2025-01-29
Latest NAO report on HMG cyber security is concerning. 30% central govt cyber security roles gapped, up to 50% shortages in some depts. Low pay, CS recruitment process and wider market seen as reason why. Report well worth reading. https://www.nao.org.uk/... [image]
Bloomberg
The UK National Audit Office says the government was operating at least 228 “legacy” computer systems as of March 2024, increasing the risk of a disruptive hack
Depends what you mean by ‘legacy’, though - Windows 2000 was, well, 25 years ago. [embedded post] Mark O'Neill / @radiobeartime.com : The words “at least” are doing a hell of a lo...
2020-01-01
This is a superb article about the difficulty many intelligence agencies face in deploying Intelligence Officers under cover abroad, and how ‘home team’ officialdom can also make life hard too. Well worth a read, and perhaps to contemplate how far your own digital footprint goes. https://twitter.com/...
Yahoo News
Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more
likely based on differences in pay between diplomats, speedy promotions...” https://twitter.com/... Artyom Lukin / @artyomlukin : Fascinating longread on espionage tradecraft. Ment...
2019-12-31
This is a superb article about the difficulty many intelligence agencies face in deploying Intelligence Officers under cover abroad, and how ‘home team’ officialdom can also make life hard too. Well worth a read, and perhaps to contemplate how far your own digital footprint goes. https://twitter.com/...
Yahoo News
Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more
When hackers began slipping into computer systems at the Office of Personnel Management in the spring of 2014 … Tweets: @edwardlucas , @sanhotree , @zachsdorfman , @inteloperator ,...