IT for government and public sector
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										  Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for yearsForensic investigator who helped expose Horizon scandal described defect ‘sufficiently serious’ to inform public inquiry Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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					30 Oct 2025
					
									
										  US senators seek to prohibit minors from using AI chatbotsTwo US senators have proposed legislation that would require AI chatbot companies to verify the ages of people using their chatbots, in attempt to limit their harmful effects on children Continue Reading 
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                News
                06 Nov 2024
                  UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprisesThe 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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                06 Nov 2024
                  Lords shoplifting inquiry calls for facial recognition lawsA Lords committee has expressed concern about the use of facial recognition technology by retailers to combat shoplifting, and is calling on the government to introduce new laws to ensure there are minimum standards for their deployments Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                06 Nov 2024
                  Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100kFormer Post Office minister told public inquiry that Post Office boss did not want to cut central costs, despite how many staff were earning more than £100k Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                06 Nov 2024
                  Starmer announces tech-enabled crackdown on people smugglingThe UK government has announced a further £75m of funding for its Border Security Command, meaning it will now have £150m over two years to spend on new technologies and staff Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                06 Nov 2024
                  How enterprises can ride the AI coding waveGovTech leader urges developers to prioritise value, security and compliance when implementing AI coding tools in enterprise environments Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                05 Nov 2024
                  Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgradeData breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                Opinion
                05 Nov 2024
                  User-centric security should be core to cloud IAM practiceThe Security Think Tank considers best practices in identity and access management and how can they be deployed to enable IT departments to combat cyber-attacks, phishing attacks and ransomware Continue Reading 
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                E-Zine
                05 Nov 2024
                  Data bill aims to boost police and NHS productivityIn this week’s Computer Weekly, the government’s new data bill promises to improve productivity and efficiency for the NHS and police, but will it ensure privacy as well? We talk to Dell’s global CTO about how the IT giant sees the AI boom playing out. And we examine which industries stand to benefit most from the collaboration opportunities of virtual reality. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                04 Nov 2024
                  Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was 'political'The Post Office was blindsided by the previous government’s decision to offer £600,000 to all subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes as a result of Horizon failures Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                04 Nov 2024
                  Government to roll out Gov.uk Forms across its websitesThe tool, which is already in use, aims to transform how the public fill out applications and information online, making it easier and more intuitive Continue Reading By
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                News
                04 Nov 2024
                  Financiers isolate Middle East over sanctions-evading paytechCross-border payment system loses support of association of global central banks Continue Reading By- Mark Ballard
 
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                News
                01 Nov 2024
                  CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election beginsThe US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                01 Nov 2024
                  Outside IR35: What the Autumn Budget’s Employers’ NI changes mean for IT contractorsThe UK government used the Autumn Budget to announce an increase to the amount of Employers’ National Insurance Contributions companies will have to pay, which could have big implications for IT contractors Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                31 Oct 2024
                  Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victimsThe Post Office scandal, regarded as the UK’s widest miscarriage of justice, destroyed the financial wellbeing of former subpostmasters, took away their liberty and inflicted grief on their relationships Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                31 Oct 2024
                  DWP appoints Helen Wylie as its new chief digital and information officerWylie steps up from chief technology officer to replace her departing boss, Rich Corbridge, to take over one of the largest IT estates in Europe Continue Reading By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
 
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                News
                31 Oct 2024
                  Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidesteppingFujitsu’s European boss will have to justify why promises made at the public inquiry months ago have not been followed through Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                31 Oct 2024
                  Autumn Budget: Employment agencies to take on PAYE processing from umbrella firms from April 2026The government has pledged legislation to make employment agencies and end-hirers responsible for making sure contractors pay the right amount of tax, in a clampdown on non-compliant umbrella companies Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                30 Oct 2024
                  Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor emphasises importance of tech for UK growthIn her first budget, Rachel Reeves reiterated the vital role of technology in delivering economic growth and improving productivity and efficiency in public services Continue Reading By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
 
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                Opinion
                30 Oct 2024
                  IAM best practices for cloud environments to combat cyber attacksThe Security Think Tank considers best practices in identity and access management and how can they be deployed to enable IT departments to combat cyber-attacks, phishing attacks and ransomware Continue Reading By- Varun Prasad, ISACA
 
