data 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". His elevation to the A-list is serendipitous and thanks, in part, to the spectacular... [27 Jun 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Hardly a week passes without another big data breach - typically from laptops left in pubs and disks that go missing in the post. Companies in the UK are not typically required to disclose a data breach and are disinclined to do so if it impacts... [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]
Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…
Comment Data breach hits thousands of motorists The fact that we are suddenly seeing more and more incidents of data loss highlights a fundamental problem within both businesses and government institutions - they are not taking the issue of data security... [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]
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 Then there are the potenial threats to the security of the data on your own machine. 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 Do you think the UK needs legislation similar to that seen in US, such as in California, on data breach notifications? 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... [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]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment From F-Secure in Finland Tech companies back data breach law Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Something catching… [04 Oct 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment But although sharing data makes sense for most public sector organisations, it means securing data is akin to holding water in a sieve - when multiple agencies have access to it, the chances of a data breach increase significantly. [13 Sep 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Don't let sleeping data dogs lie
Comment At the moment, if a UK business has a security breach, there is inevitably enormous pressure to make sure no one finds out about it.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data... [04 Sep 2007]
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