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IT for government and public sector

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Russian cyber espionage groups targeting EU governments

  Two Russian cyber espionage groups are targeting EU governments ahead of European elections, say researchers

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Department for Transport launches future of urban mobility plan

  Future of Mobility minister Jesse Norman launches “biggest review into transport in a generation”

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK cyber experts to support global company boards

  A consortium of UK cyber security experts and academics is to support multinational company boards to tackle online threats and protect against cyber crime

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Network Homes signs Hyperoptic broadband deal

  Expansion of Hyperoptic’s ultrafast network targets 20,000 properties in London and the south east

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Government can make better use of tech to tackle loneliness

  Report produced by Vodafone urges the government to exploit the potential of technology to alleviate loneliness among older people

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK government organisations’ email security lagging

  Email security in UK government organisations is lagging far behind that of central government, analysis reveals, with less than a third implementing standard protection

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  CCRC watching Post Office Horizon trial closely

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission considering judgment in subpostmasters versus Post Office litigation trial

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Post Office ‘lacked humanity’ in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer

  Peer slams Post Office after High Court judgment reveals its oppressive style of managing the people who run its branches

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Government launches investigation into AI bias

  Advisory body will look at how systems that support decision-making may have inherent algorithmic biases that need to be taken into account

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Salisbury to get ‘universal’ full-fibre broadband

  Every residential and business property in Salisbury will be able to access full-fibre broadband in 12 months, claims Openreach

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Post Office director cross-examination confirms lack of investigation into branch IT problems

  A high court judge heard that the Post Office did not investigate a computer system error that could cause losses, despite being offered evidence

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  Department of Health considers overhaul of screening IT

  Modernisation intended to address high-profile failures in national screening services will be informed by an investigation on the topic to be published next month

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  EU law enforcement agencies prepare for major cyber attacks

  Law enforcement agencies across the European Union are preparing for major cross-border cyber attacks, says Europol

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  UKCloud secures £25m investment to support multi-cloud public sector push

  G-Cloud-listed IT services firm UKCloud has received a sizeable financial boost to support its efforts to cater to the differentiated demands of public sector technology buyers

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Subpostmasters achieve ‘stunning victory’ against Post Office in Horizon case

  Judge rules that Post Office showed “oppressive behaviour” in response to claimants accused of accounting errors they blamed on Horizon IT system

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  National Cyber Security Programme at risk of missing targets

  The National Audit Office has sharply criticised the Cabinet Office over failings in how it set up the National Cyber Security Programme that mean it may struggle to meet its goals

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Avoid infosec mistakes of the past, urges Robert Hannigan

  Technology innovators need to avoid security mistakes of the past by building in integrity so that products and services can be used with trust and confidence, says former GCHQ director

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation

  The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it exchanged information on WikiLeaks staff in the UK with the US Department of Justice, which is conducting criminal investigations into the organisation

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  NHS Shared Business Services seeks suppliers for £500m cloud procurement framework

  NHS Shared Business Services is seeking suppliers for a four-year procurement framework designed to streamline how public sector organisations source cloud services

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Spring Statement 2019 allocates £200m to technology

  Chancellor Philip Hammond's latest statement announces funding to support progress in areas including supercomputer development, photonics and bioinformatics, promises tighter digital regulation and attempts to ensure flow of skilled professionals ...

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Furman Review urges greater competition for tech giants

  The six-month review into the UK digital economy includes recommendations of a new code of conduct for large companies, along with greater data openness and mobility

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Bank of England’s large IT spend partly due to use of manual processes and legacy systems

  The Bank of England admits there is room for improvement when it comes to IT efficiency

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Shetlands get broadband upgrade to support local NHS services

  Shetland Islands Council is to receive £1.91m of funding to expand full-fibre broadband expansion to NHS sites on remote islands through the government’s Local Full-Fibre Networks initiative

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Defra criticised over no-deal IT systems plan

  The introduction of slower, burdensome systems brought about by the challenges of preparing for Brexit must not become the ‘new normal’, MPs warn

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Post Office considered Horizon IT system ‘high risk’, court told

  The Post Office considered Horizon a high operational risk in an internal review, a trial focused on alleged fallibilities in the system used in thousands of Post Office branches has heard

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Department for Transport kicks off cloud transformation

  A major system has been moved to Google Cloud Platform as part of a wider modernisation exercise

