Government puts £25m into ‘elite fraud squad’ to use data and tech to collar Covid criminals
Chancellor unveils unit that will pursue those who defrauded government of an estimated £5bn during the pandemic
High Court rules that border officials unlawfully seized 2,000 phones from asylum seekers
Judgement finds that Home Office policy breached human rights laws
Treasury urged to provide ‘full, fair and final compensation’ for victims of Horizon IT disaster
Failures of tech system led to more than 700 wrongful convictions
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BEIS sets out plans to combat digital ‘trust and credibility gap’
Department lays out three-year strategy
Apple works with HMRC and police to help combat iTunes scammers posing as tax officials
Public urged to be vigilant of fraud in which victims are instructed to buy digital vouchers to pay fictitious tax bills
The ten key questions – and nine answers – facing the public sector on GDPR
With less than six months until new data-protection law is introduced, PublicTechnology hears from regulators and data professionals across central and local government about what they see as the major challenges facing them between now and 25 May
ICO ‘making enquiries’ after MPs admit sharing passwords with staff
Trio of Conservative politicians reminded of their data-protection obligations after revealing that they share login details with others
NAO says preventable WannaCry damage shows DoH and NHS must ‘get their act together’
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
Public Accounts Committee criticises HMRC’s ‘dismal response’ to online VAT fraud
Report also slams lack of action from Amazon and eBay
UK among 32 signatory countries to Tallinn eGovernment Declaration
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
Troubled government Childcare Service website could face select committee probe
New chair of Treasury Select Committee Nicky Morgan requests performance data
New Scottish information commissioner to be appointed
A motion to appoint lawyer Daren Fitzhenry is to be put before the Scottish Parliament
Is hybrid IT worth the hassle?
Joe Kim of SolarWinds looks at what government IT pros can expect from hybrid IT, and whether implementing it will provide any benefits
WannaCry NHS attack - lessons for data recovery strategies
A fresh look at data protection and backup best practice, particularly when it comes to ransomware.
Robots, connectivity and digital skills: progress on digital in Scotland
"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"
How should we respond to cyber attacks on public bodies?
Fear around GDPR is being "hyped up by companies trying to sell solutions".
Government to tighten rules on personal data storage
Data protection legislation commitment survives Tory cull of manifesto promises
WannaCry NHS attack - busting the myths
Des Ward, information governance director at Innopsis, reflects on the real story behind the WannaCry cyber-attack.
GDPR compliance: UK’s information watchdog seeks to share ideas as deadline looms
Watchdog looks for international input on new regulatory landscape
Bradford Council ‘to test boundaries’ of cyber resilience
Bradford Council will work with local digital innovation centre and businesses to pre-empt cyber attacks
How the Internet of Things poses fresh risks to public sector systems
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
Why cyber resilience is the UK's first line of defence
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)
Gloucester City Council fined £100k for failing to deal with Heartbleed vulnerability
Council knew about vulnerability for months prior to attacker gaining access to emails
GDPR deadline: One third of public sector decision makers not confident they’ll be ready
Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR