storage costs following a move from as-a-service storage provision to Pure Storage FlashArray//X all-flash hardware

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Health app myGP adds Covid-19 vaccine passport function

  The new feature is described as the UK’s first NHS-assured Covid-19 certification feature

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  UK’s proposed IoT cyber security law gathers momentum

  New statistics appear to vindicate UK government proposals to force suppliers to be upfront about IoT security

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Drax partners with Solace to manage biomass supply chain

  Event-based IT architecture helps energy provider optimise its biomass supply chain and drive greater efficiencies, but questions remain about the fundamental sustainability of biomass as an alternative to coal

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Codecov supply chain attack has echoes of SolarWinds

  Supply chain attack on code auditing service may have compromised the likes of HPE and IBM

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Banco Santander moving more than 200 servers to cloud per day

  Banco Santander has migrated about 60% of its IT infrastructure to the cloud and is reaping the benefits

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Government launches plan for smart use of knowledge and innovation

  Strategy sets out how Westminster can harness and achieve better value from £104bn worth of innovation and knowledge assets within central government

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Transatlantic relationship strengthens Sweden’s startup sustainability

  Nordic startup network is taking lessons from Canada in getting women into the IT industry

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  BBC appoints new digital and technology leaders

  BBC splits former chief technology and product officer role into two, with Just Eat executive Storm Fagan to join in September

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  Google and Siemens combine forces to address AI at the industrial edge

  The partnership shows how the public cloud giants are branching out into specialist application areas to different industry sectors

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  UK fintech investment hits new heights as government announces increased support

  The UK fintech sector saw high levels of investment in the first quarter of this year, with increased support from the government

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  UK technology job creation nears two-year peak

  Pace of recruitment accelerates and optimism reaches highest level since 2014, according to KPMG

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  Tech professionals most likely to see mental health decline due to pandemic

  Struggling to cope with anxiety and new ways of working are among the problems workers in the sector face, study says

• April 18, 2021 18 Apr'21

  Government puts Facebook under pressure to stop end-to-end encryption over child abuse risks

  Facebook faces growing government pressure to abandon its plans to offer users end-to-end encryption to secure the privacy of their messages as the NSPCC raises concerns about child protection

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  London tech manifesto calls on next mayor to support tech industry

  The London tech manifesto, put together by several tech organisations, calls on the city’s next mayor to support tech companies, increase digital skills investment and tackle the lack of diversity in the sector

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Finnish government strengthens country’s IT network security

  Finland’s government has created a new national organisation to help public and private bodies improve network security

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Sutton Council trials in-home sensor tech

  The council is deploying sensors in the homes of vulnerable people to be able to detect when they might need help

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Dutch accuse UK of ‘damaging confidence’ by disclosing details of EncroChat police collaboration

  The Dutch Public Prosecution Service claims Britain has damaged confidence by disclosing details of an international investigation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network to the courts

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Uber ordered to reinstate six drivers fired by automated process

  A default judgment handed down by Dutch court has ordered Uber to reinstate six drivers with compensation following unevidenced accusations of fraud and automated firing via algorithm

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Google launches multimillion-dollar cloud tech push to boost Covid-19 vaccine distribution

  Tech giant Google is ploughing millions of dollars into initiatives to bolster the availability of Covid-19 vaccines and make it easier for people to access information about immunisation programmes

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Only government standing in the way of fair compensation for subpostmasters

  The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  University of Hertfordshire is latest academic cyber attack victim

  Multiple systems are offline at the University of Hertfordshire following a cyber attack

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  In-sourcing IT in Wales has provided a positive change, says auditor

  While savings have not been as great as expected, the decision to in-source IT in Welsh government has been a success, according to Audit Wales

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Microsoft is most impersonated brand in phishing attempts

  Technology companies continue to be frequently spoofed by cyber criminals in their phishing attempts