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Security minister confirms intelligence agency is investigating the video app

Foreign Office-based unit taps Emirati firm to help increase ‘understanding of behavioural and attitudinal characteristics’

Paul Scully pledges that provisions are being made for imminent implementation of act

Military research unit announces £2.8m competition for ‘disruptive ideas and concepts’

Peers to examine possible uses of autonomous weapons, as well as their legal and ethical ramifications

New strategy puts forward plan to upskill experts across Whitehall

Paul Scully responds to ongoing questions following revelations that Army brigade was deployed to assess social posts of UK citizens

Former Brexit secretary David Davis’s question on the use of information ops brigade goes unanswered

Facility in south-east England is likely to include private cloud and physical storage

Senior parliamentarians express need for government-wide vigilance

Study assesses impact of Investigatory Powers Act during its first five years and suggests potential changes

Contract represents about a fifth of the budget for Cerberus project

Newly established data-centric entity begins recruitment for first permanent head

Parliamentary committee flags need for radical reform

Service has been redeveloped to improve ease of use and better adhere to GDS standards

NAO report finds ageing IT is a major contributor to the performance issues at UKSV

External supplier brought in to run the rule over government systems as rollout begins of ‘GovAssure’ programme

Incident, which has been linked to Russian ransomware group, has left customers unable to send items overseas

Ministry has 117 incumbent engagements covering digital, data and security 

Cyber intelligence unit reveals the government brands most often cited in attempted fraud and hacking

Leaders from two of government’s core digital and data units – the CDDO and CDEI – introduce new guidelines intended to promote transparency in the public sector’s use of algorithms