Government encouraged to rebuild public trust and implement recommended changes.
UK Government is under pressure to explain why it has not implemented all the recommendations from a 2023 Cabinet Office review into serious public sector data breaches.
This includes the exposure of Afghans who worked with British forces, child sexual abuse victims, and thousands of disability claimants, The Guardian reports.
The review, prompted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland leak affecting 10,000 officers, identified recurring failures such as poor controls over data exports, accidental disclosures via email, and hidden data in spreadsheets.
Ministers released the report nearly two years after its completion and only after a new Afghan breach was revealed last month, drawing criticism from MPs and regulators.
Chi Onwurah, chair of the science, innovation and technology committee, said the government must rebuild public trust, while Information Commissioner John Edwards urged Whitehall to go "further and faster" in implementing all 14 recommendations. Officials claim 12 measures have been completed, with additional reforms underway.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
