Mixed loyalties

10 March: The UK government’s plans to allow Huawei limited access to development of its 5G network squeaked past in the House of Commons. Thirty-eight Conservative MPs refused to follow the government’s instructions and voted for an amendment to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill that would have banned Huawei as a …

Report time

The National Cyber Security Centre has issued its second annual report of its Active Cyber Defence programme. You should be able to find it at: http://www.beta.ncsc.gov.uk The NCSC describes the report as an “honest analysis” of its work. Quite why they felt the need to stress the word “honest” is …