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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’

Rachel Neaman of Corsham Institute believes that facing down the challenge of online misinformation needs a long-term and wide-ranging strategy 

Organisations offering water, energy, health, or transport services must implement effective preventive measures or face serious consequences

Eve Roodhouse talks to PublicTechnology about the organisation’s 2018 plans, the impact of WannaCry – and how an app has helped her family’s dental regime

Manchester network and Welsh datacentres suffer simultaneous downtime

DCMS study finds majority of organisations in private and third sectors have never even heard of soon-to-be-implemented legislation

Ciaran Martin claims that ‘it is a matter of when, not if’ the country suffers a top-level category-one assault