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• This rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses March 12, 2026
  We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector
• Vulnerability reports: Increase in quantity, decrease in quality? March 12, 2026
  Bug bounties have become a staple of the cyber security toolkit, offering researchers a way to get paid to find and report bugs and giving businesses a route to fix unknown flaws. However, this model is now facing scrutiny. What is driving these concerns?
• The UK government’s digital identity scheme: Dystopian nightmare or modernised public services? March 12, 2026
  Critics and supporters of digital ID are honing their arguments for the government’s consultation – but it’s the public that will decide. How should you choose?
• Iran war a melting pot for other cyber threats March 11, 2026
  State-backed cyber threat actors from non-combatant states are taking advantage of the Israeli-US war on Iran to fulfil their own goals, according to Proofpoint analysts
• Cyber industry welcomes women, but challenges persist March 11, 2026
  Three-quarters of women working in security say they feel comfortable in the field, but women are still much more likely to be laid off and face persistent challenges around career advancement, according to a report
• Salesforce tracks possible ShinyHunters campaign targeting its users March 11, 2026
  Salesforce warns users of an uptick in malicious activity targeting Experience Cloud customers with misconfigured user settings via an open source tool
• Confidence in AI-powered cyber must be earned, not assumed March 11, 2026
  In security, familiar testing and validation approaches are not enough when it comes to AI. The question is not just whether an AI-powered tool works but how it actually behaves when it is stressed, manipulated, or forced to operate outside already known conditions.
• Strong security balances consolidation and best-of-breed capabilities March 11, 2026
  The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms.
• Child rapist could have profiled victims through unaudited access to NHS databases March 11, 2026
  NHS analyst’s conviction for child sexual abuse offences raises concerns over unaudited access to patient data
• CISOs on alert: Strengthening cyber resilience amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East March 11, 2026
  As regional uncertainty rises, security leaders across the Gulf focus on resilience, faster incident response and deeper threat intelligence to protect critical systems and data
• Welsh government boosts funding for cyber education March 11, 2026
  The Welsh government’s Tech Valleys programme is providing three-quarters of a million pounds to help reach thousands of primary school children with security education and careers guidance
• Microsoft patches zero-days in .NET and SQL Server March 10, 2026
  Zero-days in .NET and SQL Server, and a handful of critical RCE bugs, form the nucleus of Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday update
• UK to launch cyber fraud squad in April March 9, 2026
  The UK’s Online Crime Centre, launching next month, will bring together government, police, intelligence agencies, banks, mobile networks and tech firms to take coordinated action against cyber fraud
• Trump looks to power up post-quantum, AI security March 9, 2026
  The US has unveiled a six-pillar national cyber security strategy, with developing technological areas such as post-quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence front and centre
• Scattered Spider attack on TfL affected 10 million people March 6, 2026
  The 2024 Scattered Spider attack on Transport for London affected approximately 10 million people, many of whom remain blissfully unaware their data was compromised
• Platformisation without illusion: Separating integration from theatre March 6, 2026
  The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms.
• Stephen Lawrence detective calls for better checks after child’s Instagram account ‘memorialised’ March 6, 2026
  Former detective Clive Driscoll, who secured convictions in the Stephen Lawrence case, calls for better checks after Instagram ‘memorialised’ the account of a child without the family’s knowledge
• Nordics ally with Baltics to accelerate digital wallet roll-out March 6, 2026
  Baltic and Nordic countries work together on a common certification system to support digital wallet applications
• Spyware suppliers exploit more zero-days than nation states March 5, 2026
  Exploitation of zero-days by commercial surveillance and spyware developers outpaced exploitation by nation-state actors last year, according to a report
• Iranian hacktivists muster their forces but state APTs lay low March 4, 2026
  Hacktivist activity surrounding the Iran war is sky-high but Iran’s state-backed cyber espionage actors have yet to show their hands, giving security teams a valuable window of time to shore up their defences