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An apprentice in the Cabinet Office discusses why it is important to learn cybersecurity and hacking.
Terence Eden
(He/Him)
London
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Cybersecurity, privacy, open standards, open data, web, IOT, Internet of Things, digital culture, security, digital rights
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Terence Eden’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridDemonstrating the benefits of AI in government with the Rubik's Cube
GOV.UK
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The world record for solving a scrambled Rubik's cube is 4.22 seconds. But what can this teach us about using AI in government?
Open Document Format in government: an update
GOV.UK
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The Open Standards team was asked 4 years ago by the Open Standards Board to help government publish documents in a more open, transparent and accessible way. We've since made progress in achieving these objectives but we still have more ...
How we represent data when developing APIs
GOV.UK
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At GDS, "make things open," is something you hear on a daily basis. In my new role as the GDS Open Standards Lead, I'm helping to make sure we do this, ensuring we choose the best open standards, and promote ...
The code behind the NHS Covid-19 App
NHS England and NHS Improvement Podcast
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NHS Transformation Directorate - transformation to improve health and care for everyone
Securing your CDN: Why and how should you use SRI | MDN Blog
mozilla.org
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Relying on external resources for your website is always fraught with risks. Learn how to protect your website and its visitors by using SRI to secure third-party content.
Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain?
GOV.UK
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CDDO's Securing Government Services team discuss the domain name system that allows people to easily find websites and other internet services. Here they question removing legacy services such as the .gb. domain
Solving an interesting problem with Sender Policy Framework records
GOV.UK
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The Securing Government Services team found and fixed a curious problem regarding email security
We want your feedback on using the DOI standard in government
GOV.UK
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The Data Standards Authority wants your feedback on proposals to adopt Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) as a government standard.
QR code security risks in the car park
Naked Security
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QR codes are a highly convenient way to link a physical object to a URL. Point your phone's camera at the 2D barcode and you're instantly taken to a website. But that's something which can have security consequences, as mobile guru Terence Eden explains.
Refreshing the Open Standards Principles
GOV.UK
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We have revised the Open Standards Principles to make it easier for departments to adopt open standards. The updated version of the principles uses clearer language and clarifies several important points.
Help us open up UK election data
GOV.UK
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The Local Government Association (LGA) contacted the Open Standards Team and asked for our help to increase accessibility of election results. Why we need a standard for election data The LGA wants to promote an open and standardised format for ...
It's time to use ISO 8601 across government
GOV.UK
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The Open Standards Board has issued date-times and time-stamps guidance mandating the use of the ISO 8601 standard on UK government IT systems. ISO 8601 displays dates and times in order of increasing accuracy. For example, the stamp 2017-01-25T12:34:56+00:00 ...