Digital, Data & Technology

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

Plan would have formed part of government drive to encourage a cashless society

Full range of responsibilities in the department, including for the civil service, yet to be set out

Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR

Drive to boost digital public services needs renewed political leadership after the election, says think tank

Public sector CIOs may get below average salaries and bonuses, but they’re still among the happiest of IT leaders

Government should look ‘very seriously’ at investing more in both cyber security and training, as investigation - and finger-pointing - over WannaCry continue

Governments must start taking cyber security as seriously as physical military security, according to Microsoft’s president, in the wake of the attack which affected the NHS on Friday.

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

Wash-up period sees government compromise to rush crucial tax legislation through House of Commons

Outgoing civil service commissioners highlight concerns that pay restrictions are limiting the attractiveness of some posts, while slow recruitment processes stop departments hiring top candidates

Former Cabinet Office minister says his perception of the civil service went “downhill a lot” during the coalition government