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Defence companies targeted in spear-phishing attack

...and government organisations, which was introduced as part of a new UK cybersecurity strategy in November, Maude said in speech on Thursday. "The benefits of... Read more

3 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

GCHQ to take hub role in UK cybersecurity

...of call for businesses dealing with cyberattacks, under the government's new cybersecurity strategy revealed on Friday. GCHQ will play a larger role in protecting... Read more

25 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

AntiSec hackers target FBI cybersecurity contractor

...what they claimed were 400MB of internal data from a US government cybersecurity contractor called ManTech. "Today is Friday and we will be following the... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Defence college strikes deal for cybersecurity training

...body Tiger Scheme to provide a qualification for military personnel attending its cybersecurity training courses. The Defence College of Communications and Information Systems (DCCIS) has... Read more

28 June, 2011 by Mark Say

Icann preps cybersecurity facilities for top-level domains

...Icann unveiled Wednesday the first of three new cybersecurity facilities that will provide secure digital signatures for country-code top-level... Read more

23 June, 2011 by Vivian Yeo

UK and Australia to discuss cybersecurity

...their Australian counterparts in Sydney on Tuesday to discuss security matters including cybersecurity. Foreign minister William Hague is to meet with his Australian counterpart to... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Darren Pauli

US cybersecurity bill proposes $100k tech firm fines

...to fine technology companies $100,000 a day unless they comply with cybersecurity directives imposed by the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Secretary Janet... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

US and Australia team up on cybersecurity standards

...and the US will be working together on a defensive stance towards cybersecurity. Following recent visits by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Smith... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Colin Ho

Europe to get stronger cybersecurity laws

...Europe is to strengthen its cybersecurity legislation in the context of increasingly powerful attacks, the European Commission said... Read more

30 September, 2010 by David Meyer

UK allocates £10m to new ID scheme

...scheme will get £10m over two years from the government's £650m cybersecurity budget, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told a conference in central London... Read more

31 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Cyber expert: UK must boost G-Cloud cyber-skills

...The UK civil service needs to develop general cybersecurity awareness and skills necessary to support the government's G-Cloud programme... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK cyber-readiness is 'patchy', says Chatham House

...are not getting enough intelligence from the government about the extent of cybersecurity dangers, Chatham House analyst David Livingstone told ZDNet UK on Thursday. "There... Read more

15 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Enisa: Industry must shore up app-store security

...malicious mobile apps, especially those hidden in online app stores, Europe's cybersecurity agency has urged. Enisa, Europe's cybersecurity agency, has said in a... Read more

13 September, 2011 by David Meyer

UK: There should be no 'safe havens' for cybercriminals

...appropriate legal frameworks in place," he told ZDNet UK. "Partnership is key." Cybersecurity alliance Brokenshire was speaking at the launch of International Cyber Security Protection... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government IT strategy lacks detail, report says

...needs quantitative targets to measure success, as well as more detail on cybersecurity. Photo credit: Trodel/Flickr According to the committee, the IT Strategy, which... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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