All posts tagged "security"

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  Access denied: how governments can boost public servants’ cybersecurity skills

  Growing geopolitical tensions and increasingly sophisticated organised crime groups have contributed to a rise in cyber threats and breaches. At a Global Government Forum webinar, experts from the UK, Italy,

  • Posted November 28, 2023
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  Canadian government bans WeChat and Kaspersky on officials’ devices; US agencies shown paths to resilience in cross-sector report: news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian government bans WeChat and Kaspersky on officials’ devices The federal government of Canada has

  • Posted November 9, 2023
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  Number of women and girls in conflict-affected countries doubles, UN report finds

  More than 600 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected countries in 2022, a 50% increase since 2017, according to the UN’s latest report on women, peace and security. One

  • Posted November 7, 2023
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  Sharing is daring: why joined-up use of data is so challenging for government – and how to get better at it

  By 2025, all critical data assets will be available for use across the UK government. That is the goal set by ministers, who recognise that while the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated

  • Posted April 18, 2023
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  The power of peril: how to get government legacy transformation underway

  Elected leaders’ eyes may glaze over when technologists talk about digital transformation – but the threat of cyber attacks catches their attention, national IT leaders explained at the Global Government

  • Posted April 11, 2023
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  Security at the centre: why biometrics is key to supporting digital ID programmes

  For many governments, the Holy Grail is to enable citizens to access a plethora of services using digital ID. For that to happen, they must first ensure that the person

  • Posted January 25, 2022
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  Afghan exit will fuel terrorism worldwide, says former UK cabinet secretary

  The withdrawal of NATO-led troops from Afghanistan was “an act of strategic self-harm” that will fuel terrorism, former UK national security adviser Mark Sedwill has warned. The move has strengthened

  • Posted September 7, 2021
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  Australian data watchdog calls for greater vigilance against cybercrime

  The Australian Information Commissioner has urged public servants and other professionals who handle personal information to improve their defences against ransomware attacks and impersonation fraud. Angelene Falk made the call

  • Posted September 2, 2021
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  Making artificial intelligence fit for a life inside government

  Move fast and break things; reward risk-taking; scale fast. These three credos have allowed technology companies to upend our everyday lives in the past two decades, while producing fortunes for

  • Posted July 16, 2021
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  UK creates science & tech office with $10bn funding pledge

  Boris Johnson’s government has announced a pivot towards science and technology as a means to deliver “solutions for the public good”, in a bid to capitalise on the UK’s success

  • Posted June 25, 2021
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