‘A core part of national infrastructure’ – ministers consider regulating to make the cloud safer
Consultation launched seeking feedback on risks and mitigations for systems that now underpin a wide range of ‘essential services’
EXCL: Wall of silence surrounds plan for nationwide collection of citizens’ internet records
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ICO hits facial recognition firm with £7.5m fine and order to delete all UK data
Regulator finds that collection of online images was not fair, transparent or lawful
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App-based freedoms and the relentless battle for cybersecurity
As our movements increasingly depend on using our smartphones to demonstrate status, we need to ensure technology is secure, according to Dr Sarah Morris, of Cranfield University.
Birthday messages helped cops bring down digital drug dealer
User of encrypted messaging service sentenced to 10 years in prison
Funding scheme aims to address military vulnerability to cyberattack
Government-run competition seeks to combat possible exposure caused by legacy systems
Messaging app users offered counterfeit NHS Covid Passes
Investigation by PoliticsHome finds Telegram anti-vaccine groups purporting to purvey fake digital and hard-copy certification
MoD offers first-ever bug bounty to find vulnerabilities in defence systems
Department runs 30-day exercise in partnership with ethical hackers
‘We need to use tech to keep up with scams’ – UK advertising regulator
David Currie explains that there is an ‘arms race’ between web platforms and criminals that are equally sophisticated
Cyber Week: what now for the UK’s data-protection regime?
The EU may have granted its former member state adequacy, but there will be many more issues to resolve in the coming years
‘Location is no longer an arbiter of trust’ – what the future of work means for security
PublicTechnology catches up with Richard Meeus from Akamai to discuss how the events of the past year have changed not only how organisations work, but how they protect their workforce
Government puts £700k fund into boosting cyber sector
Money will support the work of the UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration
Data from over 100 Treasury staff devices wiped in 2020 after users entered wrong passcode
More than 5% of all devices were reset
Cyber Week: How government, police and business are working together to protect Scotland
Public and private sector entities support the work of Scottish Business Resilience Centre in protecting organisations across the country from cyberthreats. CEO Jude McCorry tells PublicTechnology about a busy year.
The stigma needs to be removed from cyberattacks
The secrecy and shame associated with cyber incidents needs to be rethought, believes PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall
Cyber Week: council data breaches saw 12% spike in FY21
Study from PublicTechnology identifies increase in incidents
Cyber Week: DWP says security experts stopped ‘large attack’ from organised crime during UC surge
As the department processed 4.3 million new claims, fraudsters attempted to cash in
Home Office seeks £20m digital security partner
Department seeks firms to provide ‘advice, leadership and governance’
NHS Digital picks KPMG as £4m ‘cyber innovation partner’
Auditing heavyweight will help health-service agency use innovative ideas to meet organisational objectives
London schools seek £50m antivirus partner
London Grid for Learning floats potential nine-year deal
Government facing legal challenge as DCMS admits use of automatically deleting messages
Campaign groups Foxglove and The Citizens to launch court case in two weeks if practice is not stopped
Online safety: How police, public sector and tech firms have reached a data-sharing stalemate
With the Online Safety Bill now published, former police superintendent Iain Donnelly writes for PublicTechnology on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure the law’s efficacy
‘Government has a strong position against paying ransoms to cybercriminals’ – Priti Patel
Home secretary tells conference that complying with demands will only encourage criminals