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National Audit Office report also points to a lack of coordination in response to attack, which the government has concluded was conducted by North Korea

Report also slams lack of action from Amazon and eBay

All 28 EU member states plus the four EFTA countries gathered in Estonia capital to agree deal to work together to drive digital-government policy

New chair of Treasury Select Committee Nicky Morgan requests performance data

A motion to appoint lawyer Daren Fitzhenry is to be put before the Scottish Parliament

Joe Kim of SolarWinds looks at what government IT pros can expect from hybrid IT, and whether implementing it will provide any benefits

A fresh look at data protection and backup best practice, particularly when it comes to ransomware.

"At the end of the day, the services are all the same, so if you’re doing bins from Shetland to Glasgow to the Borders, we all do similar services"

Fear around GDPR is being "hyped up by companies trying to sell solutions".

Data protection legislation commitment survives Tory cull of manifesto promises

Des Ward, information governance director at Innopsis, reflects on the real story behind the WannaCry cyber-attack.

Watchdog looks for international input on new regulatory landscape

Bradford Council will work with local digital innovation centre and businesses to pre-empt cyber attacks

With the cyber threat shifting its focus to sabotage rather than data theft, many of the defences deployed by public sector organisations will have to be adapted for the new world

New threats require the sort of joint civilian and military planning that was common in the Cold War – but with a focus on cyber rather than nuclear, says Jennifer Cole of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Council knew about vulnerability for months prior to attacker gaining access to emails

Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR

Grants of up to £100,000 available for eligible organisations

Benefit fraud is worse than ever. Gary Pettengell asks if new technology is helping?

Audit Scotland, the independent body responsible for auditing most of Scotland’s public organisations, has released a new report detailing five key principles that public bodies should use to deliver digital projects.

Government should look ‘very seriously’ at investing more in both cyber security and training, as investigation - and finger-pointing - over WannaCry continue