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright on why building diverse tech teams is socially responsible

  During a wide-ranging Q&A session at this year's everywoman in tech forum, HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright set out why diversity matters when building government services, while worrying about workplace stereotypes is a waste of time

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses

  A reported breach of Citrix, which has potentially exposed data at hundreds of thousands of customer organisations, has once again highlighted the need for an alternative to passwords and the importance of supply chain security

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  House of Lords committee calls for creation of a digital authority to oversee regulation

  The proposed regulatory framework would coordinate regulators, assess rules and make recommendations to respond to developments in digital services

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Government announces changes to immigration rules

  The government has announced changes to immigration rules, which will provide two new visas designed to allow skilled talent into the UK

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  How supercomputing is transforming experimental science

  NERSC lead data scientist Debbie Bard talks about how large-scale data analytics using super computers is making new types of science possible

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Half of government IT jobs in 2023 do not exist today

  Widespread digital transformation in the public sector means government CIO responsibilities will change rapidly in the next four years and many of those future roles do not yet exist, says Gartner

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Ministry of Justice concludes prison biometrics pilots

  Use of iris scanning and facial recognition software is part of a wider crackdown on drug trafficking in UK jails

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  UK military robotics get multimillion-pound boost

  A budget of £66m from the Ministry of Defence's Transformation Fund has been allocated to a project that will see mini-drones and autonomous vehicles deployed to the battlefield

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Government must prioritise replacement of legacy IT, MPs told

  Science and Technology Committee inquiry into digital government told that Treasury needs to offer funding in next spending review to eliminate ageing technology in Whitehall

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  GDS cut expected benefits of troubled Gov.uk Verify system by 75%

  In a highly critical report, the National Audit Office says it is 'difficult to conclude' that past decisions to continue with the flagship digital identity system have been justified

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Cyber awareness of UK boards found wanting

  Boards of many of the UK’s biggest firms must do more to be cyber aware, according to a government report.

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Clearer North Korean link to global infrastructure malware campaign

  Researchers have uncovered clearer links between a North Korean hacking group and a cyber espionage campaign targeting government, defence, nuclear, energy and financial organisations around the world

• March 02, 2019 02 Mar'19

  Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg invited one of the chancellor’s children to Facebook’s office as part of a intensive lobbying programme to influence European data protection legislation

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  Teen becomes first millionaire through HackerOne bug bounties

  A self-taught teen hacker from Argentina has become the first bug bounty hacker to become a millionaire by hacking to create a safer internet

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Six out of eight key government systems unlikely to be ready by Brexit day

  National Audit Office update on the UK government’s readiness for Brexit identifies processes and IT systems that will not be finished by the 29 March deadline

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Sextortion accounts for one in 10 spear-phishing emails

  Email sextortion scams have increased in frequency and scope in the past four months, as well as evolving to bypass spam filters and trick recipients into reading the messages, research shows

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Icann calls for community collaboration to protect the internet

  The domain name system watchdog Icann has reaffirmed its commitment to engage in collaborative efforts to ensure the security, stability and resiliency of the internet’s global identifier systems

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Chinese cyber attack group Bronze Union targeting weapons tech

  Weapons technology is among the latest targets of a highly adaptable cyber espionage group that uses a wide range of publicly available and custom attack tools, presenting a challenge to network defenders

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  NHS software deal tops public sector spending on new IT contracts in 2018

  Department of Health’s Windows 10 contract was the biggest public sector deal signed last year

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Interview: London Grid for Learning CEO on putting technology to work in schools

  John Jackson, CEO of the London Grid for Learning, discusses how the organisation supports technology adoption in schools

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Over 100 rural primary schools to get gigabit broadband

  Primary schools could become high-speed broadband hubs for rural communities if government plans reach fruition

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  TechUK: Digital ethics has to hit the boardroom this year

  UK IT industry lobby organisation releases a position paper contending that digital ethics must become a boardroom matter in 2019

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  EU gathers momentum in cyber security legislation and cooperation

  The past two years have seen a step-change in the rate at which the European Union is putting legislation in place to support improved cyber security standards, collaboration and sharing of resources, says digital commissioner’s representative

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Nordic tech is increasing diversity but more needs to be done

  The shortage of women in the boardroom is a problem in the Nordics, like other regions, but work in its tech sector means the future could be more promising