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Sector organisation writes to Matt Hancock and other MPs to express concerns

Department’s monthly figures show improvements in response times across the board, despite far greater volume of enquiries

Local Government Association issues advice to citizens

James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity

Policy paper from Parliament Street think tank recommends increased use of shared services

Three months’ worth of footage must be made available to regulators

Large organisations that process personal data will see their annual subsidy contribution rise from £500

Local authority issues call for input from potential suppliers

More external assessors likely to be appointed as health service looks to become foremost provider of digital health tools

‘It is time Whitehall and Westminster understood cryptocurrency better’, committee member declares following period of extreme fluctuations

Dr Simon Eccles becomes the health service’s most senior medical leader for technology, replacing Keith McNeil

Home Office claims machine-learning software developed in conjunction with ASI Data Science could be of use to smaller platforms such as Vimeo, Telegra.ph, and pCloud

Devices are designed to check against national criminal and immigration databases and return results in under a minute

National Cyber Security Centre claims public is not at risk after malicious code for generating cryptocurrency added to Browsealoud text-to-speech tool

First-ever holder of GCSO post discusses how to remove barriers, break down siloes, and ‘deliver much more consistency’ in security strategy

Council to consult with potential suppliers about digital system for helping citizens maintain independence

Erik Silfversten and Nathan Ryan of RAND Europe discuss why built-in cybersecurity is as important a safety concern as any for manufacturers and legislators involved in the autonomous-vehicle space

Response to FOI request also reveals that department spends £66m a year on IT

Law Commission asked to analyse whether and how statutes need to be changed to ensure they are fit for the internet age

Government-backed initiative aims to identify areas where region could become a global leader in science and technology

Cabinet Office speaks out after Capita profit warning to assert that none of its suppliers ‘are in a comparable position to Carillion’