Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Military forces are under increasing pressure to field autonomous capabilities faster than ever before. Across the U.S., UK, and NATO, new investment, evolving defense strategies, and accelerated acquisition pathways are transforming how capability is delivered, rewarding programs that can move from concept to operational deployment at commercial speed

Whoever gets it will steer UK department's IT, AI strategy, and megabucks vendor deals The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering between £270,000 to £300,000 for a senior digital leader who will oversee more than £4.6 billion in spending and more than 3,000 specialist staff.…

The United Kingdom has announced a new cybersecurity strategy, backed by more than £210 million ($283 million), to boost cyber defenses across government departments and the wider public sector. [...]

Guess how much of our direct transatlantic data capacity runs through two cables in Bude? Feature The first transatlantic cable, laid in 1858, delivered a little over 700 messages before promptly dying a few weeks later. 167 years on, the undersea cables connecting the UK to the outside world process £220 billion in daily financial transactions. Now, the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has told the government that it has to do a better job of protecting them.…

Sam Collins and Marius Muench of the University of Birmingham, UK, join the Black Hat USA 2025 News Desk to explain how anti-cheat systems in video games provide valuable lessons on defending against threat actors' techniques and strategies.

Are UK taxpayers getting real value from SPA24 — or just high cost convenience? Register debate series The UK government's five-year Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA24) with Microsoft is set to see public sector bodies spend around £1.9 billion each year—nearly £9 billion in total over half a decade. It's a vast sum for software and services, and one that deserves close scrutiny.…

Orange Cyberdefense's Dominic Trott on Investor Hesitancy, Geopolitical ObstaclesThe United Kingdom has a strong track record of supporting startups and building successful organizations, but U.K. cybersecurity startups still face hurdles, said Dominic Trott, director of strategy and alliances for the U.K. region at Orange Cyberdefense.

Regulators around the globe pay attention as results of 21-month cloud probe published Britain's competition regulator says Microsoft and AWS are using their dominance to harm UK cloud customers and proposes to designate both with strategic market status (SMS) to take action against them.…

Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking 'ops' people Cybersecurity experts have started a formal review into the UK cybersecurity market, at the government's request, to identify future growth opportunities as it looks to grow the industry that's core to the country's Industrial Strategy.…

The UK government’s new fraud minister will today announce plans for a newly expanded fraud strategy

The organization becomes the AI Security Institute as the UK shifts its focus to tackling AI risks to national security

Orange Cyberdefense found that over half of UK financial firms suffered at least one third-party attack in 2024, linked to significant gaps in risk management strategies

Stephen Doughty Says Cybersecurity Vital to National And Economic SecurityThe British government will continue disruptive actions against ransomware and malware operators, a top U.K. government official vowed Wednesday. Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, said the recently elected U.K. government views security as a core pillar of economic and strategic growth.

Former Royal Mail and Manchester University CISOs Talk Ransomware ResponseTimely notification of ransomware incidents to British law enforcement agencies played a crucial role in understanding the threats and in developing mitigation strategies, the former security heads of Royal Mail and the University of Manchester said.

An influential parliamentary committee claims government short-termism is exposing the country to ransomware catastrophe

Committee Chairs Accuses UK of Favoring an 'Ostrich Strategy' For RansomwareThe Conservative government of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it won't champion a reinsurance plan for cyber insurance similar to flood insurance, telling a parliamentary committee it doesn't want to "damage competition." Global ransomware payments surged to record levels during 2023.

More collaboration, both with the private sector and international allies, is at the top of the list in the UK’s cyber playbook

A DCMS official sets out the UK government's cybersecurity strategy during Black Hat Europe 2022

Information commissioner wants to avoid "money-go-round" of government fines

More testing and more collaboration on the way