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                News
                30 Oct 2024
                  No simple replacement for digital evidence rules, says Post Office Horizon trial judgeJudge in Post Office Horizon trial says a more flexible approach to how digital evidence is used in court cases may be required as IT complexity increases Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                29 Oct 2024
                  EMEA businesses siphoning budgets to hit NIS2 goalsWith NIS2 now in effect, European business leaders are having to divert budget from elsewhere to achieve compliance Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                29 Oct 2024
                  Government urged to introduce 10-year visas for overseas tech graduatesLabour-linked think tank calls for government to introduce low-cost schemes to boost innovation Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
 
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                News
                29 Oct 2024
                  Tata Consultancy Services to deliver Irish pension schemeIndian IT services giant adds to its growing customer base in the pensions sector with Irish contract win Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                Feature
                29 Oct 2024
                  Rewiring Whitehall: The next steps in digital governmentThere’s a new government in place with fresh impetus to accelerate the digital transformation of public services – but what’s going to be different, better and more successful this time around? Continue Reading By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
 
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                News
                28 Oct 2024
                  Who is the subject of the Post Office’s Project Tiger investigation?The Post Office is listening to a campaigner’s complaints almost a decade after ignoring his more serious accusations and warnings Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                25 Oct 2024
                  Lords committee warns about risks of the UK losing its EU data adequacyThe UK government must work with the European Commission (EC) to secure a renewal of UK’s two data adequacy statuses, says cross-party Lords committee, in stark warning about impacts of losing the ability to seamlessly exchange citizens’ personal data Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                24 Oct 2024
                  Government ‘urged’ to overturn all convictions based on Post Office CaptureInfluential group has written to the government calling for legislation to overturn the criminal convictions of former subpostmasters that were based on Capture system data Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                24 Oct 2024
                  Data bill will boost NHS and police access to data, says governmentThe Data Use and Access Bill will pave the way for sharing medical records across the NHS and give police the ability to access databases without having to manually log the reasons for their use Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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                News
                24 Oct 2024
                  Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEOActing CEO meets two campaigning former subpostmasters emphasising need for their input into the Post Office’s future direction, including its branch system development Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                23 Oct 2024
                  Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch systemFollowing public anger over the Horizon scandal and the subsequent unravelling of the controversial Capture system, subpostmaster federation wants third branch IT system to be reviewed Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                23 Oct 2024
                  Democracy campaigner to sue Saudi Arabia over Pegasus and QuaDream spyware in UK courtPro-democracy campaigner Yahya Assiri given permission to file legal action in London court against Saudi Arabia over its use of Israeli spyware Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
 
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                News
                22 Oct 2024
                  Government ‘resets’ pension dashboard programmeFollowing a National Audit Office report highlighting failings in the project, the government has set out a revised plan Continue Reading 
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                News
                22 Oct 2024
                  Change to rules on computer evidence will be an ‘outcome’ of Post Office scandalThe executive currently heading up the Post Office’s investigations department has told public inquiry that rules on computer evidence have to change Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                22 Oct 2024
                  Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansionDenmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large Continue Reading By- Gerard O'Dwyer
 
