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CATEGORY: Cyber Attack, UK Cyber Security Council

NEW GOV.UK CYBER ACTION PLAN

13.01.2026 New Government Cyber Action Plan. Tackling Threat to Make Public Services More Secure and Resilient £210 million has been invested to strengthen cyber resilience across government to tackle threats and strengthen public services. People want and need to feel more confident when, for example, applying for benefits, paying taxes or accessing healthcare. The plan […]

CATEGORY: Cyber Attack, Innovation, Safeguarding, Security

CATCHING THE SCAMMERS

03.06.2025 Scam Interceptors. If you haven’t watched it already, put it on your watch list. Scam Interceptors is a documentary series on BBC One, the outline of which is described as: “Working with ethical hackers to hunt down the scammers plaguing our lives, using cutting-edge tech to catch out crooks.” We thought IAP members, especially […]

CATEGORY: Cyber Attack, In The Press, Security, Software Development

DESIGNING RESILIENT SOFTWARE

12.05.2025 Cyber Attack Awareness. M&S, the Co-op and Harrods have all been recent victims of cyber attack. Software Developers Beware In the spirit of ‘improving software for society’, the IAP urge software developers to raise their awareness around cyber security in order to create and design more resilient software to combat cyber attack. Avoid using […]