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Security head will develop strategy and implement cyber services

Strategy outlines short- and long-term objectives

Lord Agnew told parliament that ‘arrogance, indolence and ignorance’ has hampered any attempts to reduce fraud

CDDO monitoring found that vast majority of sites did not wholly comply with regulations

As government launches comms campaign claiming security function will enable child abusers, data-protection watchdog claims debate is ‘unbalanced’

Consultation launched on possible expansion of NIS regulations

Government-backed project will also incorporate input from BSI and NPL

Advertising of assets to be overseen by financial services watchdog

Report claims efforts led by advertising firm will aim to stoke concern among parents and could feature public stunts designed to alarm passers-by 

Deal signed with specialist software firm reflects huge growth in digital offences

Data watchdog issues warning in light of reports that a digital clean-up had been encouraged

Study finds that more than half feel more exposed to attacks

Lord Evans tells MPs that personal messaging platforms should only be used by ministers if doing so can be properly regulated

Private sector service providers will be certified to verify identities of prospective tenants and employees

Minister says that regulator is likely to require firms to use both manual and automated checks

Improvements to pass system will attempt to address ‘potential security vulnerability’ 

FOI responses find that two thirds of government entities reset phones – a practice firmly discouraged by MPs

The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has called for a competitive market for assurance providers

Chief executive Jim Harra discusses the many challenges of the year just gone, and those to come in the months ahead

Department’s annual accounts reveal theft of 199 devices

A potential hack was identified earlier this month