Cybersecurity executive order

Joe Biden signed an executive order that establishes the cybersecurity standards for all software sold to the federal government . The order also calls on all software utilised by the government to meet those standards within nine months .

Signal has criticised the cybersecurity firm Cellebrite over the security of its software , saying that it could be “ easily hacked .” The encrypted messaging service said that it had discovered flaws in the technology , despite Cellebrite claiming that it had “ cracked ” Signal ’ s secure messaging last year .

Britain ’ s digital shift

According to the UKCloud ’ s State of Digital and Data survey , most organisations are evaluating or experimenting with the use of new technologies such as IoT or AI to drive more value from their data . More than a third ( 35 %) are already using such technologies consistently across their organisation , while almost half of those surveyed ( 47 %) use them in specific systems .

16 June 2021