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                News
                22 Oct 2024
                  Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house buildInternal Post Office document reveals allegations that former transformation boss misrepresented off-the-shelf option to replace Horizon Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                21 Oct 2024
                  Labour signs up to five years of Microsoft AIThe UK government has signed a deal with Microsoft to reduce the cost of running public sector services using the supplier’s cloud and artificial intelligence technologies Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                News
                21 Oct 2024
                  Post Office worker who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence could return, as police investigatePost Office to allow employee, who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence of possible interest to public inquiry, to return to work during police investigation Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                21 Oct 2024
                  Review of late evidence doesn’t change Post Office Capture system reportConclusions reached in government-commissioned report into pre-Horizon software are unchanged after late evidence reviewed Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                Blog Post
                18 Oct 2024
                  UK broadband is failingGetting married and moving home are said to be among the most stressful things people experience. There are plenty more, but a particularly frustrating experience not on that list is attempting to ... Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                News
                17 Oct 2024
                  Met Police investigating senior Post Office worker over evidence destruction allegationPublic inquiry evidence confirms that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a senior Post Office staff member regarding instructions to destroy evidence Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                17 Oct 2024
                  NCSC chief warns of gap in cyber threats and defence capabilitiesThe UK and its allies must take collective action to improve their cyber resilience and repel the increasing volume of severe cyber attacks, says NCSC chief Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                17 Oct 2024
                  Sir Alan Bates tells Prime Minister to guarantee Post Office scandal victim redress by March 2025Campaigner tells Keir Starmer to finalise full and final financial redress to victims of the Post Office scandal by March next year, or face legal action Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                17 Oct 2024
                  EU cyber security bill NIS2 hits compliance deadlineThe 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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                16 Oct 2024
                  Philippines leaps forward in e-government with cloud-first strategyA common infrastructure and a ‘once-only’ principle have propelled the Philippines up the UN’s E-Government Development Index, streamlining services and bolstering data sovereignty Continue Reading By
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                News
                16 Oct 2024
                  Digitisation forum launched ahead of Norway’s digital strategyNorway's government is preparing itself for the future by establishing an advisory hub to support its digital strategies Continue Reading By- Gerard O'Dwyer
 
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                News
                16 Oct 2024
                  Former police officer heading Post Office operations did nothing to help innocent subpostmastersFormer chief operating officer did nothing when action could have put a stop to the Post Office wrongful prosecutions Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                15 Oct 2024
                  Tech and digital skills key to improving police productivityThe Policing Productivity Review sees data and technology as a way of improving productivity and outcomes, as well as a potential means of restoring diminishing legitimacy, but warns there needs to be a revamp in digital skills, investment and coordination to harness the full range of benefits Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                15 Oct 2024
                  UK government unveils AI safety research funding detailsThrough its AI Safety Institute, the UK government has committed an initial pot of £4m to fund research into various risks associated with AI technologies, which will increase to £8.5m as the scheme progresses Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                15 Oct 2024
                  Hillingdon Council commits £9m to tech revamp in digital strategyHillingdon’s three-year digital strategy will see the council fund attempts to modernise its systems and infrastructure, change how residents interact with the local authority and make better use of data Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                15 Oct 2024
                  NCSC expands school cyber service to academies and private schoolsThe National Cyber Security Centre is expanding its PDNS for Schools service to encompass a wider variety of institutions up and down the UK Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                15 Oct 2024
                  UK sees over £6bn boost in datacentre investmentsFollowing moves to classify datacentres as critical national infrastructure, a number of US tech providers have announced new UK investments Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                Opinion
                11 Oct 2024
                  Robust cloud IAM should align to zero-trust principlesThe Security Think Tank considers best practices in identity and access management and how can they be deployed to enable IT departments to combat cyber-attacks, phishing attacks and ransomware. Continue Reading By- Ricky Simpson, Quorum Cyber
 
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                News
                11 Oct 2024
                  Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained lossesThe Post Office wrongly blamed subpostmasters for unexplained account shortfalls and made them cover losses out of their own pockets - then banked the money itself Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                11 Oct 2024
                  Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT softwareTroubled business may ditch its plan to build a new core branch system in-house and buy an off-the-shelf alternative Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                10 Oct 2024
                  Government launches cyber standard for local authoritiesLocal 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 Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                10 Oct 2024
                  How Recorded Future finds ransomware victims before they get hitThreat intel specialists at Recorded Future have shared details of newly developed techniques they are using to disrupt Rhysida ransomware attacks before the gang even has a chance to execute them Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                10 Oct 2024
                  UK and US pledge closer working on children’s online safetyIn their first agreement on the subject of children’s online safety, the UK and US governments have said they will create a new working group to boost cooperation Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                10 Oct 2024
                  Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’Former minister gave Post Office ‘green light’ to take robust action against existing staff with links to Post Office scandal wrongdoing Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                09 Oct 2024
                  Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challengePost Office boss Nick Read was not prepared for the task ahead of him when he joined the organisation as CEO in 2019 Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                09 Oct 2024
                  Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch TuesdayStand-out vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday drop include problems in Microsoft Management Console and the Windows MSHTML Platform Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                08 Oct 2024
                  Secureworks: Ransomware takedowns didn’t put off cyber criminalsThe number of active cyber criminal ransomware gangs has surged by almost a third in the space of 12 months, according to the latest intelligence from Secureworks Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                08 Oct 2024
                  Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiryPost Office interim chairman tells Horizon public inquiry that the Post Office needs to reset New Branch IT project Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                08 Oct 2024
                  UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025The 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 Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                08 Oct 2024
                  DWP CIO Rich Corbridge leaving to join property developerThe digital chief at the Department for Work and Pensions is moving on only 18 months after starting his role in the civil service Continue Reading By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
 
