3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (896+ words) On 26 February 2026, the government announced an 84% improvement in average fix times for DNS-related vulnerabilities across 6, 000 public sector organisations " from 50 days to eight days " alongside a new Government Cyber Profession and a "210m. A second figure in the same announcement, less prominently…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago  (1016+ words) Controversial US data analytics firm Palantir has won another significant UK public sector tech deal, having been chosen to fulfil a "9m contract to provide a new national firearms database, Public Technology can reveal. The firm's latest win coincides with the…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (304+ words) The GOV. UK One Login tool is currently "working towards" ensuring alignment with the principles and practices set out the latest assessment regime created by the National Cyber Security Centre. This badge was regained several months ago and digital government…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (442+ words) The government body tasked with developing Top Secret technologies to help protect national security has announced the appointment of a new chief executive. Dr Simon Fabri last week took up the role as boss of HM Government Communications Centre, succeeding…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (410+ words) Cybercriminals have been struggling to make inroads with the adoption of artificial intelligence in their activities, according to a new joint report by three UK universities. The study, led by researchers from the universities of Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Cambridge, analysed…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (532+ words) The Information Commissioner's Office has fined a major water company nearly a million pounds after "inadequate" security measures failed to prevent a data breach that affected hundreds of thousands of people. South Staffordshire Plc and its primary subsidiary South Staffs…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (436+ words) The Government Digital Service has appointed three firms to form a "taxi rank" of specialist suppliers that can help spot potential security issues with citizen services and internal Whitehall tech tools. Three sets of commercial documents released over recent weeks…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago  (972+ words) Parliament's public-spending watchdog has made an urgent call for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to reinstate the position of government chief digital officer and appoint someone to the role within 12 months. The Public Accounts Committee has published a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1528+ words) A new wave of cyber governance obligations is coming for public sector organisations. But there is a structural paradox that neither the bill nor the RUSI paper addresses. When accountability arrives before organisations have the capacity to act on risk,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (757+ words) Ministry of Defence permanent secretary Jeremy Pocklington has told watchdog MPs that his department is developing enhanced "commercial leakage" capability that utilises cloud analytics to detect fraud and error in payment processes. Pocklington's comments came in a letter to members…...