Risk & governance
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Treasury tightens controls over Budget documents
The UK Treasury has reportedly introduced tighter restrictions on access to confidential Budget material, including enhanced document tracing and electronic monitoring of information sharing.
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UK advisers call for AI sovereignty strategy
Government science advisers have recommended a coordinated UK AI sovereignty plan that would address dependence on external AI technology while supporting resilience and domestic capabilities.
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NHS updates cyber audit guidance
NHS England has published updated guidance for assessing cybersecurity controls across governance, identity, system protection, and incident recovery under its CAF-aligned assurance framework.
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England publishes council cyber resilience guidance
New government-backed guidance aims to help English councils improve cyber governance, understand their critical assets, and prioritise resilience investment.
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Microsoft and NVIDIA set out open-weight AI model risk assessment framework
Microsoft and NVIDIA have published guidance on assessing open-weight AI models in enterprise use, separating model-level evaluation from security controls around deployed applications and agents.
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Stolen school photographer memory cards prompt questions over pupil data handling
A theft from a school photography contractor’s vehicle may have exposed pupil photographs, names and class details, although the contractor says the original files may have been overwritten.
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Europol assessment identifies gaps in EU digital forensics capacity
A European Commission and Europol assessment says fragmented tools, specialist shortages and emerging data sources are complicating digital evidence collection across EU law enforcement.
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Romanian public bodies bought banned Kaspersky products, procurement review finds
An investigation identified 131 purchases of prohibited Kaspersky products by 83 Romanian public institutions after a government blacklist, raising questions about procurement enforcement.
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Scottish NHS independent cyber audit funding ends, according to report
A report says Scottish ministers have stopped centrally funding annual independent cybersecurity audits of NHS health boards, while the government maintains that other oversight arrangements remain.
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Albert Heijn restores website and app after cyber incident, but online orders remain disrupted
Albert Heijn says customers can again access its website and Mijn AH app after a cybersecurity incident, while online grocery ordering has not yet returned to full service.