UK's DSIT Bolsters Cyber Defenses for Thousands of Organizations

The UK's Department of Science, Innovation and Technology is supercharging cyber defenses for thousands of organizations, monitoring over half a million domains and helping everything from parish councils to the NHS fix security flaws. By focusing on outcomes rather than tech jargon, they're empowering organizations to take action against…

https://osintsights.com/uks-dsit-bolsters-cyber-defenses-for-thousands-of-organizations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#UkGovernment #CyberDefenses #VulnerabilityMonitoring #Dsit #Nhs

RE: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs-in-on-the-nhss-decision-to-retreat-from-open-source/

AI, open code and vulnerability risk in the public sector - GOV.UK

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-open-code-and-vulnerability-risk-in-the-public-sector

Guidance for safely publishing source code in the open, and reducing the risk of AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery.

＂Technology leaders are asking whether AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery means that public sector departments should stop publishing source code ‘in the open’ by default.

User research suggests that the primary driver of exploitation risk is the presence of weaknesses in systems - including unpatched vulnerabilities, insecure implementation, and unsafe configuration or deployment - and the inability to remediate them quickly. Publishing source code does not create those weaknesses, but it can modestly reduce attacker uncertainty and speed up analysis (an effect that may increase with AI assistance), especially where maintenance is weak and fixes are slow. This guidance reinforces the minimum operational capability already assumed for safely operating publicly-accessible services. …＂

#AI #security #vulnerability #discovery #defence #cybersecurity #opensource #LLM #Anthropic #Claude #Mythos #NCST #DSIT #government

Mozilla zaslala vyjádření do veřejné konzultace britského Ministerstva pro vědu, inovace a technologie (DSIT), které v rámci debaty o ochraně mladých lidí online zvažuje mimo jiné zavedení věkového omezení i pro virtuální privátní sítě (VPN). Důvodem jsou uživatelé, kteří pomocí VPN obcházejí systémy ověřování věku zavedené britským zákonem Online Safety […]

This cybersecurity tweet from @SciTechgovuk / DSIT is getting *brigaded* by people pointing out how the UK Government is actively undermining cybersecurity

Examples; remember to check both quotes & replies:

https://twitter.com/SebJVidal/status/2036883790971166975?s=20

https://twitter.com/B_Disappointed/status/2036886030742093866

https://twitter.com/egosumdickie/status/2036920678486585503?s=20

https://twitter.com/EddyGraphic1/status/2036954742971084977?s=20

https://twitter.com/36F5VE/status/2036903727680921792?s=20

https://twitter.com/TheBlake83/status/2036914254712832017?s=20

https://twitter.com/jkelly206/status/2036916903772361016?s=20

UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/