{"id":9941,"date":"2023-05-10T08:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T06:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/outdated-it-systems-threaten-uk-food-security-and-air-quality-say-mps\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T06:37:18","slug":"outdated-it-systems-threaten-uk-food-security-and-air-quality-say-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/outdated-it-systems-threaten-uk-food-security-and-air-quality-say-mps\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdated IT systems threaten UK food security and air quality, say MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some systems at Defra are so old they have no protection from cyber-attacks, says public accounts committee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/viewer.gutools.co.uk\/politics\/live\/2023\/may\/09\/boris-johnson-sue-gray-conservatives-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-local-elections-uk-politics-latest\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Food security and air quality in the UK are being put at risk by outdated IT systems at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a parliamentary committee has found.<\/p>\n<p>MPs have said the situation \u201ccannot continue\u201d as officials are having to use paper forms rather than digital systems to track fast-moving animal disease and keep food, air and water safe.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/may\/09\/outdated-it-systems-uk-food-security-air-quality-defra-public-accounts-committee\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c83c2277708ac44880857a63917d60b7936c4b79\/0_31_9504_5702\/master\/9504.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1e7c671a53ec6ed996ac0414e146d28d\" title=\"Outdated IT systems threaten UK food security and air quality, say MPs\" \/>Some systems at Defra are so old they have no protection from cyber-attacks, says public accounts committee<br \/>\nUK politics live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nFood security and air quality in the UK are being put at risk by outdated IT systems at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a parliamentary committee has found.<br \/>\nMPs have said the situation \u201ccannot continue\u201d as officials are having to use paper forms rather than digital systems to track fast-moving animal disease and keep food, air and water safe. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some systems at Defra are so old they have no protection from cyber-attacks, says public accounts committee UK politics live \u2013 latest updates Food security and air quality in the UK are being put at risk by outdated IT systems at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a parliamentary committee has found. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/outdated-it-systems-threaten-uk-food-security-and-air-quality-say-mps\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Outdated IT systems threaten UK food security and air quality, say MPs<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9941"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}