IT for government and public sector
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News
27 Mar 2025
Selangor teams up with Google Cloud on AI
The Teraju AI Selangor initiative will provide state agencies with access to Google Cloud’s AI tools and training to build AI applications in areas such as education and healthcare Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Feb 2025
Malaysian public sector embraces generative AI
Nearly half a million civil servants set to get access to Google Workspace with Gemini to improve delivery of public services Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
13 May 2013
Cyber criminals hack Washington court system
Hackers gain access to the personal data of 160,000 US citizens after compromising Washington State court service servers Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
10 May 2013
Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech
Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2013
Adobe moves to cloud-based subscription model
Adobe has announced that it is to introduce a cloud-based subscription model for popular applications, including Photoshop Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
07 May 2013
Symantec helps NHS trust cut security costs by a quarter
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust cut security costs by 25% in its partnership with security supplier Symantec Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
07 May 2013
SME Arcus brings AWS IaaS and PaaS to public sector with G-Cloud
UK SME Arcus Global has become the first certified Amazon Web Services reseller on the government’s third G-Cloud framework Continue Reading
By- Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor
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News
07 May 2013
Windows 8 passes 100 million in sales
Microsoft says Windows 8 OS has sold more than 100 million copies, roughly matching Windows 7 in the six months after launch Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
03 May 2013
95% of local councils share services
Hundreds of local councils are sharing services as government cuts force them to fund new ways of providing services Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
03 May 2013
Netherlands considers hacking powers for police
The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
02 May 2013
Report into Post Office Horizon system expected in July
The findings of an independent investigation into the Post Office's Horizon accounting system are expected to be published in July Continue Reading
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News
01 May 2013
What’s to be done about data breach discovery?
The time from first contact by cyber attackers to the victim learning of it is still measured in months and years, not hours and days Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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Opinion
01 May 2013
The Great Deverticalisation – part 5: Mind the GaaP
Politicians and government have the opportunity, through the power of open platforms, to take the lead in creating modern public services Continue Reading
By- Mark Thompson, Jerry Fishenden & Alan Brown
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News
30 Apr 2013
Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics
The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions Continue Reading
By- Jennifer Scott, TechTarget
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News
30 Apr 2013
Case study: How SAP runs Cape Town
For the past 10 years, SAP has been running the city of Cape Town, South Africa Continue Reading
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News
25 Apr 2013
Infosec 2013: Cyber crime challenges law enforcement
Cyber crime is forcing police and law enforcement agencies to re-think basic skills needed, according to experts at Infosecurity Europe 2013 Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
25 Apr 2013
Lib Dems will block Snoopers’ Charter, says Nick Clegg
The draft Communications Data Bill will not go ahead while the Lib Dems are in government, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
22 Apr 2013
Infosec 2013: University research challenges reliability of IPS
Research shows intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are not as effective at detecting malicious activity as some might think Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
22 Apr 2013
Security spend misaligned with threats, says security veteran
Security budget allocations have remained the same for the past 15 years, but threats have changed, says Shlomo Kramer, chief executive at security firm Imperva Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2013
US jails LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger
The US has jailed a member of hacktivist group LulzSec for a year for his role in breaching computer systems at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011 Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
19 Apr 2013
Conficker makes way for web-based attacks, says Microsoft
Web attacks emerge as top threat as businesses finally begin to win the battle against Conficker and other worms, says Microsoft Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
19 Apr 2013
Open data leaders slam government over postcode privatisation
The Open Data Institute has hit out at Whitehall plans to allow details of UK postcodes to continue to be sold for profit Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
19 Apr 2013
Microsoft reports strong quarterly results for all divisions
Microsoft reported profit of $6bn for the past quarter, up 17% from a year ago, despite a mixed response to Windows 8 and a decline in PC sales Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
18 Apr 2013
World’s fastest supercomputer gets 40PB of DDN storage
The US Oak Ridge lab builds home-grown HPC NAS for 40PB DataDirect Networks with 1TBps of throughput as a SAN to back-end Spider II file system on Titan supercomputer Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
16 Apr 2013
How to create a good information security policy
Information security policies provide vital support to security professionals, yet few organisations take the time to create decent policies Continue Reading
By- Andi Scott
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Photo Story
15 Apr 2013
One man’s mission to uncover a WWII decryption machine
How Brian Randell unlocked the secrets of Colossus, the world’s first programmable computer. Continue Reading
By- Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist
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News
15 Apr 2013
Case study: London's Olympic network from BT
After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012 Continue Reading
By- Jennifer Scott, TechTarget
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News
15 Apr 2013
Anonymous hacks North Korean websites for a second time
Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have again hacked several prominent North Korean websites Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2013
Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities
Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
12 Apr 2013
Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns
Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
11 Apr 2013
Bots and web apps among top threats to data security, says Check Point
Bots, viruses, breaches and attacks are a constant and real threat to the information security of organisations Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
11 Apr 2013
Porn websites pose malware risk, says researcher
Browsing popular pornography internet sites pose a growing risk of malware infection, according to a security researcher Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
11 Apr 2013
South Korea accuses North Korea of launching cyber attacks
South Korea blames North Korea for the cyber attacks that shut down thousands of computers at broadcasters and banks two weeks ago Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
10 Apr 2013
UK financial regulator FCA probes RBS IT failure
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) probes an IT failure at Royal Bank of Scotland that also affected NatWest and Ulster Bank customers Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
05 Apr 2013
British Library archives the web
The British Library is to archive 4.8 million UK websites and one billion web pages, following statutory changes to copyright legislation Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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Opinion
05 Apr 2013
The Great Deverticalisation - part 4: The role of the private sector
Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply? Continue Reading
By- Mark Thompson & Jerry Fishenden
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News
03 Apr 2013
Case Study: 192business switches to tokenisation to speed up business processes
Online payment card verification firm 192business uses tokenisation to speed up its processes and protect credit card details from fraud Continue Reading
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News
03 Apr 2013
US Army practises poor data security on mobile devices
Pentagon inspector general finds smartphones and tablets the US Army buys are not configured to protect sensitive data and allow remote wipe Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
03 Apr 2013
Anonymous threatens to declare cyber war on North Korea
Anonymous hacktivist collective has threatened North Korea with cyber war if leader Kim Jong-un does not resign and install free democracy Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2013
Google closer to action from European privacy regulators
Google is another step closer to action by privacy regulators across Europe for failing to change the way it manages user data Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
02 Apr 2013
Howard Shiplee latest to lead Universal Credit delivery
Howard Shiplee has been appointed the latest lead on the DWP Universal Credit programme Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
27 Mar 2013
Home Office needs to boost capability to fix UKBA IT
The Home Office must improve its internal capability to fix the siloed IT systems behind the soon-to-be-scrapped UK Border Agency Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
27 Mar 2013
UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell
A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
26 Mar 2013
Employees ignore security rules, say infosec pros
Most information security professionals believe corporate employees wilfully ignore security rules, survey at RSA Conference 2013 reveals Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
25 Mar 2013
Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013
Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
25 Mar 2013
Agile Project Management for Government
Brian Wernham shows how an agile approach can incrementally deliver large mission and safety critical technology solutions. Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2013
Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data
Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
22 Mar 2013
Universal Credit not at odds with agile, says former chief
Former programme director of Universal Credit, Malcolm Whitehouse, has denied the mega-project is at odds with agile development Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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Opinion
15 Mar 2013
The Great Deverticalisation - part 3: New skills and structures in the public sector
Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply? Continue Reading
By- Mark Thompson & Jerry Fishenden
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News
15 Mar 2013
Government mandates 'preference' for open source
The government has, for the first time, mandated a preference for using open source for future developments Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
13 Mar 2013
US authorities investigate hack of Michelle Obama and other high-profile people
US authorities are investigating hackers who allegedly stole financial information belonging to US first lady Michelle Obama Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
12 Mar 2013
Warwickshire Council adopts Gmail
Warwickshire County Council is to complete a full Gmail roll-out across its 4,500 users next month, in a move that will deliver £250,000 in savings Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
11 Mar 2013
Phishing emails sent in pairs to lend authenticity, says training company
Phishing emails are now being deployed in pairs to create the illusion of authenticity, says security awareness training company PhishMe Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
11 Mar 2013
Microsoft releases four critical security updates
Microsoft is to release four “critical” patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, according to the advance notice. Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
11 Mar 2013
Hilary Reynolds latest universal credit programme director to move
Universal credit programme director Hilary Reynolds has moved off after just four months, the latest senior figure to leave the programme Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2013
Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment Continue Reading
By- Jennifer Scott, TechTarget
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News
07 Mar 2013
MP adamant Universal Credit IT suppliers told to down tools
Universal Credit IT contractors have been told to down tools, says Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2013
"Universal credit contractors told to down tools," claim MPs
"Universal credit contractors told to down tools," claim MPs Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2013
What is RSA's build, buy, partner strategy?
