Bryan Glick

1 month ago | computerweekly.com | Bryan Glick

Government at loggerheads with industry. Warnings of serious security and data protection problems undermining a vital public service. A burgeoning political campaign seeking greater influence. You could write a reasonable drama – or a farce – with all these elements. But it’s unlikely you’d sell the script once it became clear the central conflict was around digital identity. But here we are.

1 month ago | computerweekly.com | Bryan Glick

The Government Digital Service (GDS) was warned by the Cabinet Office and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that its One Login digital identity system had “serious data protection failings” and “significant shortcomings” in information security that could increase the risk of data breaches and identity theft. Problems were subsequently confirmed by an internal investigation led by GDS’s chief information security officer (CISO).

2 months ago | computerweekly.com | Bryan Glick

Wednesday 2 April sees the latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on digital identity. It’s more exciting than it sounds – honest! APPGs have no power or governmental role – they are essentially well-meaning talking shops where parliamentarians can mix with the private sector and lobbyists to share information and learn about issues that may affect policy or legislation. The meeting about digital ID however, could get a bit heated.

Mar 6, 2025 | computerweekly.com | Bryan Glick

In September last year, Computer Weekly sat down with three of the most senior and influential digital leaders in the UK government to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead under a new Labour administration. The three – Rich Corbridge, chief digital information officer at DWP, Gina Gill, chief strategy officer at the Central Digital & Data Office (CDDO), and Craig Suckling, government chief data officer, were largely optimistic, but realistic about the difficulties too.

Feb 4, 2025 | computerweekly.com | Bryan Glick

Digital identity in the UK Once upon a time, the government had a digital identity tool called Gov.uk Verify that it hoped would become the “gold standard” for identity verification across the private and public sectors. Verify was pretty rubbish, and was finally scrapped in 2023 after spending about a quarter of a billion pounds.