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By Dave Woodfine, Co-founder and Managing Director at Cyber Security Associates Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum named cyber security failures as one of the biggest threats facing international governments and business, and the UK is no exception. The UK’s public sector is currently facing a rise in the number of cyber security incidents. Continue reading Is your department and supply chain ready for the changes to the Government’s new cyber certification scheme?
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds Like many countries around the world, the U.K. is familiar with following trends that originally emerged in the U.S. It’s a long-standing idea, amplified in recent years by increasing globalisation and the impact of digital transformation on society. Take cybersecurity, for example, where the U.S. has been at Continue reading Why the U.K. Public Sector Should Monitor U.S. Cybersecurity Trends
The UK’s globally unique deployment of a medical imaging sharing system called the Sectra Image Exchange Portal has expanded to a record reach, easing the flow of important patient information beyond hospitals and supporting the pandemic response. A UK-wide digital medical imaging sharing system, the largest of its kind anywhere in the Continue reading UK-wide medical imaging sharing system expands beyond hospitals to 500 institutions
Skillsoft’s Lean Into Learning: 2021 Annual Learning Report provides data and guidance for addressing skills gaps, hybrid learning, and the war for talent Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today released its Lean Into Learning: 2021 Annual Learning Report, exploring the top challenges and opportunities facing today’s workforce, as well as Continue reading Skillsoft Releases New Report Exploring 2021 Learning Trends and the Future of Skill Building
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa The pandemic, along with improving technology driving digitalisation, has seen the public sector place many of their services online. Unfortunately, fraud has always been a big issue in the public sector – something that’s been exacerbated by services quickly going online during the health crisis. The Continue reading Why it’s time for the public sector to verify identity remotely
Bolton-headquartered EdTech firm, Near-Life, has successfully launched a ground-breaking immersive learning programme for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) that will support their work tackling Child Sexual Exploitation and protect some of the most vulnerable members of society. The pilot was awarded £241,000 in funding from Innovate UK in November 2020 to accelerate the development of an Continue reading Near-Life launches pioneering immersive learning project in partnership with Greater Manchester Police
By Charles Damerell, Senior Director UKI at SolarWinds In responding to the demand for better digital capabilities, defence organisations are among many across the public sector to have seen significant recent changes in their technology strategies and investment choices. This has delivered a wide range of benefits, such as enabling the sector to cope with Continue reading Understanding the Future of IT in Defence
Benoit Bole NHS and public sector organizations can now take advantage of LINK Mobility’s leading messaging solutions LINK Mobility UK is excited to announce it has won a place on NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Patient/Citizen Communications & Engagement Solutions procurement framework. Created in 2004 by the Department of Health and Social Continue reading LINK Mobility gains a place on the NHS SBS Patient/Citizen Communications & Engagement Solutions procurement framework
Alan Duric Despite the buzz around quantum computing, the technology today is still in its infancy; to put it into perspective, pioneering quantum computing providers such as IBM will only be able to hire out time on a quantum computer to enterprises in the next few years, and the concept of ubiquitous quantum Continue reading The risks of quantum computing: why governments need to protect their communications today
By Charles Damerell, Senior Director, UKI at SolarWinds Malicious threat actors are now targeting software vendors and IT vendors in a bid to hide zero-day vulnerabilities in legitimate software updates. Since today’s digital supply chains are becoming ever more complex and intertwined, these supply chain attacks now pose a significant threat. By tampering with back-end Continue reading Countering Cyberthreats: Becoming Secure by Design
Society Recognises Excellence in the Field of Information Management The Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) has announced the recipients of its 2021 IRMS Awards. The prestigious and highly sought-after annual industry awards recognise excellence in the field of information management. The awards were presented at a Gala Dinner, sponsored by Iron Mountain, during the Continue reading IRMS Announces 2021 Awards Winners and Fellowships
Digitising hospitals was the focus of NHS IT policy for twenty years. The job is still unfinished: so what are the options for trusts – and the integrated care systems that are planned to take over health tech strategy and funding next April? The Highland Marketing advisory board asked three leading chief information officers for Continue reading The EPR debate
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds For years, it has been broadly accepted that the profile of open-source software as ‘higher risk’ goes against the principles of public sector technology procurement. Being free, not reputedly as safe, and via smaller vendors than the big players, has blinkered this industry to finding solutions which could Continue reading Open-Source Database Revolution in the Public Sector
Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds 2021 has been another year of challenges for us all, and for the IT sector, the changes needed, time invested, and adjustments made to public sector systems and processes are set to shape the future for good. While private sector Continue reading Weathering the Storm: Why IT Professionals Are Unsung Public Sector Heroes
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