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UK completes £254m QinetiQ defence tech sale
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) sold its remaining 19 per cent stake in QinetiQ, previously the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, on Tuesday raising £254m for the... [10 Sep 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme to replace hundreds of IT systems with a single infrastructure is running more than a year late and is £182m over budget. The MoD is on course to... [04 Jul 2008]
MoD plans telepresence trial
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering a telepresence pilot, as part of its plans to tackle its travel budget.silicon.com Public Sector According to group captain Andy Towler, team leader for the... [03 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Chairman of the Information Assurance Advisory Council Sir Edmund Burton looked into the theft on 9 January 2008 of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) laptop containing the personal details of 600,000 armed... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking enforcement action against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for breaching the Data Protection Act. The Burton report... [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... [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... [10 Jun 2008]
MoD fights data losses with encryption
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to protect 20,000 laptops using encryption software. The MoD has already been using BeCrypt's Disk Protect Baseline system to protect... [08 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... [04 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. In addition to these figures, the Ministry of Defence... [01 Apr 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... [13 Mar 2008]
Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts
News Previous figures have shown the MoD has lost 347 laptops since 2004 and Defence Secretary Des Browne admitted that three MoD laptops containing around 600,000 details of servicemen and... [19 Feb 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News The MoD also lost the bank details of approximately 3,500 of those people. Recent reports of data losses include the loss of a laptop by the Ministry of Defence, disclosed in January, which contained... [18 Feb 2008]
Army targets enemy with high-tech laser guidance
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £30m contract with Thales UK to take charge of 700 handheld or tripod-mounted systems for close combat forces from 2009. A spokeswoman for the... [15 Feb 2008]
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