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Comment The massive breach that retailer TK Maxx suffered was a good example. A study by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by PGP Corporation and Symantec, examined the costs incurred by 21 UK businesses after experiencing a data breach.
[10 Mar 2008]
News Shadow Home Secretary David Davis launched a further attack, citing the risk of a massive data breach on the system. James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), told silicon.com the revised scheme is likely to cut £1bn off its...
[10 Mar 2008]
News A string of revelations about lost government data followed the HMRC data breach, including the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the
[29 Feb 2008]
News Lumension Security vice president, Alan Bentley, said: "The good news with this latest data breach is that the data was encrypted. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus
[29 Feb 2008]
Comment ¦ The Naked CIO: Identity crisis ¦ Revealed: The full cost of a corporate data breach ¦ Open source gains business credibility ¦ Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing? What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their...
[28 Feb 2008]
News Certified devices are easy to breach. Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor Ross Anderson, managed to hack two widely used PIN terminals: the Ingenico i3300 and the Dione Xtreme. Security from A to Z
[27 Feb 2008]
Comment I fear that few chief executives realise the capacity of a data breach to hole their business below the waterline. My fear is that it took a big data breach to bring this issue to the public consciousness.
[27 Feb 2008]
News Data breaches cost businesses nearly £50 for each customer record lost, with one UK company revealing the cost of a recent data breach hit £3.8m. Research sponsored by PGP and Symantec examined the costs incurred by 21 UK businesses after they...
[25 Feb 2008]
whitepaper To ascertain the impact of a security breach on their application, the company engaged AppLabs to carry out Web Application Penetration Testing (WAPT) on their servers exposed to the Internet. The company is India's leading retail chain with a...
[24 Feb 2008]
News The government has failed to address important concerns about security on the internet - including ignoring calls for a data breach notification law - leading a House of Lords committee to look at the issue again.
[22 Feb 2008]
News Skipton Financial Services (SFS) has been found to have been in breach of the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) - but has escaped without any punishment. We are calling for greater public debate and for the...
[21 Feb 2008]
whitepaper Download the latest February 2008 issue of Oracle ONE.This white paper looks into how Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition ONE can help you protect sensitive business data effectively and reduce changes of a security breach or a loss of data.
[20 Feb 2008]
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said that the rash of data-breach reports in the past five months is due not to more data breaches - but to more people admitting to them. Security from A to Z
[18 Feb 2008]
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals...
[14 Feb 2008]
News HMRC's law enforcement arm investigates and detects crimes involving tax fraud, smuggling and related issues, providing the intelligence needed for the prosecution of individuals in breach of UK law with regards to tax and duties.
[13 Feb 2008]
News These included the HMRC breach, where 25 million personal details were lost, and the TJX breach, where up to 96 million credit-card details were compromised. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[13 Feb 2008]
News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals...
[31 Jan 2008]
News For the most part, the ICO cannot impose a penalty for a breach that has occurred. While individuals can be prosecuted for unlawfully obtaining personal data, current sanctions are designed to make an organisation that has suffered a breach liable...
[31 Jan 2008]
Comment A letter to Facebook HQ from Hasbro and Mattel's lawyers has called for the removal of the application on the basis of an alleged breach of copyright. Facebook's Scrabulous application has sparked a row between the social networking site and the...
[29 Jan 2008]
News He warned that if the Home Office suffered a data breach similar to the spate of incidents in other government departments then it would kill off the system. The widespread introduction of ID cards has slipped back by two years, leaked Home Office...
[23 Jan 2008]
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