Hacker News with Generative AI: Public Sector

Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments (theguardian.com)
Schools, the NHS and local councils will be banned from making ransomware payments under government proposals to tackle hackers.

Cybersecurity, UK Government, Ransomware, Public Sector

7 points by beardyw 4 days ago | 3 comments

Fusion power is getting closer (economist.com)
Two developments in the coming year will mark a decisive shift from the public to the private sector in the decades-old quest to generate cheap and abundant power from nuclear fusion.

Fusion Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy, Private Sector, Public Sector

36 points by doener 55 days ago | 109 comments

Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know (theregister.com)
At the start of September, Transport for London was hit by a major cyber attack.

Cybersecurity, Public Sector, Data Breaches

9 points by rntn 75 days ago | 0 comments

Why do big digital projects in the public sector fail? (newstatesman.com)

Public Sector, Digital Projects, Project Management, Failure

8 points by user20180120 162 days ago | 13 comments

Switzerland Makes Open Source Software Mandatory for Public Sector (itsfoss.com)

Switzerland, Open Source, Public Sector, Government, Software

143 points by areski 177 days ago | 58 comments

Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector (europa.eu)

Switzerland, Software Development, Government, Public Sector, Legislation

20 points by alexzeitler 206 days ago | 0 comments

Oracle Fusion rollout costs 15 times council's estimates in SAP rip-'n-replace (theregister.com)

Oracle, SAP, Technology, Cost Overruns, Public Sector

23 points by LinuxBender 263 days ago | 11 comments