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UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News The Office of Cyber Security (OCS), dedicated to protecting Britain's IT infrastructure, will be created in line with a model proposed — and in part practised by — the US, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday.
[June 25, 2009, 10:00]
UK cybersecurity centre starting operations in March
News The Cabinet Office administers both CSOC and the Office of Cyber Security (OCS), the agency dedicated to protecting the UK's IT infrastructure. The Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), based at GCHQ in Cheltenham, will become fully operational...
[November 13, 2009, 16:01]
UK cybersecurity push to pull in SMEs
News Training is one of the things that the Office of Cyber Security will address. The government launched the Office of Cyber Security (OCS) on Thursday as part of the its National Security Strategy. The large organisations that make up the critical...
[June 26, 2009, 17:10]
Obama urged to appoint cybersecurity chief
News The National Office for Cyberspace's overarching responsibilities would include issuing security standards for cyber-infrastructure to other agencies, and monitoring their compliance. The recommended executive office, staffed by 10 to 20 employees...
[December 10, 2008, 8:35]
GCHQ takes on gov't IT security training
News As part of the government's Cyber Security Strategy, a Cyber Security Operations Centre is being set up in Cheltenham to co-ordinate UK systems infrastructure defence and attack capabilities. In the past, all government IT security training has...
[July 1, 2009, 12:09]
Civil liberties groups condemn Big Brother proposals
News Yaman Akdenis, director of UK Internet rights group Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties condemns the proposals as evidence of blatant disregard for personal liberty. The Home Office confirmed Monday morning that it is giving "serious consideration" to a...
[December 4, 2000, 8:40]
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
News The European Union Council of Ministers approved a plan in November 2008 to grant law-enforcement authorities in member states the power to perform remote searches of suspects' computers, as well as to perform 'cyber patrols' of the internet and...
[January 5, 2009, 15:16]
New powers put privacy laws to the test
News The troubles start once the data is accessed," said Dr Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties. The Home Office said that under RIPA, the retention of personal data is effectively determined by each government agency: "It depends...
[June 12, 2002, 16:58]
Do we all have a role in the UK’s Cybersecurity Strategy?
Blog It’s a starting point, albeit a good one, but it doesn’t offer much insight into how the eight work streams assigned to the new UK Office of Cyber Security are going to be achieved; and very little has been communicated on the budget requirements.
[August 7, 2009, 10:50]
Government to raise awareness of cybercrime
News The government has promised to advise Britain's Internet industry on how to defend itself against the growing threat of cyber crime at a computer security conference next week. The UK government takes cybercrime very seriously and recently gave...
[April 6, 2000, 9:21]
Cyber attack targets unpatched Excel flaw
News A new, yet-to-be-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft's Excel has been exploited in at least one targeted cyber attack, experts warned on Friday. In addition, the monthly set of patches Microsoft released on Tuesday included a fix for a Word...
[June 19, 2006, 9:40]
Government hacker warning is a sign of the times
News Bob Jones, managing director of internet security specialist Equiinet said NISCC had woken-up to the serious issue of cyber crime and businesses should do the same. Most people think that a real cyber-terrorism attack is still some way off because...
[June 16, 2005, 16:45]
Brown pumps funds into espionage tech
News I can confirm that, to meet future security needs, we have set aside funds to modernise our interception capability; that, at GCHQ and in the Secret Intelligence Service, we are developing new technical capabilities to root out terrorism; and that...
[March 19, 2008, 17:37]
NERC gets Aurora slap on the wrist
Blog US Representative James Langevin, chair of the House Subcommittee on cybersecurity, took the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to task over its efforts to mitigate a cyber vulnerability known as 'Aurora'.
[May 28, 2008, 16:49]
Government warned of hacking danger
News A spokeswoman at the Cabinet Office, however, disputes the suggestion that the government is neglecting cyber-crime. The letter, addressed to Cabinet Office Minister Ian McCartney, was copied to Tony Blair and Head of the Civil Service Richard Wilson.
[April 7, 2000, 16:31]
Bush beefs up cybercrime spending
News The Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division, which distributed information about the Blaster worm and SoBig virus, would receive $80m. The consequences of a cyber attack could cascade across the economy, imperilling...
[February 3, 2004, 9:10]
US Homeland Security spat comes to London
Blog Members of an cybersecurity oversight commission have been very publicly criticising the role of the DHS in managing the country's cyber defences including claims that there is basically no leadership around the issue.
[October 28, 2008, 15:21]
Home Office demands massive cybersecurity overhaul
News Unlike some banks in Scandinavia, British banks have failed to implement two-factor authentication technology, such as RSA's SecureID, for Internet banking, despite calls from former White House cyber-security advisors Howard Schmidt and Richard...
[December 13, 2004, 17:30]
RIP: Government claims no mass surveillance
News Yaman Akdeniz, head of Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties thinks many more could follow. We have gone to great lengths to be inclusive and consult industry about the bill," says a Home Office spokesman. That is not the case," reassures the Home Office...
[July 10, 2000, 16:04]
A Year Ago: Cybergang 'Gunmen' aim for media
News Attrition.org has a running list of defacements and is frequently contacted by cyber vandals wanting to show off their latest achievements. 'United Loan Gunmen' continue cyber attacks on media sites, while keeping identities secret
[September 19, 2000, 7:00]
