government security breaches
Richard Thomas
AS Profile Richard Thomas has dominated headlines this year, from punishing government departments for a tide of data breaches, to fighting proposals for a super database of UK communications. Thomas' powers could... [07 Oct 2008]
Data breach at Virgin prompts encryption order
News The breach comes after a number of high-profile government data breaches, with more than 29 million records lost by public sector in the last 12 months. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming... [30 Sep 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News Or course, this only covers the data leaks that have been made public, which is why silicon.com is calling on the government to consider legislation that would require organisations which suffer information... [30 Sep 2008]
Data breach victims get the mushroom treatment
News IT services company Logica, which sponsored the research, said the true number of organisations suffering data breaches is probably far higher.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com... [25 Sep 2008]
Network Security Forensics
White Paper Increasingly, this arms race is taking place in a regulated environment, where government rules such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and the EU Data Protection Directive require organizations to control... [19 Sep 2008]
Scottish gov't enlists data privacy experts
News Public confidence has also been undermined by the series of data breaches which have rocked local and central government in the past year. The Scottish government has set up a group of... [11 Sep 2008]
Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News The firm was contracted to run the JTrack system, a database used by the Home Office and the police to keep track of offenders.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [10 Sep 2008]
CIOs ready for flexi-time law
News Issues over Health and Safety at home; the combination of business, personal and leisure use of computer equipment; Data Protection Act; scope and hours of operation for hardware and software support services; the blurring of personal vs... [03 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The NCC is petitioning the European Union to draft legal powers to compel businesses and banks to inform customers when they lose their personal data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [01 Sep 2008]
Inbox: Data breaches, tech wages, ePassport woes
Comment Perhaps care of data would improve if directors of companies involved in breaches and politicians had to divulge the same information about themselves whenever a loss of data was discovered in their company or... [28 Aug 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data protection legislation and improve the reporting of information security... [27 Aug 2008]
Home Office loses data on 84,000 prisoners
News David Smith, deputy commissioner for UK data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office, said in a statement: "It is deeply worrying that after a number of major data losses and the publication of two... [22 Aug 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The MoJ didn't notify more than 30,000 of the 45,016 affected by the data breaches, first when MoJ supplier records were compromised in June 2007 and then when the names, addresses, birth dates and alleged offences... [25 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News A recent survey found that unsupported open source software was one of the top causes of security breaches. As a result, government and commercial organisations should approach... [22 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data Sharing Review, which recommended that the ICO be given more money and authority to fine... [17 Jul 2008]
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