ICT and Data Management / Security (Archive)

techUK:  Nominations Open for the 2017 WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards – (techUK:  Information Commissioner’s Office Publish Innovation Plan ~ techUK:  Leaving the Customs Union Must not Leave UK Tech Firms Tied up in Red Tape ~ techUK:  Meet April's Cloud Champion ~ techUK’s Artificial Intelligence Week ~ techUK:  Building Trust In The Security of Cloud ~ techUK:  Studies to explore fate of reuse & recycling of unreported WEEE ~ techUK Welcomes Digital Economy Act)

ICO:  Cheshire financial firm fined for sending spam texts offering loans – (ICO's blog on its international work ~ Information Commissioner warns political groups to campaign within the law)

E-privacy: MEPs look at new rules to safeguard your personal details online – (EU News:  New era in the data protection supervision of Europol)

DCMS:  General Data Protection Regulation: Call for Views: Guidance – (DCMS:  Almost half of UK firms hit by cyber breach or attack in the past year ~ DCMS Releases Cyber Breach Survey Findings – techUK response)

Home Office:  Baroness Shields' speech at the National Security Agency

DCMS:  Statement on the Sky / Fox merger media public interest consideration process ~ DCMS:  Sky / Fox Merger

PC&PE:  Public safety threatened by possible break in emergency communications

ScotGov:  Protecting children online

GDS:  The pre-election period

MoD:  Autonomous supply to military front line: apply for contracts ~ Dstl:  Accelerator innovation network event: autonomous last mile resupply

Ofcom:  Opening up BT’s infrastructure for new fibre broadband – (Ofcom:  Service quality of telecoms providers revealed)

EU News:  Media services: same rules needed for TV and internet to protect children better – (EU News:  Safety first: protecting children from watching harmful videos online ~ EU News:  E-commerce: ending unjustified geo-blocking across the EU)

SOCITM:  Council online services for resident parking & roadworks are good and improving says Better Connected – (SOCITM:  Using systems thinking to better serve citizens ~ Socitm urges local government and public sector to embrace smart places and location intelligence)

Innovate UK:  Tech of tomorrow offers more convenient, carbon-friendly living

CIPD:  Logged on but can’t turn off? A third of UK employees say remote access to work means they can’t switch off

AXELOS:  PRINCE2® 2017 Update – Training the Trainers – (AXELOS:  I’ve got ITIL® Foundation: what next? ~ AXELOS:  First impressions of PRINCE2® 2017 ~ AXELOS:  Why ITIL® Practitioner helps realize value in organizations)

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud