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• December 02, 2024 02 Dec'24

  NCSC boss calls for ‘sustained vigilance’ in an aggressive world

  NCSC CEO Richard Horne is to echo wider warnings about the growing number and severity of cyber threats facing the UK as he launches the security body’s eighth annual report

• December 02, 2024 02 Dec'24

  UK economy could see £600m boost through digital IDs for businesses

  Government-backed organisation kicks off initiative to widen use of digital identities, in an effort to streamline financial services and cut hundreds of millions of pounds of economic crime

• November 28, 2024 28 Nov'24

  Energy sector’s digital shift opens door to cyber threats

  The transition to renewable energy and the increasing integration of IT and OT systems in the energy sector are creating new cyber security challenges

• November 26, 2024 26 Nov'24

  Sellafield operator opens dedicated cyber centre

  The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has opened a cyber security centre spanning its activities across the nuclear sector

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Metropolitan Police officer dismissed for unlawfully accessing Sarah Everard files

  Over 100 Met Police officers and staff have been investigated for accessing sensitive data related to the Sarah Everard case, leading to the dismissal of a Roads and Transport officer who accessed the information while off-duty

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Microsoft calls on Trump to ‘push harder’ on cyber threats

  Microsoft’s Brad Smith urges president-elect Donald Trump to keep the faith when it comes to fighting back against hostile cyber actors from China, Iran and Russia

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Government issues strategic priorities for online safety regulator Ofcom

  Technology secretary Peter Kyle sets out the government’s strategic priorities for how Ofcom should approach regulating online safety, including embedding safety by design and supporting innovation in technologies to help protect people online

• November 18, 2024 18 Nov'24

  AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success

  AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025

• November 18, 2024 18 Nov'24

  Denmark’s AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance

  Research reveals the automated tools used to flag individuals for benefit fraud violate individuals’ privacy and risk discriminating against marginalised groups

• November 15, 2024 15 Nov'24

  Schwarz Group partners with Google on EU sovereign cloud

  Partnership with Europe’s biggest retailer will offer client-side encryption and ensure data doesn’t leave Germany

• November 14, 2024 14 Nov'24

  MPs hold first ever debate on live facial recognition

  MPs have held an open debate on police use of live facial recognition technology for the first time since it was initially deployed by the Met Police in August 2016

• November 14, 2024 14 Nov'24

  Ping CEO on ForgeRock integration and future of identity

  Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand discusses the company’s unified roadmap, commitment to customer stability and growth plans in the evolving identity landscape following the merger with ForgeRock

• November 13, 2024 13 Nov'24

  Ex-boxer fights US government over legality of Sky ECC cryptophone intercepts

  Lawyers for former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic argue that US prosecutors’ reliance on messages obtained by a European police hacking operation into the SKY ECC encrypted phone network breaches the US constitution

• November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24

  Police cloud project raises data protection concerns despite legal reforms

  Ongoing data protection issues with the use of hyperscale public cloud infrastructure by UK police could complicate the ambitions of nine forces to move their common records management system into the cloud

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval

  Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals

• November 06, 2024 06 Nov'24

  UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprises

  The platform is designed to drive demand for the UK’s artificial intelligence assurance sector and help build greater trust in the technology by helping businesses identify and mitigate a range of AI-related risks

• November 05, 2024 05 Nov'24

  Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade

  Data breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election begins

  The US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  Bank of England warns against AI ‘complacency’

  UK financial services regulator wants to increase understanding of AI’s benefits and how firms are managing the risks it poses, as take-up grows and use cases increase

• October 30, 2024 30 Oct'24

  Why geopolitics risks global open source collaborations

  Linux Foundation’s decision to ban Russian maintainers has the potential to destroy open source’s global collaboration model

• October 29, 2024 29 Oct'24

  EMEA businesses siphoning budgets to hit NIS2 goals

  With NIS2 now in effect, European business leaders are having to divert budget from elsewhere to achieve compliance

• October 28, 2024 28 Oct'24

  Russian Linux kernel maintainers blocked

  To ensure compliance, the Linux kernel will no longer allow Russian software developers to work on maintaining the codebase

• October 28, 2024 28 Oct'24

  UK launches cyber guidance package for tech startups

  The NCSC and NPSA, alongside agencies from the Five Eyes alliance, have issued guidance for startups on how to secure themselves against common cyber threats and targeted industrial espionage

• October 28, 2024 28 Oct'24

  Inside Google Cloud’s secure AI framework

  Google Cloud’s secure AI framework that’s integrated into its Vertex AI platform offers practical tools and guidance to manage the lifecycle, data governance and operational risks of AI

• October 28, 2024 28 Oct'24

  How Manulife is empowering sales and call centre agents with AI

  Canadian insurance giant is leveraging generative AI to personalise customer experiences, transform contact centre workflows and automate underwriting processes

