After years of government cyber trouble, UK turns to automated scanning to speed fixes

The British government said Thursday it has slashed the time required to fix some of the most serious cyber vulnerabilities across the public sector, pointing to a new automated monitoring service as evidence that Whitehall is finally getting a grip on long-troubled digital defenses.

Called the Vulnerability Monitoring Service, the system operates as a central scanning platform that continuously checks internet-facing systems used by public bodies, from central government departments to health and local authorities, for signs of known security weaknesses.

Officials from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said the service covers around 6,000 organizations and is leading to about 400 confirmed vulnerabilities being processed and resolved each month.

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