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UK threatens £100K-a-day fines under new cyber bill
2025-04-01 11:37

Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation's full details for first time The UK's technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government's Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for...

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UK NCSC offers security guidance for domain and DNS registrars
2025-03-27 14:47

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released security guidance for domain registrars and operators of Domain Name System (DNS) services. “DNS registrars have an important role to help...

UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London
2025-03-27 10:27

As if living in Croydon wasn't bad enough The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras is coming this summer and the lucky...

UK fines software provider £3.07 million for 2022 ransomware breach
2025-03-27 00:01

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd £3.07 million over a 2022 ransomware attack that exposed the sensitive personal data of 79,404 people,...

UK urges critical orgs to adopt quantum cryptography by 2035
2025-03-20 16:23

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published specific timelines on migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), dictating that critical organizations should complete migration by...

The post-quantum cryptography apocalypse will be televised in 10 years, says UK's NCSC
2025-03-20 13:15

Wow, a government project that could be on time for once ... cos it's gonna be wayyyy more than a decade The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today started the post-quantum cryptography...

Protecting your iCloud data after Apple’s Advanced Data Protection removal in the UK
2025-03-19 05:00

Advanced Data Protection (ADP) secures iCloud data with end-to-end encryption. This ensures that no one, not even Apple, can access the encrypted data, which remains secure even in the event of a...

UK wants dirt on data brokers before criminals get there first
2025-03-18 10:32

Govt wants to learning mistakes of serially breached record holders so it can, er, liberalize data sharing regs under new law The UK government is inviting experts to provide insights about the...

UK government to open £16B IT services competition after 6-month delay
2025-03-17 10:27

Technology Services 4 framework expands by £4B, with procurement to begin this week UK government is set to crack open the pork barrel for up to £16 billion in contracts for a range of IT...

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Apple's alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash
2025-03-14 13:09

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its...