e-government data breaches
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News The incident is the latest in a long line of government data breaches, including the loss of 25 million details of child-benefit claimants by HMRC last year. Secretary for local government Hazel Blears has had a computer stolen from her... [18 Jun 2008]
Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News The British Computing Society has criticised the government, claiming its high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust. The criticism follows a number of high-profile UK government data breaches recently, including the HMRC loss, numerous... [30 Apr 2008]
Security breaches down - but at what price?
News A government-sponsored security survey reports that while the number of security breaches has dropped considerably in the past two years, the drop has come at a price. The latest Information Security Breaches Survey, published yesterday to coincide... [23 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News There has been a spate of high-profile security breaches dating back to mid-2007, which has led the government watchdogs to demand action be taken against organisations and individuals who fail to safeguard data and information. [03 Apr 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Storage is so cheap that it is almost disposable yet the cost of data breaches is rising significantly. These breaches will inevitably lead to the data being abused and thus costing the company far more than if genuinely lost. [10 Mar 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News An e-petition calling for the return of a dedicated unit was set up in the wake of the spate of government data breaches, which began with the loss of 25 million child benefit records by HM Revenue & Customs. [14 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has called for amendments to UK data-protection laws, including making "reckless" data breaches an offence. The document said: "The Commissioner is proposing the introduction of a new penalty, limited to... [31 Jan 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News Latest data breaches taking their toll? Government plans to introduce ID cards have taken another battering recently, with suggestions of delays to their introduction and suppliers pulling out of the procurement process. [29 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' details and the HMRC losing 25... [23 Jan 2008]
'Big Brother IT' fuels workplace stress
News Privacy advocates say the surge in cyber snooping by bosses will land an increasing number of employers in court defending breaches of the Human Rights Act. He said: "The Data Protection Act offers woeful protection for employees and I would call... [08 Jan 2008]
Local gov't tech spend to hit £3bn
News Despite the survey being carried out before the recent spate of public sector security breaches, respondents identified more than 180 security concerns - from careless use of passwords to data centre failures - and security costs have risen... [03 Jan 2008]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News Public confidence in the government's ability to safeguard data would have been shaken further by other recent government data breaches, said Beer. The majority of UK citizens do not trust the government with their data following the HM Revenue... [14 Dec 2007]
Business warning over data security
News Public confidence in data security has been sorely tested by a series of high profile data breach incidents in both the public and private sector over the past few years, including the loss of 25 million child benefit records by HMRC last month... [11 Dec 2007]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News As part of the campaign silicon.com launched an online petition on the Downing Street website calling for the Prime Minister to improve the reporting of information security breaches in the public and private sectors. [10 Dec 2007]
Best Practices for Securing Your Backup Data
White Paper Now, with security breaches commonplace in the daily news, the need for encryption has become so necessary that various agencies have seen a need to step in and impose regulations. Formerly reserved for high level government agencies, the 1970s saw... [24 Oct 2007]
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