insider in news
RSS insider in newsMoD breach: Data goes missing from "secure location"
News However, insider petty theft and a chance that the disk could be being used elsewhere on the premises are also possibilities. IT contractor EDS has lost a hard drive containing Ministry of Defence data. [10 Oct 2008]
Leak fears could set bosses spying on staff
News Big brother bosses will increasingly be tempted to turn to staff surveillance to stop insider leaks before they happen, says the head of a cyber security government body. Large companies are already exploring ways of... [04 Sep 2008]
Universities blamed for games industry skills crisis
News But one games industry insider told silicon.com the industry's problems should not be blamed on universities - not least because dedicated games development courses are a relatively new invention. A skills shortage in... [19 Jun 2008]
Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more
News Ballmer told employees on Thursday that he has a price in mind, according to Silicon Alley Insider, which reported details of the employee meeting yesterday. Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he... [02 May 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News But it is the insider that still poses the biggest risk according to all but one of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel. But Jane Kimberlin, IT director at Domino's Pizza Group, argued that it is "external... [17 Apr 2008]
Insider security risks exposed
News Samar labelled the cast of security risk employees as Curious Cat, Complacent Connie, Forgetful Floyd, Rushing Rupa, Insider Ian and Malicious Malfoy - named after no-good Harry Potter character, Draco Malfoy. [10 Apr 2008]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News The other issue is on the topic of insider attack, in an interconnected world everybody is an insider. Bret Hartman has over 25 years of experience building data security systems and protocols for some... [15 Feb 2008]
Shell to outsource 3,200 IT jobs
News An email to staff from the VP of IT infrastructure at Shell, Goh Swee Chen, outlining the outsourcing plans was leaked by a company insider to a Shell protest site. Shell is planning to outsource most of its global IT... [02 Jan 2008]
FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring
News At present the Sabre system stores transaction reports from UK investment organisations which are then used to spot potential market abuses - such as insider trading. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is... [20 Jun 2007]
Techies plugging in and tuning out
News At this year's InfoSec conference, for instance, security experts talked up the 'insider threat' posed by staff using technology such as MP3 players in the workplace. The IT department is plugged in in more ways than one. [09 May 2007]
Watch your staff: 'Insider threat must be addressed'
News The insider threat posed by malicious staff abusing technology or network resources must become the major concern for businesses. But guarding against the threat is one of the most challenging and complex problems a... [26 Apr 2007]
HP to face civil suit over spying scandal?
News Filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on behalf of all HP shareholders, the claim accuses HP leaders, including CEO Mark Hurd, of engaging in insider trading, breaching their fiduciary duties and causing substantial... [30 Nov 2006]
Orange slashes fat pipe pricing
News On Thursday, an industry insider told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK the public are "pretty aware of what's free and what's not free", adding that this had also "been evident with Carphone Warehouse to a certain extent". [27 Oct 2006]
Kroes 'lobbied to be "nicer" to Microsoft' by US
News Microsoft declined to comment on Kroes' claims but an insider insisted the company had not tried to influence discussions between the US government and the EC. The US government sought to influence the European... [26 Sep 2006]
HP's Hurd linked to leak probe scandal
News Just days after that story was published, Kawamoto received an email from an HP insider posing as a tipster, government investigators have told Kawamoto. HP CEO Mark Hurd has for the first time been linked to an... [21 Sep 2006]
