GCHQ explains how it decides whether to hoard or disclose zero-day vulnerabilities
GCHQ has published a series of documents shedding light for the first time on how it decides whether to retain or disclose zero-day vulnerabilities…
Skytap’s Thor Culverhouse on why the cloud computing market is still in its infancy
Having served as the CEO of Skytap since July 2013, Thor Culverhouse has a unique insight into how the cloud computing market has evolved over the …
Facebook launches new political ad transparency rules in the UK
Facebook has rolled out a new set of rules in the UK that enable users to see who has paid for political adverts displayed on the platform. The rul…
AWS Reinvent: Amazon rolls out 13 ML services in bid to fend off Microsoft and Google
Amazon Web Services unveiled more than a dozen new machine learning services at its annual customer conference on Wednesday, in an attempt to secur…
HPE snaps up BlueData to bolster machine learning offering
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced it is acquiring big data analytics provider BlueData in a bid to bolster its AI and machine learning…
New Zealand intelligence agency blocks mobile carrier from using Huawei components
One of New Zealand’s biggest mobile carriers has been blocked from using Huawei components in its 5G infrastructure. Spark revealed on Wednes…
ICO fines Uber £385k for 2016 breach cover-up, says company showed “complete disregard” for customer data
The UK’s data protection regulator has issued Uber with a £385,000 fine for failing to protect more than 2.5 million British customers’…
Facebook denies “Russian entities” harvested user data in 2014
Facebook has denied claims its engineers found evidence in 2014 that “entities with Russian IP addresses” used the social network’…
The week in govtech: the biggest tenders and awards (26/11)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with data analysis firm Tu…
HSBC suffers mobile app outage amid Black Friday shopping spree
HSBC customers were left locked out of their mobile banking accounts earlier today during the height of the Black Friday shopping spree. The bank i…
Vendor lock-in, legacy IT and cultural resistance blamed for slow rollout of government digital services
Half of government departments are making slow progress when it comes to rolling out digital services, a new survey of civil servants indicates. Cu…
We’re trying to marry the skills available in a startup with a corporate, says Barclaycard CIO
Barclaycard is best known for its debit and credit cards in the UK, but the division of Barclays is actually a multinational payment services provi…
Motorola Solutions wins £6m deal to supply Lincolnshire Police with cloud-based control room
Motorola Solutions has won a £6m contract to supply Lincolnshire Police with the UK’s first cloud-based control room solution. The technology…
Amazon refuses to reveal details of customer data disclosure
Amazon has confirmed that customers’ names and email addresses were exposed as a result of a technical error on its website. The online retai…
Adobe patches “critical” Flash Player bug that could expose users to malware
Adobe has shipped a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting Flash Player on Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. The vulnerability, known as a…
The week in govtech: the biggest tenders and awards (20/11)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with data analysis firm Tu…
Home Office’s Ben Wallace rejects MPs’ call for cyber security minister
The security minister, Ben Wallace, has rejected a call for the creation of a ministerial position dedicated to cyber security. Yesterday (19 Novem…
Pure Storage rolls out new AWS cloud data services
Pure Storage has unveiled a range of new cloud data services in a bid to capitalise on the rising popularity of hybrid solutions. The flash storage…
UK needs a dedicated cyber security minister to tackle “potentially devastating” threats, say MPs
MPs have called for the appointment of a dedicated cyber security minister to tackle the “potentially devastating” threat hostile state…
Health secretary Matt Hancock unveils membership of “healthtech” advisory board
The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has unveiled the membership of a new panel aimed at guiding the delivery of his plans to make the NHS the world…
How electronic medical records are set to transform patient care at Maidstone NHS trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust director of IT Michael Beckett hopes that his team’s decision to select the Allscripts Sunrise clinical sui…
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