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| Can cyber security prevention be any more basic than this? |
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Brits have been urged to apply steps to stay safe online after results of the UK Cyber Survey exposed exploitable gaps in their personal security knowledge
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NCSC: Most hacked passwords revealed as UK cyber survey exposes gaps in online security NCSC: Global intelligence agencies to share UK stage for first time at CYBERUK NCSC: Data breach roles outlined at cyber conference techUK: GCHQ to work closer with industry to share details of cyber incidents Cabinet Office: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster speech to CYBERUK 2019 conference Protecting e-structure critical to UK infrastructure/daily life |
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Despite the ICO having fined organisations for ‘sloppy’ disposal of data media’ in the past and publicising the convictions, Action Fraud recently found 42% of used hard drives sold on eBay still contain sensitive data. Outsourcing a task does not mean an end to an organisation's legal responsibility (some links not active now) One should also remember safe & secure disposal of paper records is STILL also a pre-requisite of personal data users/keepers. ICO: Council warned after personal data was missing for two years Patients details left abandoned in Stockport as ICO highlights need for better decommissioning practices |
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| The intelligent merging of human & technical healthcare |
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Last week was techUK’s AI Week – highlighting the growing opportunities & benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for both the UK economy and society. Throughout the last week techUK provided news, views & insights from the technology sector on how UK organisations are using AI to revolutionise productivity and transform people’s lives. On Tuesday they published contributing blogs specifically on AI in Healthcare Sector, including:
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techUK: Welcome to techUK AI Week An example of why the NHS has to continually ‘invest’ in research / pilot schemes Creating a digitally-savvy NHS workforce New venue supports partnership working to drive innovation in health & care £9m awarded to breakthrough digital health technologies How A.I. Could Save Your Sight New UK-Japanese research partnership to tackle degenerative and incurable diseases STFC speeding up analysis of experimental data by using AI technologies Health technology can help spot serious illness and prevent it AI to help save lives at five new technology centres 10 health start-ups supported through KQ Labs accelerator Government announces plans for earlier diagnosis for cancer patients Patients’ lives to be greatly improved by technology revolutions in healthcare |
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FREE courses will be offered to thousands of people to help the 1 in 5 adults with no or low basic digital skills learn how to thrive in an increasingly digital world. The new qualifications, unveiled by Apprenticeship & Skills Minister Anne Milton, will be based on new, rigorous national standards and will be available for free to anyone over the age of 19 from 2020. They have been designed to help adults learn the essential skills, such as sending emails, completing online forms or using a tablet, that many people take for granted. Research shows that digital skills have become as important in getting a job and being part of society as English & Maths. An estimated 90% of all jobs in the next 20 years will require some form of digital knowledge, but one in five adults still lack these skills. |
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DfE: Plans launched to boost digital skills for adults NCFE: Addressing skills gaps with NCFE Work Foundation: Rapid action needed for people to meet challenges of changing world of work LGA responds to Impetus report on young people's employment gap NCFE: Let’s get to work on a careers strategy to support learners NCFE: Key messages from the AAC Learning right skills for the future job (well-paid) job market Vital for the economy and UK’s future |
| SME Supplier Locator update... | ||
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UK Government and public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase and by 2020, it is the stated intent of Cabinet Office that £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts goes to SME’s. Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers. Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:
Click here to find out more. |
| ‘Grand Old Duchess of York’ marches her troops up the referendum hill yet again |
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FM Nicola Sturgeon has outlined the steps ScotGov will take to progress the debate on Scotland’s future in light of Brexit. She has stated the action to be taken to protect the option for an independence referendum to be held within the current term of the Scottish Parliament. The FM made clear that the Scottish Government will act now to protect and progress the option for an independence referendum to be held by introducing a framework Bill, which will set the rules and principles for any referendum. This Bill will protect the option of an independence referendum within this parliamentary term. Once the Bill is passed it would only require the transfer of power at a later date via a Section 30 Order to proceed to a vote on independence. |
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Editorial Commentary; It all comes down to money in the end! Editorial comment: Forget UK Brexit, Has Scotland got a plan? |
| Editorial Commentary; Policies guaranteed to lose the Conservatives the next election (again) |
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Do you remember how PM May suddenly changed her mind and called a General Election to get a bigger majority in 2017? She started her campaign around 10 percentage points ahead of Labour and seemed assured of an easy victory ,with Labour’s Mr Corbyn the ultimate ‘bogeyman’ opponent who was even ‘unloved’ by a significant proportion of Labour MPs. But then Tory policy makers gradually started to announce they were considering:
This threat to main previous Tory election promises led to a rapid alienation of the Tory’s main voting base (the over 50s), a wipe-out of her lead and the eventual hung parliament! Now we see a committee from a massive majority Labour Lib/Dem HoL trying to get the Tories to make the same mistake in the next General Election. Could a political party be that stupid? But then with Mrs May still at the ‘helm’ they probably think there is a good chance she will repeat her mistake based on her Brexit ‘performance’! Could it also be that the Lib/Dems are still trying to get their revenge for being forced to go back on their University fees promise of 2010, which resulted in their electoral ‘collapse’ in 2015? PC&PE: Policy must be rebalanced in favour of the young, say Lords Committee |
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Still a ‘hot topic’, with widely spread views, for those who put fingers to keyboard in order to ‘share their views’: |
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DExEU: UK-Swiss transitional migration arrangements for a no deal scenario 10DS: Statement by PM Theresa May and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: 26 April 2019 ScotGov: Extension of free tuition for EU students PX: The Speaker should allow a third meaningful vote on the Brexit deal IEA: Customs union membership will cost UK economic, trade and foreign policies |
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