Peter Flynn

The UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) has long been responsible for securing public‑sector digital systems — everything from GOV.UK to inter‑departmental data sharing. By 2025/26, it announced plans to integrate AI‑driven analytics into national cybersecurity monitoring and risk management. The ambition is to move from isolated departmental responses to a holistic national threat overview— where AI recognises emerging patterns, flagging […]

Many legal scholars, digital‑rights campaigners and even some MPs now argue yes — the UK government has crossed the line between legitimate governance and systemic intrusion into private life. The excuse used is often security or efficiency, but the effect is a government that increasingly trades people’s privacy for state convenience and corporate profit. In the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), data

Major cyber incidents that crippled Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) last year have jolted British boardrooms into recognising the true cost of digital threats. Yet, despite heightened awareness, many UK firms remain dangerously exposed, according to new research from Vodafone Business. Growing Concern Among Business Leaders The telecoms group surveyed 1,000 senior executives from organisations of all sizes

Overview The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) has announced new plans to collaborate more closely with its suppliers to enhance cybersecurity resilience across the healthcare and social care sectors. This initiative was set out in an open letter issued on 22 January, which aims to address the growing cybersecurity challenges facing the NHS and

The Numbers Game: When Statistics Tell Uncomfortable Truths The Morgan Stanley report revealing that Britain leads the pack in AI-driven job losses should surprise absolutely no one who’s been paying attention to how British businesses operate. An 8% net job loss – double the international average – isn’t a bug in the system, it’s a

The Home Secretary has announced she’s throwing £140 million at some shiny new tech toys, hoping they’ll magically fix what she’s calling Britain’s “broken” policing system – because apparently the solution to everything these days is more surveillance and fewer actual police on the beat. Shabana Mahmood reckons her AI gadgets will free up six

Low-level, politically driven cyber attackers targeting Britain’s networks are achieving little more than digital vandalism. A spate of cyber-attacks aimed at critical national infrastructure and local government systems across the UK has revealed a frustrating reality: these so-called hackers are hardly sophisticated cyber masterminds. They are low-level, technically inept troublemakers bent on disruption rather than infiltration. Their preferred method, the Denial of