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  • May 14, 2018 14 May'18

    Technology continues to transform crime, warns NCA

    The UK’s National Crime Agency warns that developments in technology will continue to transform the future crime landscape, in its latest report on serious and organised crime

  • May 11, 2018 11 May'18

    Police Scotland did not inform public of mobile phone searches

    Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones

  • May 11, 2018 11 May'18

    WannaCry’s EternalBlue exploit still a threat

    A year after the global WannaCry attacks, the EternalBlue exploit that was a key enabler for the malware is still a threat to many organisations, and many UK firms have not taken action, security researchers warn

  • May 11, 2018 11 May'18

    GDS wants to take 'hands off control' on digital identity, says Gov.uk Verify boss

    Gov.uk Verify boss Nic Harrison says GDS wants to take its “hands off the controls” of identity, as he confirms target of 25 million Verify user accounts “won’t all be created by government”

  • May 11, 2018 11 May'18

    EFF welcomes backdoor-blocking US bill

    International digital rights organisation welcomes proposed US legislation that will prevent the government from forcing a company to build backdoors into encrypted products and services

  • May 10, 2018 10 May'18

    Government must support SMEs, says Oliver Dowden

    The minister for implementation, Oliver Dowden, provides further details on the GovTech competition and talks about GDS’s role as an “innovation incubator”, losing data policy to DCMS and the importance of SMEs