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Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News PA Consulting Group (PA) has become the first company to have a government contract terminated for losing public information after the August breach. We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to... [10 Sep 2008]
Inbox: Data breaches, tech wages, ePassport woes
Comment The management consultancy firm at the centre of the latest government data breach storm has been paid almost £100m over three years for its services by the Home Office and its agencies. Unsurprisingly... [28 Aug 2008]
Prisoner data breach firm paid £100m
News The management consultancy firm at the centre of the latest government data breach storm has been paid almost £100m over three years for its services by the Home Office and its agencies, with individual... [22 Aug 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment All security solutions have to evolve and try to keep ahead of those determined to breach them. But not, I fear, the management and political nous required to build a successful solution and transition... [21 Aug 2008]
ID cards rollout pushed back to 2012
News He warned that if the Home Office suffered a data breach similar to the spate of incidents in other government departments then it would kill off the system. The status of the review of ID cards and... [23 Jan 2008]
Gov't needs greater accountability to "ensure security", says Darling
News Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, said he hoped the chancellor "appreciates the damage to public confidence" caused by the HMRC breach, and that it was "difficult to see how the government could... [18 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... [17 Dec 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News In a statement to Parliament, Darling said the delay in notifying the public of the security breach was necessary to allow the banks time to flag up affected bank accounts and monitor them for any unusual activity. [20 Nov 2007]
'Stronger data breach laws needed in Asia'
News Governments in Asia need stronger data-breach laws to ensure businesses improve the security of their customer data, according to a senior CA executive. Strong data-breach laws would also ensure... [28 Sep 2007]
Veterans get free ID monitoring in wake of breach
News The California-based company, which specialises in identity risk management, will look for patterns of misuse. Until a routine security audit is approved, the agency will hand over the data, which was breached as a... [11 Aug 2006]
Loan company loses data on 1.3 million students
News Texas Guaranteed Student Loan said it plans to notify by mail each individual affected by the breach. The hardware was lost by an employee of Hummingbird, an enterprise software company hired to prepare a document... [02 Jun 2006]
Analysis: Does ID management invade workers' privacy?
Comment If the company is proven to have known about a breach of these regulations, it can be prosecuted. Organisations are turning to ID management systems to ensure that only authorised... [10 May 2006]
Symantec eyes up ID management space
News Symantec's back-up products offer limited encryption features but security breach laws passed by several US states are driving demand for more, Thompson said in response to a question from an audience member. [09 May 2006]
Microsoft warns ID cards pose massive security risk
News A top security and identity management expert at Microsoft said the current technology proposals are flawed and criticised other IT suppliers for failing to speak out publicly about their concerns for fear of damaging... [18 Oct 2005]
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