breach in comment and analysis
Leader: Had a security breach? 'Fess up
Leader In all likelihood, MasterCard's recent data breach - in which fraudsters stole the credit card details of 2,000 MasterCard holders - did not affect the credit card giant's US customers. Because the company has given no indication of how the breach... [26 Apr 2006]
Analysis: Protecting yourself from an inside job
Comment In addition, nine per cent of large companies had experienced a breach of confidentiality through wrong information being emailed out or being copied on to a USB memory device. In an effort to safeguard corporate data, businesses must consider... [19 Apr 2006]
Leader: Why tech must go green
Leader Environmentalism will no longer be a lifestyle choice - companies could be liable to huge penalties if they breach the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. There are a number of reasons why the IT industry must adopt a more... [20 Mar 2006]
Leader: ID cards victory for silicon.com campaign
Leader They rejected out of hand government claims that detailed costs cannot be revealed because it would breach commercial confidentiality. Today represents something of a landmark day in silicon.com's ongoing ID Cards on Trial campaign following the... [17 Jan 2006]
Radioactive: Crazy Frog's legacy - it's boomtime for ringtones
Comment Given the importance of digital downloads, it is surprising that it was left to third parties such as Apple to step into the breach to prove the viability of the digital download model. It was a bumper year for the UK ringtone market. [16 Jan 2006]
Leader: Data protection watchdog needs more bite
Leader After a reporter from a national tabloid newspaper exposed poor data security in an Indian call centre by obtaining the bank and credit card details of 1,000 UK bank customers, the ICO boldly warned that the banks using the centre could face... [13 Jan 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Marrying IT security and insurance
Comment A lapse in IT security, then, threatens not just business continuity but can also put the business in breach of regulations and damage its brand name, perhaps irreversibly in the most extreme cases. Some vendors see the sense in providing complete... [14 Dec 2005]
Leader: The positive spin on being hacked
Leader As such any breach of this kind is simply not tolerable. Let's put aside the obvious fact that such an admission doubtless pre-empted news of the breach coming to light anyway and the charity being outed for the breach and a cover-up. [12 Dec 2005]
Leader: Careful with that customer data
Leader Several high-profile cases of data loss haven't helped - including one involving MasterCard and Visa earlier this year, in which both suffered a data breach that affected tens of thousands of customers. [07 Oct 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.09.05
Round-Up Now, this has all come to light during a legal dispute involving another Microsoft exec, Kai-Fu Lee, who also departed for the Googleplex in July, in breach, claims Microsoft, of a one-year limit it imposes on staff who might be thinking of... [09 Sep 2005]
Devil's Advocate: IP disputes wholly unsatisfactory
Comment The mere fact that more than one person reacts in the same way is not proof of plagiarism - but it would still be counted as breach of a patent. It's just one more reason why software patents kill innovation, says Martin Brampton. [19 Jul 2005]
Leader: Is file-sharing sacking too heavy-handed?
Leader His probationary status means it will be an uphill battle to appeal against the dismissal but he's already claiming it is a breach of the Human Rights Act. The sacking of an IT consultant after he appeared on BBC 2's Newsnight TV programme, to... [04 Jul 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.06.05
Round-Up And that isn't the only worrying data breach this week as readers of The Sun - and those who have seen the story plastered elsewhere - may well be aware. Perhaps the most notable factor is the timeliness of a major credit card breach at a third... [24 Jun 2005]
Criminal IT: There's no cure-all for information security
Comment This creates a 'perceived cost' for the hacker - or the disgruntled insider or criminal intruder - indicating just how difficult, dangerous and expensive a given breach of security might be. What they all require is continuous monitoring and... [22 Jun 2005]
Leader: Will we ever e-vote?
Leader This is one system where no-one can afford to have any kind of security breach or corruption, as it would immediately destroy the credibility and integrity of the democratic electoral process. Much has been made of the UK electorate's apathy, which... [05 May 2005]
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