Security & Defence

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”