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silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News CEOs of organisations such as content and document protection company Workshare, data encryption company PGP and the National Consumer Council have also shown support. silicon.com has won a significant... [31 Jan 2008]
Web 2.0 security risks being ignored
News Web 2.0 presents a barely understood risk to companies embracing social networking and instant messaging technology as business tools and could force a change in corporate IT security and greater use of encryption. [31 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... [25 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News The directive is expected to result in the encryption of large amounts of data to enable officials to continue doing their jobs within the restrictions of the ban. All Whitehall staff have been banned... [22 Jan 2008]
Should data loss be made a criminal offence?
News American organisations understand that prevention is cheaper than cure - and implementing encryption technology is cheaper than the cost of a data breach. But Jamie Cowper, director of marketing EMEA at... [04 Jan 2008]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News Encryption will definitely help but there are times when you can't use it - there may be issues with keys, or passing the data set. The majority of UK citizens do not trust the government with their... [14 Dec 2007]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News The campaign gained support from the likes of the police, the House of Lords and security experts - including individuals such as Bruce Schneier, to the CEOs of organisations such as content and document protection company Workshare and... [13 Dec 2007]
Data breach hits thousands of motorists
News She said: "Due to the nature of the data on the disks, encryption was not used. Another week, another data breach. An internal inquiry has been launched after staff at Northern Ireland's... [12 Dec 2007]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Policies, processes and a "corporate ethos" of care of data are more important in securing sensitive information than using encryption technology. Encryption has been back in the... [07 Dec 2007]
UK businesses shunning encryption tech?
News Fewer than half of UK companies use encryption technology to secure their data. Despite the lack of encryption, UK IT managers claim their corporate data is safe and... [03 Dec 2007]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News Encryption certainly seems to be the buzzword of the month - it could have saved a lot of red faces in Whitehall if only those HMRC CDs had been encrypted. This month started with an iPhone bang and ended on a... [29 Nov 2007]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News Cable also slammed the failure to use encryption technology to secure the data on the lost CDs and said most data being shipped around in government is not being encrypted. He said:... [29 Nov 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News The breach also highlights the need for the use of better security and encryption technology. Mike Roberts, IT director for independent Harley Street hospital the London Clinic, said: "The use of... [23 Nov 2007]
Staff mobile devices increase security risk
News Gartner's Heiser believes encryption will become one of the most important factors in securing portable devices, predicting "in five years all laptops will be encrypted". Turner said: "Encryption for... [23 Nov 2007]
Police get powers to demand data decryption
News The law is intended to make it more difficult for criminals and terrorists to use encryption to hide data. The Home Office said encryption keys would be demanded only if a business... [04 Oct 2007]
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