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MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News The revelation prompted condemnation from opposition parties who said that it made a mockery of security procedures at military facilities and showed a scandalous disregard for the security of British citizens. [13 Mar 2008]
Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?
News Companies also should use "appropriate" security procedures and practices and should respond "appropriately" to consumer complaints, as well as educate consumers on the benefits of interactive advertising. [25 Feb 2008]
IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size
News Chips made on these procedures could also be quite small. Photo stories Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here… Photos: Google Android comes out to play Photos: The high-tech future of retail [21 Feb 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News There is also an ongoing review of data-handling procedures in Whitehall, which the spokesperson said is exposing more data-loss incidents. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [18 Feb 2008]
India to train thousands more cyber cops
News Mittal told silicon.com that outsourcing companies were able to implement higher standards of data security because they could easily set up rigorous new procedures, could invest more in policies using revenues from multiple contracts, had... [06 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million child... [04 Feb 2008]
Beware of web 2.0
News Illsley added: "The issue is the quality of comments and whether changes have been made [to wikis] because control procedures haven't been put in place. Accenture has advised businesses to accept web 2.0 working practices but to be aware of... [30 Jan 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, added in a statement: "It is essential that before a company allows personal information to leave its premises on a laptop there are adequate security procedures in place to protect personal... [25 Jan 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it will scrutinise the department's security procedures and has asked for a copy of Bloomfield's investigation before deciding what action to take. [23 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue and Customs' loss of 25 million... [22 Jan 2008]
MoD admits to more laptop thefts
News Browne admitted none of the data on the three stolen laptops had been encrypted and said the individual who suffered the laptop theft in January had failed to follow MoD data security procedures. The Ministry of Defence has had two further laptops... [22 Jan 2008]
Thousands more UK patients' details lost
News Oldham PCT is also reviewing its data security procedures following its loss, which included names, addresses and dates of birth, and is contacting patients affected. Stockport Primary Care Trust (PCT) admitted it had not informed the thousands... [18 Jan 2008]
Gov't needs greater accountability to "ensure security", says Darling
News The interim Poynter review was set up to look at what led to the loss of the HMRC discs and to make recommendations on how procedures should be changed to mitigate future data loss. She said, to improve data transfer in future, the databases of the... [18 Dec 2007]
Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'
News We have extensive procedures in place to protect our customers but in this instance weaknesses were exploited and we were the target of organised fraud. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Norwich Union Life £1.26m for failing to... [17 Dec 2007]
Google calls for help in flagging up the bad guys
News According to StopBadware.org, which is working together with Google in its fight against malware-carrying websites, Google "independently checks the web for badware and badware-linking code using its own test procedures". [04 Dec 2007]
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