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RSS breach clickSecurity makes a quantum leap
News He predicts there could be "some sort of deployment" of the tech in the next five years but said this may need to be prompted by a major breach of traditional security technology or by a big commercial organisation... [10 Oct 2008]
Businesses ready for Facebook generation
News Apart from the risk of a breach of the Data Protection Act, my organisation takes a very hard line on disclosure of information in general in case it contains competitive information; it is used out of context; or... [15 Sep 2008]
Inbox: Data breaches, tech wages, ePassport woes
Comment Prisoner data breach firm paid Ł100m Unsurprisingly silicon.com readers had a few comments to make on the breach. The management consultancy firm at the centre of the latest government data... [28 Aug 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The report said laptops had been used in breach of MoD encryption policy and pointed out ongoing data protection breaches within the MoD. Click here for a detailed breakdown… Two government departments... [25 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News The company claims it notified its customers within days of it happening, flagged up the breach with banks immediately and closed the hole within hours of the attack. Data breach notification legislation... [11 Jun 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News It was not made clear whether the National Security Forum would have oversight of government departments, which have been involved in a rash of data breach reports in the past year. Michael Small, director of security... [20 Mar 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Companies in the UK are not typically required to disclose a data breach and are disinclined to do so if it impacts customer confidence. Hardly a week passes without another big data breach - typically... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News Shadow Home Secretary David Davis launched a further attack, citing the risk of a massive data breach on the system. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the... [10 Mar 2008]
Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay
News Lumension Security vice president, Alan Bentley, said: "The good news with this latest data breach is that the data was encrypted. Click on the links below to find out more. Security from A to Z A is for... [29 Feb 2008]
'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked
News Certified devices are easy to breach. Click on the links below to find out more. Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor Ross Anderson, managed to hack two widely used PIN terminals: the... [27 Feb 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
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. Click on the links... [18 Feb 2008]
Information Security forum to 'change behaviour'
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. Click on the links below to... [13 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
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... [31 Jan 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The data breach is the latest incident in an exhausting list of government security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers'... [23 Jan 2008]
Carphone Warehouse in data protection breach
News She added: "It is obviously a serious breach. The enforcement notice was served on the companies by the ICO a week ago, following the issuing of a preliminary enforcement notice in October last year notifying them of the... [16 Jan 2008]