Computer Weekly takes a closer look at RSA's build, buy, partner strategy Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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Feature
04 Mar 2013
How to tackle big data from a security point of view
Before leaping into big data, companies must be clear what they are trying to achieve, otherwise their investment will be wasted Continue Reading
By- Peter Wood, First Base Technologies LLP
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News
28 Feb 2013
UK teams up with Estonia to develop digital public services
The UK government has signed an agreement with Estonia to work together on developing digital public services Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
28 Feb 2013
RSA 2013: Suppliers need to prepare for new security vulnerability handling standards
Software makers and online service providers need to prepare for two ISO standards on vulnerability handling processes due by the end of 2013 Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
27 Feb 2013
Health records should be protected like bank details, says BCS
The BCS and NHS say people should protect their online medical records in the same way they look after their bank details Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
26 Feb 2013
RSA 2013: Obama cyber order will have significant effect, says DoHS
President Barack Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity is a “very big deal” says Mark Weatherford, deputy under-secretary for cybersecurity at the US Department of Homeland Security (DoHS). Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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Opinion
25 Feb 2013
The Great Deverticalisation - part 2: The power of open
The public sector has the opportunity, through the power of 'open', to take the lead in creating organisations for the future success of UK plc Continue Reading
By- Mark Thompson & Jerry Fishenden
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News
24 Feb 2013
Universal Credit has the hallmarks of another IT failure
Charities, housing associations and consultancies have warned that the Department for Work and Pensions’ £2.2bn Universal Credit programme has all the hallmarks of another public sector IT disaster. Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
22 Feb 2013
Music companies critical of Google’s anti-piracy efforts
Music companies have accused Google of failing to fulfil a pledge not to give prominent rankings in search results to websites offering illegal music downloads. Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
18 Feb 2013
Pitchford to head-up Universal Credit programme
David Pitchford, executive director of Major Projects Authority heads up the Universal Credit at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
15 Feb 2013
Bad outsourcing decisions cause 63% of data breaches
Bad outsourcing decisions nearly two-thirds of data breaches investigated by security firm Trustwave in the past year Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
14 Feb 2013
Grant Thornton uses Huddle for business support programme
Grant Thornton is using Huddle to share information and content as part of the £200m government-backed GrowthAccelerator Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
11 Feb 2013
HMRC alerts businesses to impending real-time PAYE changes
HMRC is notifying businesses about impending real-time information (RTI) changes to the PAYE payroll system Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2013
How to find the most vulnerable systems on your internal network
Most corporate networks share common vulnerabilities, but many could be mitigated with education in “hacker thinking” for technical staff Continue Reading
By- Peter Wood, First Base Technologies LLP
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News
11 Feb 2013
CIO interview: David Matthewman, CIO, Open University
Three years after joining the Open University, CIO David Matthewman continues to push a strategic programme to deliver value and innovation Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Feb 2013
Social media: A security challenge and opportunity
Generation Y workers are posing increasing security challenges to their employers as they share data unreservedly Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
06 Feb 2013
EU cyber strategy aimed at boosting preparedness and cooperation
The European cyber security strategy addresses insufficient national preparedness and boosting co-operation in the region, says the EC Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
06 Feb 2013
Business avoids cloud over fear of government snooping
Almost half of IT professionals are deterred from keeping sensitive data in the cloud because of fear of government intervention and possible legal action, a survey has revealed Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
06 Feb 2013
Twitter strengthens login security after hacker attack
Days after a hacking attack, it has emerged that Twitter plans to strengthen its login security with two-factor authentication Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
06 Feb 2013
Raspberry Pi Model A computer goes on sale for £16
The latest version of the small single-board Raspberry Pi computer – Model A – has gone on sale in Europe at just £16 Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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Opinion
30 Jan 2013
The great deverticalisation – part 1: the street
Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply? Continue Reading
By- Mark Thompson & Jerry Fishenden
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News
28 Jan 2013
Why has NAC, like DLP, failed to take off?