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                News
                08 Oct 2024
                  Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?Evidence from the Post Office public inquiry shows huge problems with the critical project to replace the troubled Horizon IT system – after two government-mandated reviews, is there any sign it can succeed? Continue Reading By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
 
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                E-Zine
                08 Oct 2024
                  Digital government on a budgetIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine how Labour’s version of austerity will affect the government’s desire for digital transformation. We find out how the use of AI in the workplace is negatively affecting low-income workers. And an SAP customer explains how it plans to keep running after the end of support for ECC. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                07 Oct 2024
                  Post Office boss Nick Read ‘inadequate, greedy and self-interested’, whistleblowers tell inquiryOutgoing Post Office boss Nick Read faces public inquiry for three days this week, with no shortage of questions to answer Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                06 Oct 2024
                  Whistleblowers call out ongoing cover-up by Post Office CEO in explosive letterA letter from Post Office staff to MPs, statutory inquiry chair Wyn Williams and the Post Office chairman demands their intervention and an investigation into the organisation's leadership Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                04 Oct 2024
                  NCSC celebrates eight years as Horne blows inOutgoing 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 Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                04 Oct 2024
                  Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidenceStatement to public inquiry reveals that investigation is underway over allegations that a senior Post Office executive instructed staff to destroy evidence Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                04 Oct 2024
                  Cups Linux printing bugs open door to DDoS attacks, says AkamaiThe Cups Linux printing vulnerabilities disclosed at the end of September would seem to have a nasty sting in their tail, according to researchers at Akamai Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                04 Oct 2024
                  Post Office recruiting tech-savvy board member amid unravelling IT disasterPublic inquiry told that the Post Office is currently recruiting a tech-savvy non-executive director Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                04 Oct 2024
                  Late evidence in Post Office Capture investigation could not be reviewedEvidence failed to reach investigators in time for report into controversial pre-Horizon Post Office software Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                04 Oct 2024
                  Data and technology key to the future of the subsurface, report saysThe report highlights the important role of the subsurface, but lack of accessible data and the likely need for new policy and regulation on the use of new technologies are barriers to future sustainable and efficient use Continue Reading By
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                News
                04 Oct 2024
                  Detective wrongly claimed journalist’s solicitor attempted to buy gun, surveillance tribunal hearsDarren Ellis, who led a surveillance operation against journalists who exposed police failures, wrongly accused a solicitor of attempting to buy arms Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin and Cormac Kehoe
 
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                News
                03 Oct 2024
                  Ex-PSNI officer seeking legal advice over comments made at Investigatory Powers TribunalEx PSNI officer ‘deeply angered’ by comments made by a former detective at a tribunal investigating allegations of unlawful surveillance against journalists Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
 
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                News
                03 Oct 2024
                  Microsoft files lawsuit to seize domains used by Russian spooksMicrosoft has been given permission to seize multiple domains used by the Russian state threat actor Star Blizzard as part of a coordinated disruption effort undertaken ahead of the US elections Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                03 Oct 2024
                  SOC teams falling out of love with threat detection toolsSecurity operations centre practitioners are fed up of being flooded with pointless alerts and many no longer have much confidence in their threat detection tools, according to a report Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                03 Oct 2024
                  Local councils need ‘better support’ to buy AI responsiblyThe Ada Lovelace Institute says there is lack of adequate support on how councils can safely and responsibly procure artificial intelligence systems in the public interest Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                Blog Post
                03 Oct 2024
                  Once more it's deja vu all over again in digital governmentWhen you write about government IT for as long as Computer Weekly has – which is pretty much as long as “government IT” has been a thing – it’s hard not to get a sense of what can most accurately ... Continue Reading By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
 
