Parliament Street announces Tech Frontiers Conference in London
Leading UK think tank will bring together leading figures from the worlds of science, technology and politics to discuss how digital government can improve society
- 21 August 2017
Britain urged to beef up cyber security
Ed Vaizey, Minister for the Digital Economy and Intel Security's James Stirk urge UK businesses to protect themselves from cyber attacks by taking up the government’s Cyber Essentials programme
- 22 September 2015
UK police forces increase cybercrime training, striking fear against fraudsters
Over 3,800 Police officers in Britain enrolled in cybercrime training, research from security specialists Veracode reveals. Offenders under the Computer Misuse Act should beware. This will strike terror in the Westminster Village
- 13 May 2015
NHS Trust cyber security spending increases fivefold
Dramatic rise in cyber security spending at leading NHS Trust shows that information security and patient privacy is high on the health service agenda
- 6 January 2015
U.S. would be foolish to wage cyber war with N. Korea
The Obama administration needs an integrated strategy for dealing with North Korea, not a spasmodic response that has no more upside than us being able to boast, “We got you back!”. The fact is, we don't know enough about the regime we're dealing with
- 26 December 2014
How social media can be a wife beater’s best friend
The government is moving strongly against psychological abuse visited upon victims of domestic crime. This is good. But even inside the main parties there's plenty to do, and a big revelation to come
- 21 August 2014
Suzanne Moore – Baffled by Moore’s Law?
If you don’t want to be spied upon by the state, massively reduce the state. But do accept that terrorists will be more likely to kill you
- 7 July 2013
British government blocks 33,000 cyber attacks every month
Government minister Chloe Smith has revealed that state-groups or sophisticated criminals bombard the British government with cyber attacks
- 23 April 2013
Hackers promise to "erase Israel" from web in "huge" cyber offensive
Hackers are targeting Israeli websites and those of pro-Israel groups this week
- 2 April 2013
British counter-jihad blogs targeted in "massive" cyber attack
Two of Britain's leading anti-extremism websites have been targeted and taken down for over a week in a huge, targeted attack
- 27 March 2013
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