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ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Director of Privacy International Simon Davies welcomed the removal of the Nirno, following concerns it could be cross referenced across multiple transactions - such as proof of age purchases or opening a bank account -... [07 Nov 2008]
IBM warns ISO to shape up
News IBM has issued a warning to international standards body ISO in the wake of its approval of Microsoft's OOXML. Unless the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and other bodies are open... [24 Sep 2008]
OOXML standard: ISO calls for end to 'personal attacks'
News The International Organization for Standardization has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML standard. Security from A-Z… At the... [15 Apr 2008]
Google proposes global privacy standard
News Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, called the APEC Privacy Framework "backward looking" and said it "is the weakest international framework for privacy protection, far below... [14 Sep 2007]
No open door for Microsoft's Office Open XML
News Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology... [14 Aug 2007]
Google slammed over privacy stance
News The search giant's attitude was attacked as being at its worst "hostile" and at its best "ambivalent", following a six-month investigation by Privacy International into the privacy practices of more than 20... [11 Jun 2007]
Tesco thinks inside the box with tech package
News Tesco is rolling out standardised IT systems across its international operations, with two major projects already underway. Standardising systems across its international operations can offer "dramatic... [26 Apr 2007]
Credit card companies forge security alliance
News The newly formed Payment Card International (PCI) Security Standards Council will manage the PCI Data Security Standard, first established in January 2005 with the... [08 Sep 2006]
High-tech security forces up passport price - again
News Each passport contains a chip which stores a scan of the holder's passport photo, to increase security and comply with international standards. The cost of high-tech security will push... [24 Jul 2006]
Ripa encryption keys clause to get the go-ahead?
News If you're an international banker you'll plonk your headquarters in Zurich. Clayton added: "The notion that international bankers would be wary of bringing master keys into the UK if they could be seized... [18 May 2006]
MasterCard scandal: More details emerge
News The data security breach, possibly the largest to date, happened because intruders were able to exploit software security vulnerabilities to install a rogue program on the network of CardSystems... [21 Jun 2005]
2012 Olympics IT supplier sought
News Suppliers interested in bidding have to contact the department by 8 July, by which time London should know whether any of the IT will be required because the International Olympic Committee will choose the host city on 6... [16 Jun 2005]
Should you trust your staff?
News It naturally becomes harder to see whether somebody is doing something they shouldn't if they keep on the move, according to Simon Janes, international operations manager at computer forensics specialist Ibas. [06 Apr 2005]
ID cards: "This is not a Big Brother database"
News Browne defended the robustness of biometric technology, claiming it would have to be introduced anyway to conform with international travel and passport regulations anyway. The government has again hit out at critics of... [01 Dec 2004]
CIO Jury: Gates' password prediction wrong
News Graham Yellowley, director of technology at Mitsubishi Securities International, said that whatever the strengths and weaknesses of the password it is still the only real identity standard. Graham... [19 Nov 2004]
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