Security & Defence

Former immigration enforcement chief describes scale of Brexit challenge as chancellor pledges 'minimum' customs arrangement by March 2019

National Cyber Security Centre marks first 12 months in existence by publishing report into threat landscape

Tony Douglas will stand down from role at Defence Equipment and Support to return to aviation sector

Chair of department’s women’s network calls on male staff across the civil service to act as allies to feminist cause

ACOBA says cybersecurity role with US firm was announced before it had approved the appointment

New investigatory powers commissioner begins role inspecting use of state surveillance by public authorities

Theresa May reveals ministers are due to be briefed on resilience findings in a matter of days, as select committee chair questions scope of inquiry

Heads of Aircraft Carrier Alliance and Submarine Delivery Agency announced

While the civil service has shrunk dramatically, its volume and proportion of IT and digital professionals have gone up and up, ONS data reveals

Hugh Ind has interim appointment made permanent 

NAO says the department’s efforts to tackle online fraud are ‘not proportionate to the threat’

Civil service union said there is “an unarguable case” to lift restrictions after the Conservatives lost their majority at the election

Paul Lincoln to lead immigration and customs-control body from September

Theresa May to urge US president Donald Trump to keep intelligence and security information secure

BT takes a look at the shifting nature of cyber threats, and how organisations can detect and prevent them

Last week's cyber hack exploited weaknesses in widely used computing systems across the public sector, particularly the NHS. Leaders need to get better at evaluating the small risk of very serious harm and getting vulnerabilities onto ministerial agendas

Letter dismisses government's claim that it meets 2% NATO defence spending target as “accounting deception”

William Ury, who has also helped end conflicts in Colombia, the Middle East and the Balkans, has met with officials

Justice Select Committee raises spectre of more fragmented services and weakened economies of scale from latest reform drive

Prime minister leads parliament in paying tribute to those affected

MPs warn that contract with Capita-led consortium has "failed to transform" Defence Infrastructure Organisation, and continued uncertainty will exacerbate ongoing recruitment challenges at the body set up to manage £31bn defence estate 

Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood among those to welcome appointment to top security post

National Audit Office says department’s attempts to address delays have compressed its Carrier Strike delivery schedule and “added risk with limited contingency”

PACAC slams the “absence of safeguards” to ensure prime ministers do not bypass proper cabinet procedures,  and urges government to publish the lessons it has learned from Chilcot Inquiry