Securing public sector technology: Strengthening workforce …
Dec 9, 2024 · The cyber threat landscape is evolving. With the UK currently the third most targeted country in the world for cyber-attacks, our public sector must adapt – and adapt now.. Public sector technologies must evolve rapidly to meet new challenges, and employee awareness must be brought up to a new standard, as attackers exploit vulnerabilities in systems integral to national security and public ...
Cyber Security Conference 2024 – PublicTechnology
Dec 3, 2024 · Securing the future of public services. The Cyber Security Conference 2024, brought to you by PublicTechnology, will provide public sector IT security professionals with the chance to explore, collectively, the current threat landscape, whilst sharing their experiences of how to navigate it.
Home Office ESN teams ‘considering strategy to handle potential …
Oct 10, 2024 · Scrutiny documents reveal that the current top priorities for Home Office officials working on delivering the much-delayed Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme include preparing for potential legal challenges to …
‘Greater mass, persistence and reach’ – MoD explores military AI
Dec 10, 2024 · Eagle said: “[This includes] helping to accelerate operational tempo; strengthening the Force through greater mass, persistence, and reach; enabling us to operate in environments that would otherwise not be possible; removing our people from harm’s way; and making our workforce more effective.”
Government set to keep 40% cap on officials’ homeworking
Oct 28, 2024 · Introduced by the previous government, the requirement for civil servants to spend at least three days a week in the office is to be retained, the Cabinet Office has announced Guidance that requires most civil servants to spend at least 60% of their time working from their offices – unless th
Annual public sector consultancy spend rises again to £3.4bn
Sep 5, 2024 · The latest figure is higher than in 2020-21 – the year that saw a surge in consultancy spending under emergency regulations that meant government bodies were able to award contracts outside the usual tender process to aid the pandemic response – …
PM says ‘no plans’ for government agencies to open Bluesky …
Nov 25, 2024 · As large numbers of new registrants reportedly join the alternative social platform, Keir Starmer, has said that neither he individually, nor departments as entities, are currently intending to do likewise There are currently no plans for …
Government ditches vetting transformation scheme but remains …
Nov 21, 2024 · Major project to bring digitisation and reform to UK Security Vetting is formally scrapped but, via three discrete workstreams, Cabinet Office claims that improvements to tech and security will proceed The Cabinet Office has shut down a transformation programme designed to improve the perform
Treasury guidance recommends ‘light touch’ business case for …
Sep 2, 2024 · Government’s finance department has created new advice for organisations delivering agile projects which, the guidelines state, can often meet the necessary governance requirements without their own dedicated full business case HM Treasury has released new guidance for creating business cases
New digital centre of government prioritises ‘value of data and ...
Nov 15, 2024 · Emily Middleton, recently recruited to help guide the new government digital hub in DSIT, reveals a range of focus areas for the coming months, including skills, innovation, and commercial strategies After gathering feedback from civil …