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RSS MoDNeed for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News The justice minister's comments were made in light of a number of reports on government data losses published on Wednesday, including a review of the HMRC loss of 25 million child-benefit claimant details by PricewaterhouseCoopers chair... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Burton report recommended 51 changes within the MoD and the Poynter report 45 changes within the HMRC, 39 of which he says the department is making progress on. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking... [25 Jun 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) expects to save £35m per year through an online travel service set up and managed by Capgemini. The service, which will support the travel needs of 300,000 Army, Royal Airforce, Royal Navy... [19 Jun 2008]
Taxpayer "lost" £90m on QinetiQ sell-off
News The sell-off of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) tech research firm, QinetiQ, saw the taxpayer missing out on almost £100m, a public spending watchdog has found. The taxpayer should have received another £90m... [10 Jun 2008]
Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT
News Since moving to its headquarters in Exeter the weather forecaster has embraced the green ethos, replacing energy guzzling mod-cons with natural alternatives. It seems fitting that after the Met Office helped open the... [09 May 2008]
MoD fights data losses with encryption
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to protect 20,000 laptops using encryption software. A spokesman for the MoD said: "There was a feeling there was a need for stringent security standards and the reason... [08 May 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo The Grand Challenge is a science and technology competition set up by the Ministry of Defence to address military challenges faced by the UK armed forces. The challenge is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that can... [06 May 2008]
Backseat driver keeps armed forces in line
News Ministry of Defence (MoD) road safety officer Major Shepherd said: "As part of our commitment to duty of care, we have an obligation for the safety of all MoD personnel - whether they are drivers or... [04 Apr 2008]
Photos: Eye in the sky to spot 'friendly fire'
Photo Photo credit: MoD Photo credit: MoD A spokesman for the MoD said: "It will build up a picture of what is going on in the air. Photo credit: MoD UK troops on the ground... [03 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News Ashenden's speech made reference to several recent high-profile security breaches, including the exposure of 25 million individual's records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in November last year, and the loss of an MoD... [03 Apr 2008]
More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001
News Secretary Des Browne also admitted that three MoD laptops containing around 600,000 details of servicemen and recruits have been stolen since 2005. Government departments have misplaced more than 1,000 laptops and almost... [01 Apr 2008]
Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art
Photo Photo credit: MoD Security software firm MessageLabs turned cyber threats into art using code from various malicious programmes. This creation pictured is from a phishing program. See our photo story for more weird and... [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo Photo credit: MoD Photo credit: MoD Photo credit: MoD Photo credit: MoD Photo credit: MoD Holographic quantum technology and acoustic sniper sensors may... [26 Mar 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that more than 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen in the past two years. In a statement, the MoD said: "We take the loss of military ID cards... [13 Mar 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News MoD losing hundreds of laptops. A Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted data was imposed in the wake of the MoD losses. Scores of "data guardians" have been employed to protect HM Revenue &... [29 Feb 2008]
