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The UK's Biggest Companies Are Not Considering Cyber Risks in Their Decision
Nov 27, 2013The UK's biggest companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision making, according to a new survey from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The survey, dubbed the cyber governance health check, was sent by the ...
Tags: UK, FTSE, cyber risks, Government
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The Department for Business Innovation and Skills Outlines Its Plans
Nov 4, 2013Better data sharing, an improved national data infrastructure and recognising and developing data science as a professional discipline are the main commitments the government is making in "seizing the data opportunity", according to a ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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E-Skills and The Cyber Security Challenge Have Joined Forces to Launch Separate Programmes
Sep 16, 2013Skills body e-skills UK and the Cyber Security Challenge have joined forces to launch separate programmes that complement each other, in a bid to make the cyber security profession more appealing to secondary school students. The Cyber ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Government Could Save up to £70bn by 2020
Sep 4, 2013The government could save up to £70bn by 2020 if it shifted away from paper and digitised its activities, learned to work in new ways but with fewer staff, sought out for the best procurement deals, and made use of data and analytics, ...
Tags: Computer Products
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Security Should Play a Bigger Role in The Government's Digital by Default Reform Agenda
Sep 3, 2013Two-thirds of public sector officials feel that security should play a bigger role in the government's Digital by Default reform agenda, according to research by McAfee. The research, conducted in association with specialist political ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Degree-Level Apprenticeships as Part of an Employer-Backed "Cyber Academy"
Sep 3, 2013Degree-level apprenticeships in cyber security have been launched in the UK as part of an employer-backed "Cyber Academy". The Cyber Academy, which was launched by the National Skills Academy for IT and e-skills UK, will see employers ...
Tags: Computer Products
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Government Is Working to Create Different Entry Routes to The Cyber Security Profession
Sep 2, 2013Minister of state for universities and science David Willetts has exclusively told Computing that the government is working to create different entry routes to the cyber security profession. In December last year, the government released ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The UK Is Set to Provide £160m Technology Boost
Jul 25, 2013The UK is set to provide £160m technology boost for agricultural industries as part of the newly launched Agricultural Technologies Strategy. The initiative aims to make UK a world leader in agricultural science and technology. The ...
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The UK's Capacity in Power Electronics Has Received an £18m Boost
Jul 8, 2013The UK's capacity in power electronics has received an £18m boost from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with the opening of the first EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics. As ...
Tags: Power electronics, Electrical, Electronics
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Cambridge Has Opened a New ?1m Facility for Growing Gallium Nitride
Apr 7, 2013The UK’s University of Cambridge has opened a new £1m facility for growing gallium nitride that aims to enable researchers to expand and accelerate their work, which promises to further reduce the cost and improve the efficiency ...
Tags: LED lights, LED, lights
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Gallium Nitride Has Been Described as "The Most Important Semiconductor Since Silicon"
Apr 5, 2013Gallium nitride has been described as “the most important semiconductor since silicon” and is used in energy-saving LED lighting. A new £1million (or US$1,530,700) growth facility will allow University of Cambridge ...
Tags: GaN LEDs, Electrical, lighting
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GCHQ Has Launched a Institute to Investigate New Ways of Automatically Analysing Software
Mar 22, 2013The government's spy agency, GCHQ, has launched an Academic Research Institute to investigate new ways of automatically analysing software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats. It is the second institute focused on cyber security ...
Tags: GCHQ, economy, Cyber Research
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The Cabinet Office Contributes to New Organisational Cyber Security Standards
Mar 1, 2013The Cabinet Office will on Friday call for industry to contribute to new Organisational Cyber Security Standards. Industry will have a window of six weeks to express an interest in contributing and four months thereafter to submit their ...
Tags: Cabinet Office, Organisational Cyber Security Standards, cyber security
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PM David Cameron Led The Largest Ever Trade Delegation to India During February
Feb 21, 2013Prime Minister David Cameron led the largest ever trade delegation to India during February as part of the UK Government's determined effort to promote British business abroad and to help Britain succeed in the global race. Over 100 ...
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Raytheon Has Officially Opened a New Manufacturing Facility for SIC
Feb 4, 2013Raytheon of Waltham, MA, USA has officially opened a new manufacturing facility for silicon carbide (SiC) foundry at Raytheon Glenrothes in Scotland (part of subsidiary Raytheon UK, a contractor to the UK Ministry of Defence). Developed ...
Tags: Raytheon, manufacturing facility, SiC