Home office under fire for 120% surge in data loss incidents
The UK Home Office recorded a 120% surge in data loss incidents over the two most recent financial years. There were 1,895 individual incidents in 2018-19, rising to 4,204 incidents in the most recent...
View ArticlePolice Scotland National Centre of Excellence targets cybercrime
Police Scotland has announced plans to establish a National Centre of Excellence to deal with cybercrime. The move comes as part of its Cyber Strategy 2020. The National Centre of Excellence will bring...
View ArticleUS Treasury threatens sanctions for Ransomware payments
The US Treasury has warned that ransomware payments to cybercriminals may violate sanctions. It is one of two warnings that the US issued late last week. The second came from the Financial Crimes...
View ArticleDoJ takes on Russian military malware team
Six members of a Russian military malware and cybercrime group have been indicted by the US Department of Justice. The indictment stops short of calling them a cyber warfare group but does out them as...
View ArticleInk Aviation and Tento Health launch platform to get people flying
Ink Aviation and Tento Health have launched the Ink Digital Health Platform. It is targeted at airlines and airport operators to get people flying again. The Ink DHP will take advantage of Tento...
View ArticleTechnologyOne targets UK market for expansion after 2020 growth
TechnologyOne has revealed its full-year 2020 results as it continues its transition from a legacy on-premise software vendor to a cloud vendor. Progress is good with SaaS revenue up 32% to AU$269.8...
View ArticleUK police forces using cloud for data storage
47% of UK police forces currently use a hybrid-cloud model to access and store data. The details emerged from a survey of UK police forces carried out by Citrix. Of the 48 police forces who were asked...
View ArticleCyber researchers uncover end-to-end cyber-biological attack
An end-to-end cyber-biological attack has been uncovered by cyber researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Using malware, a cybercriminal could use change a short sub-string of DNA on a...
View ArticleNews week beginning 21st December
News was thin last week, understandably with the festivities upon us. Pulseway introduced web dashboards. Enterprise Times published an interview with Colin Johnson, Co-founder and CEO of Aprika. There...
View ArticleUS finally adopts unified approach to SolarWinds breach
Last night, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a task force dedicated to tracking the SolarWinds breach. The new Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG) consists of...
View ArticleHAL picks IFS ERP for major change project
The IFS Services partner of the year, 2020, Tech Mahindra has helped IFS win a massive deal in India with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). HAL is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence...
View ArticleMoD sees 18% rise in incidents involving personal data loss
The MoD has published its annual report and accounts. It is a whopping 217 pages long and takes some reading to get through. One organisation that has already been through it, Parliament Street, has...
View ArticleServiceNow aids NHS Scotland for vaccination program
NHS Scotland plans to vaccinate 5.5 million people in 90 days with the assistance of a vaccine management solution built on the ServiceNow Platform. The solution has helped to digitise the...
View ArticleTotalmobile to cut inefficiency for housing maintenance at Sheffield City...
Totalmobile has won the contract to replace an ageing system at Sheffield City Council to manage housing maintenance and repairs for its 44,000 homes. Sheffield City Council has inherited that ageing...
View ArticleEmbattled Irish DPC under pressure for not enforcing GDPR on Big Tech
The Irish DPC, Helen Dixon, is under increasing pressure from other European DPAs and the European Parliament for failing to enforce GDPR rules on Big Tech. In response, Dixon has accused European...
View ArticleProtecting sensitive data in healthcare a complete farce
Protecting sensitive data in healthcare is effectively a complete farce. After reading through the Varonis 2021 Data Risk Report for Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Biotech, that’s the conclusion. The...
View ArticleApple and Google block NHS Covid-19 update
Apple and Google have blocked the NHS Covid-19 app update after it broke the rules. The agreement between the tech giants and the NHS is very clear that the app may not share location data. The latest...
View ArticleAdvanced creates new powerhouse in Education sector
Advanced has announced two acquisitions within the last two weeks within the EdTech sector. The latest was only signed on 17th May when it bought Smart Apprentices. Smart Apprentices provides software...
View ArticleUnanet launches CRM for GovCon
Unanet has launched a new product, CRM for GovCon. The new solution integrates tightly with Unanet ERP for GovCon. It enables government contractors to better manage relationships throughout their...
View ArticleDeltek publishes government contracting industry report
Deltek has published its 12th annual Deltek Clarity Government Contracting Industry Study. The report identifies the current contracting trends and market outlooks. Every year, Deltek analyses the...
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