breach in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up The report can be summarised with a nice little bit of understatement that describes the worst breach of personal data in UK history as "entirely avoidable". Brilliant technologist, ruthless businessman, chino-trousered philanthropist, founder of... [27 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Breach of copyright is a whole different box of frogs, since no one will ever die or be physically injured as a result of it. The latest in the debate over music downloaders and sharers also got a lots of comments, while women in IT - or lack of... [17 Apr 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
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]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
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]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
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]
Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook row spells trouble
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]
Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…
Comment Data breach hits thousands of motorists What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [20 Dec 2007]
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment 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... [17 Dec 2007]
Just why is Domino's alone in delivering online?
Comment Something for an enterprising aggregator to step into the breach and do it for them, for a little slice off the top? Last week, fast-food chain Domino's Pizza made £1m from online sales in one week alone. [10 Dec 2007]
HMRC's missing discs: Just a warning shot
Comment 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... [27 Nov 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader If there's one lesson to come out of the catastrophic (government's own words) data breach at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) this week, it's surely now is the time for a data breach disclosure law.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign has been... [22 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Data breach row, hotel iMac, wi-fi piggybacking: yay or nay?
Comment UK's worst security breach What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [22 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment So we need to raise the cost to a company for a data breach by using public shaming as a cost, so that if a company loses its customers' data, it has to announce it and we laugh at [these companies] in the media. [23 Oct 2007]
Leader: Why security threats don't have to be taxing
Leader It's not everyday you applaud the taxman - but HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) deserves praise for its response to a recent potential data breach which followed the theft of a laptop containing sensitive information. [09 Oct 2007]
Leader: How to put out the fires of ID fraud
Leader 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... [08 Oct 2007]
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