Life hacks – a year at the National Cyber Security Centre
The NCSC’s annual report reveals that a major attack against a public sector entity or business is hit with a major cyberattack about twice each day. PublicTechnology looks at the biggest risks facing government and how they can be mitigated
Stats watchdog to probe HMRC’s £7bn tax data gaffe
Office for Statistics Regulation will – at HMRC’s behest – examine error that saw tax...
DWP in-house IT company doubles in size
Over two-year period BPDTS will have grown staff numbers from 451 to 1,124
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CCS sets up £166m purchasing system for IT testing
Procurement agency seeks suppliers for quality assurance vehicle
Cornwall offers £110k for transformation leader
County council recruiting digital chief
Government opens consultation on cybersecurity of UK Plc
DCMS seeks input on barriers to improving security and effectiveness of existing laws
GDS: ‘Cloud first is here to stay’
Digital agency pledges to ‘keep the policy as it stands’
Government delays Huawei 5G decision until after election
Digital secretary confirms that the UK’s next government will be the one to make the call on whether to allow the Chinese vendor to help build the country’s telecoms infrastructure
Better data can help make a better society
Frankie Kay of the Office for National Statistics writes about a simple way in which we can improve lives all across the nation
Regulator creates nudge-theory team to protect consumers online
CMA to establish behavioural insights unit that will examine issues such as fake reviews and paid-for endorsements
Wirral Borough Council shops for £4m WAN upgrade
Supplier sought for infrastructure refresh
Enfield offers £120k for DDaT leader
London borough seeks senior technology professional to revamp internal IT and external relationships
National Cyber Security Centre: ‘Our adversaries innovate – so we must too’
Senior leaders stress importance of risk-taking in combatting the threats faced by the UK
Companies House releases API to open up its data
Government agency offers user access to a range of data streams
Government spent £2.2m on ditched porn-block plan
Minister reveals seven-figure spending on development of ill-fated policy
Government supports £1bn deal to make poor mobile signal ‘a thing of the past’
Network operators propose sharing equipment to improve coverage in rural areas
HMRC turns to real-time data in tax-avoidance clampdown
Tax authority is piloting programmes to use data to identify people that may have been taken in by firms selling tax-avoidance initiatives
Highlands and Islands get £3m full-fibre boost
High uptake sees extra money invested
Interview: How a ‘permeable civil service’ can help tech start-ups
Former No.10 and Cabinet Office policymaker William Newton now leads a growing technology firm. In this Q&A, he compares the joys and frustrations of each, and the skills learned in Whitehall he has taken to his new career
NHS Digital picks 69 suppliers for £500m GP IT framework
New contract has four times as many providers as outgoing deal, but it is not clear how long it will take for all systems to be available to buy
Government shut down 600 social media accounts run by prison inmates last year
MoJ implements a range of measures to combat illicit use of mobiles
Is procurement a friend or foe for local government transformation?
Buying processes should be seen as an enabler of innovation, rather than a barrier, according to Georgina Maratheftis of techUK
‘Cyberattackers are doing the same things over and over – and too often getting through’
National Cyber Security Centre chief celebrates achievements of past year but stresses work still to be done
DIT sets aside £2m to fund crack data-science policy squad
Department looks to bring in specialist team