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Next stop HMRC: How TfL CIO will shake up the taxman
Comment From TfL to HMRC, CIO Phil Pavitt talks to silicon.com about the nerves surrounding his new role, cleaning up outsourcing deals, and why he wants to make IT boring I do not feel that my approach [to being a CIO] will... [26 Jun 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News The ICO was granted powers to perform spot checks in 2007 following a data breach by HMRC and the data watchdog is expected to be granted extra powers of investigation of public sector establishments when the Coroners... [26 May 2009]
Compliance with Data Handling Procedures in UK Government
White Paper The Report was drafted at the request of Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in response to HMRC's loss of 2 compact discs containing 25 million child benefit records in November 2007. As a result of this data loss and to... [17 Apr 2009]
'You don't really want to do that...'
News The government has come clean about how it will avoid future security breaches similar to the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's details. He added that the Department for Transport had encrypted 2,500... [01 Dec 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News December 2007: HMRC follows its massive data November breach with the news that a data cartridge with details on 6,500 pensioners got lost in transit that September. November 2007: In what amounts to one of the most... [30 Sep 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News Following the reports Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, said in a statement: "The reports that have been published today show deplorable failures at both HMRC and MoD. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)... [25 Jun 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News Organisations continue to lose sensitive personal data - despite high profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach, and the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief executives to... [22 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Recent reports of government data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, and... [01 Apr 2008]
Driver agency plugs data leaks
News Recent reports of data losses include the loss of three laptops by the Ministry of Defence containing personal details of 600,000 recruits, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, and... [28 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment After HMRC's data loss, the government instructed all departments to encrypt laptops and has issued new guidance developed by the Communications Electronics Security Group on the standards to be applied. [27 Mar 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past five months, including the MoD having three laptops stolen containing approximately 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details, the NHS losing... [13 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC OK, 37 people is more than one person - but just how are 37 people going to monitor hundreds if not thousands of people if the HMRC does not have the technology to... [06 Mar 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News HMRC has appointed 37 guardians to monitor data handling and transfer, financial secretary to the Treasury, Jane Kennedy, told parliament. The guardians' role protecting HMRC's data was previously... [29 Feb 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past four months, including the MoD having three laptops stolen containing approximately 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details, the NHS losing... [31 Jan 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News Taxpayer stung by £2.25m HMRC apology Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people... [30 Jan 2008]