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                Opinion
                03 Oct 2024
                  Rise of the cyber clones: When seeing isn’t believingIt is frighteningly easy to clone someone else's identity using readily-available artificial intelligence tools Continue Reading By- Jake Moore, ESET
 
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                News
                03 Oct 2024
                  DSIT launches digital government panelThe panel, which is being co-chaired by Martha Lane Fox and Paul Willmott, will help government create a 10-year vision for a ‘digital centre’ Continue Reading By
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                News
                03 Oct 2024
                  Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad bloodFormer Post Office chief transformation officer’s evidence to the public inquiry reveals organisation’s strained relationship with main IT supplier Fujitsu Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                02 Oct 2024
                  Detective behind ‘unlawful’ surveillance blamed Catholics for ‘perverse’ court decisionsA 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 Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
 
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                News
                02 Oct 2024
                  Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cashRevelation is latest evidence of the Post Office’s struggles to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon software used in branches Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                01 Oct 2024
                  Detective reported journalist’s lawyers to regulator in ‘unlawful’ PSNI surveillance caseFormer 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 Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin & Cormac Kehoe
 
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                News
                01 Oct 2024
                  Cyber teams say they can’t keep up with attack volumesOver 60% of European security pros say their teams are understaffed, and over 50% don’t have enough budget, according to data from ISACA Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                Opinion
                30 Sep 2024
                  The cyber industry needs to accept it can't eliminate riskThe Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading By- Paul Lewis, Nominet
 
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                News
                30 Sep 2024
                  Investigation finds 'reasonable likelihood' Post Office Capture software caused accounting lossesAn independent forensic analysis finds the predecessor to Horizon IT system was also likely to have caused shortfalls for which subpostmasters were blamed, years before the Post Office scandal Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                27 Sep 2024
                  UK on high alert over Iranian spear phishing attacks, says NCSCThe NCSC and counterpart agencies in the US have issued a warning over enhanced Iranian spear phishing activity targeting politicians, journalists, activists and others with an interest in Middle Eastern affairs Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                Opinion
                27 Sep 2024
                  Defaulting to open: Decoding the (very public) CrowdStrike eventThe Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading By- Elliott Wilkes, ACDS
 
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                Opinion
                27 Sep 2024
                  Cyber companies need a best practice approach to major incidents.The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading By- Andy Bridden and Ashley Barker, PA Consulting
 
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                News
                27 Sep 2024
                  More parallels between Post Office Capture and Horizon scandal revealedPost Office dramatically increased the number of investigations into subpostmasters after Capture Software was introduced Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                26 Sep 2024
                  Subpostmasters living years with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office, inquiry toldContinued errors with the Horizon system mean subpostmasters have unresolved account shortfalls hanging over them for years Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                26 Sep 2024
                  Government plans reverse pitch events to drive digital changeThe government will hold three events for startups to showcase and collaborate with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice to solve key problems faced by the departments Continue Reading By
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                Opinion
                26 Sep 2024
                  How data literacy for all can accelerate the UK’s tech revolutionThe ODI’s director of global policy and corporate affairs attends the Labour Conference and concludes that upskilling people in data and digital can deliver economic growth and prosperous communities Continue Reading By- Emma Thwaites
 
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                News
                26 Sep 2024
                  Fujitsu accused of ‘paying lip service’ to Post Office scandal victimsVictims of the Horizon scandal believe Fujitsu’s offer of support to be a 'box-ticking' exercise with no commitments, nine months after seemingly heartfelt pledges Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                25 Sep 2024
                  Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board memberPost Office IT procurement mistakes have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money, non-executive board member tells public inquiry Continue Reading By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
 
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                News
                24 Sep 2024
                  Unique malware sample volumes seen surgingBlackBerry’s latest ‘Global threat intelligence’ report details a surge in unique malware samples as threat actors ramp up the pace of targeted attacks Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                Opinion
                24 Sep 2024
                  How to respond when your cyber company becomes the storyThe Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel considers incident response in the wake of the July CrowdStrike incident, sharing their views on what CrowdStrike got wrong, what it did right, and next steps Continue Reading By- Stephen McDermid
 

 
		