protection data security standard in comment and analysis
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Information is another big part of Beaton's role at the Met and she has responsibility for managing the Met's work with the Information Commissioner, the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act... [02 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment With Sarbanes-Oxley, data protection and new US PCI standards, businesses have an obligation to comply with standards for securing this information. I have security checkpoints within... [25 Feb 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The way to mobile security
Comment Most companies accept this and enforce certain levels of security requirement on the user, such as two-factor authentication, firewalls, antivirus protection and so on. If it's my laptop, I at least have... [15 Jul 2005]
Leader: Decline of Passport a privacy win
Leader Almost from its inception, Passport saw considerable opposition, as privacy advocates objected to the central repository of sensitive information, trade regulators complained about violating data... [04 Jan 2005]
Contracting an answer to outsourcing woes
Comment You get regular reporting of response times, resilience, security, data protection and so on; you get a service level agreement (SLA); you get experience. There's a real skill in... [11 Oct 2004]
Leader: Corporate file-sharing time bomb is ticking
Leader The spate of high-profile web and email misuse cases involving staff surfing for porn or sending dodgy emails at work led to the widespread and now standard practice of issuing employee email and internet use policies... [16 Mar 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.11.03
Round-Up Several years ago there were a number of high profile security blunders involving websites and their handling and protection of customer data. But the Round-Up assumed those days were... [21 Nov 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Private networks are just so passé
Comment Quite apart from maintaining the security of critical systems, the individual computers used as access devices need protection. Security is a function that needs to be tied primarily to... [31 Oct 2001]
Private bits - the battle to safeguard data through encryption
Comment SSL can be used as a basic protection against unwelcome snoopers," said Douglas Hurd, European business development manager at Network Associates. PK-based technologies are eagerly used by financial institutions who need... [12 Jan 2001]
Why and how you should Back the Act
Comment Many responses were strong - one respondent called for wide-ranging fines that could consequently fund the Data Protection Commissioner's efforts to make UK ecommerce secure. To answer the first call,... [16 Aug 2000]
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