• October 25, 2024 25 Oct'24

  Dutch critical infrastructure at risk despite high leadership confidence

  Stark paradox in Dutch cyber security landscape has business leaders expressing high confidence in their IT infrastructure as cyber attacks rise

• October 24, 2024 24 Oct'24

  Prudential taps AI to improve health insurance experience

  Insurance giant Prudential teams up with Google Cloud to streamline claims processing, personalise healthcare journeys and improve health outcomes

• October 23, 2024 23 Oct'24

  ServiceNow touts Now platform as AI engine for transformation

  At the ServiceNow World Forum in Melbourne, company executives touted the transformative power of AI in streamlining workflows, improving user experiences and driving business value

• October 23, 2024 23 Oct'24

  Democracy campaigner to sue Saudi Arabia over Pegasus and QuaDream spyware in UK court

  Pro-democracy campaigner Yahya Assiri given permission to file legal action in London court against Saudi Arabia over its use of Israeli spyware

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion

  Denmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  Labour’s 10-year health service plan will open up data sharing

  To save the health service, Labour is focusing on bolstering the NHS app and enabling greater sharing of patient records in England

• October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24

  EU cyber security bill NIS2 hits compliance deadline

  The EU’s NIS2 bill will harmonise how companies and member states approach cyber security, but its success will depend on how well it is implemented and enforced

• October 14, 2024 14 Oct'24

  How Zoom is charting its course towards an AI-first platform

  Zoom CEO Eric Yuan talks up his vision for the future of work, the company's transition to an AI-powered platform and what it is doing to stay ahead of rivals

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Government launches cyber standard for local authorities

  Local government bodies are being invited to take advantage of a new NCSC-derived Cyber Assessment Framework to help enhance their resilience and ward off cyber attacks

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Australia bolsters cyber defences with security bill

  Legislation tackles IoT security and establishes a Cyber Incident Review Board to bolster Australia’s cyber resilience

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  UK Cyber Team seeks future security professionals

  Young people from across the UK have a chance to represent the country in international competitions and advance their future careers in cyber security

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025

  The UK government says that enforced cyber incident and ransomware reporting for critical sectors of the economy will help to build a better picture of the threat landscape and enable more proactive and preventative responses

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  NCSC celebrates eight years as Horne blows in

  Outgoing NCSC interim leader Felicity Oswald shares her thoughts on the body’s work over the past eight years as she hands over the reins to incoming CEO Richard Horne

• October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24

  Ex-PSNI officer seeking legal advice over comments made at Investigatory Powers Tribunal

   Ex PSNI officer ‘deeply angered’ by comments made by a former detective at a tribunal investigating allegations of unlawful surveillance against journalists

• October 02, 2024 02 Oct'24

  UK and Singapore to collaborate on supporting ransomware victims

  At the fourth Counter Ransomware Initiative Summit in the US, both the UK and Singapore have committed to working on new guidance designed to better support victims and undermine cyber criminal business models

• October 02, 2024 02 Oct'24

  Detective behind ‘unlawful’ surveillance blamed Catholics for ‘perverse’ court decisions

  A former detective claimed Irish judges were ‘sectarians in robes’ after a court found police had unlawfully arrested journalists who produced a film exposing collusion with paramilitary murderers

• October 01, 2024 01 Oct'24

  Detective reported journalist’s lawyers to regulator in ‘unlawful’ PSNI surveillance case

  Former Durham detective Darren Ellis told the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that he had concerns about lawyers acting for journalists placed under surveillance by Northern Irish police

• October 01, 2024 01 Oct'24

  Post Office ditches MoneyGram after cyber attack

  The Post Office offered a short extension to enable it to asses the impact of the MoneyGram cyber incident, but the contract has now expired and MoneyGram services are no longer available in Post Office branches

• September 23, 2024 23 Sep'24

  Microsoft shares progress on Secure Future Initiative

  Microsoft has published a progress report on its Secure Future Initiative, launched last year in the wake of multiple security incidents, and made a series of commitments to improve its internal cyber culture

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Salesforce’s agentic AI platform to transform business automation

  CRM giant’s Agentforce lets organisations build and deploy autonomous agents to automate business processes through advanced learning and data integration

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  Crest secures FCDO funding to help overseas countries increase their cyber-readiness

  Non-profit Crest is launching an initiative to help overseas, private-sector firms get better prepared for cyber threats

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Cyber workforce must almost double to meet global talent need

  Research from ISC2 finds global cyber workforce needs additional 4.8 million people to fully secure businesses

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Teenager arrested in TfL cyber attack investigation

  New security measures following the cyber attack, which took down some of TfL’s services, have led to delays in contactless roll-out

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Lord introduces bill to regulate public sector AI and automation

  A private members’ bill seeking to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated technologies throughout the public sector has been brought to Parliament

• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  Fraud and scam complaints hit highest ever level in UK

  The Financial Ombudsman Service says it recorded almost 9,000 complaints about fraud and scams from April to June, the most ever recorded