Home Office picks supplier for £300m biometrics project

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ISSUE DATE: 7 October 2019 TOP STORIES Home Office picks supplier for £300m biometrics project The department has chosen US company Leidos to provide critical elements of the national system under a £300m contract with a 10-year timespan. READ MORE → UK and US call on Facebook to walk back encryption plans The US, Australian and UK governments have asked Facebook to ditch plans to deploy end-to-end encryption across Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. READ MORE → How data drives wins at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport We find out how Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport uses data to drive its business and Formula One race strategy. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH HP Inc announces restructuring as it tries to get European supplies moving PC and print manufacturer faces an uphill battle in its printer supplies business, particularly in Europe.  READ MORE → Government planning for ‘undeliverable’ ESN The government has agreed to all of the Public Accounts Committee’s findings in its investigation into the Emergency Services Network, but there is still a chance the programme could collapse. READ MORE → Microsoft delivers Surface with benefits for enterprise IT It may not be headline-grabbing news, but the Surface Pro has screws – it can be taken apart and components such as disk drives can be swapped out. READ MORE → IT contractor charged over cyber attack on property valuation firm Australian police charge 49-year-old man with stealing and posting more than 170,000 data records belonging to ASX-listed Landmark White on the dark web. READ MORE →

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