Why are organisations not investing in systems that are designed to keep malicious actors out of their networks? Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
25 Jan 2013
Encryption is safe bet, says SafeNet
Encryption is the only thing that can give peace of mind to CIOs and CISOs, says Dave Hansen, president and CEO of security firm SafeNet Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
24 Jan 2013
ICO hits Sony with £250,000 data breach penalty
The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe £250,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2013
Defra plans £80m agile CAP system
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is planning a single integrated £80m Common Agricultural Policy system Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
22 Jan 2013
Why has DLP never taken off?
Why is data loss prevention (DLP) technology not being adopted if it provides the very protection most businesses need? Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
21 Jan 2013
GDS must not become an outlier, warns Martha Lane Fox
The Government Digital Service (GDS) must not remain an outlier to the way the public sector delivers online services, says Martha Lane Fox Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
21 Jan 2013
UK citizens unwilling to embrace big data
The public sector could improve services by imitating the private sector’s use of big data, but citizens are overwhelmingly against the idea Continue Reading
By- Jennifer Scott, TechTarget
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News
18 Jan 2013
G-Cloud powers Huddle’s public sector sales growth
Cloud collaboration firm Huddle saw its public sector sales double to 30% of all revenues this year due to uptake generated through the CloudStore Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
17 Jan 2013
Met Police to equip officers with 30,000 mobile devices
The Metropolitan Police wants to roll out 30,000 mobile and tablet devices to officers this year to give better information on the beat Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
16 Jan 2013
Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations
A system that set out to modernise the Post Office in 1996 is under the spotlight after claims that Horizon accounting system is error prone Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
14 Jan 2013
Post Office announces amnesty for Horizon evidence
The Post Office is calling for evidence from people who have used the Horizon IT system which some have blamed for accounting discrepancies Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
14 Jan 2013
Oracle rushes out patches for Java zero days
Oracle has released two out-of-band security updates for the latest zero day vulnerabilities in Java Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
11 Jan 2013
Disable Java to protect from latest zero-day
Security researchers are warning of a zero-day vulnerability in all versions of Java, including the latest Java 7 update 10 Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
10 Jan 2013
Government extends employer £1,500 apprenticeship grant for further 12 months
Government and National Apprenticeship Service extend AGE 16-24 grant for further 12 months Continue Reading
By- Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly
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News
10 Jan 2013
Software piracy international in scope, says Fast
The scale of software piracy is both international in scope and military in its execution, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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News
09 Jan 2013
IT contractors seek to fill skills gap left by public sector cuts
IT contractors are increasingly confident about job opportunities in the public sector due to reductions in the civil service's head count, finds research Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
09 Jan 2013
UK Border Agency tenders for security systems
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) and Border Force is tendering for an integrated border security system Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
08 Jan 2013
VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low
A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology Continue Reading
By- Jennifer Scott, TechTarget
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News
08 Jan 2013
MPs slam the award of government contracts to tax-avoiding IT firms
MPs allege that Accenture used revenue from its deal with HMRC to reduce its tax bill Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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E-Zine
07 Jan 2013
IT spending to rise in 2013
Find out what analysts are predicting for technology in Europe this year, including changes in budgets and how companies can reduce costs and improve sustainability. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2013
Ernst & Young email keyword analysis identifies fraudsters
Fraud investigators have revealed the most common words used in email conversations by employees engaged in rogue trading and fraud Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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Feature
07 Jan 2013
Business priorities: what to protect, monitor and test
How information security professionals can prioritise what to protect, monitor and test in the light of current budget and resource constraints Continue Reading
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News
04 Jan 2013
Executive brings own software which is adopted by business
Rochdale Development agency (RDA) has started using cloud based Huddle collaboration software after a development officer started using it at work. Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA