data theft in comment and analysis
Brampton Factor: Data theft a warning
Comment Data theft is rampant, we've heard again and again. Talk of data theft has often focused on faceless criminals grabbing credit card details or emptying bank accounts. It... [22 Nov 2006]
Data theft scandal - what we can learn from India
Comment Mphasis was the only Indian contact centre company named in the programme, not as a part of the data theft allegations but because of their well-documented issues a couple of years ago. That should put... [06 Oct 2006]
ID theft: Who's getting hold of your personal data?
Comment So for every 100 houses in a street or town, there are at least 40 who are going to throw away enough data to enable an identity theft. Is the internet responsible for a rise in ID theft... [16 Dec 2003]
Beating fraud - can business intelligence help?
Comment Fraud, data theft, e-crime. As such, businesses have to be ever more wary of the threat posed to them by the multi-billion pound industry which has grown up around fraud and data... [17 Oct 2006]
Leader: Why security threats don't have to be taxing
Leader It's not everyday you applaud the taxman - but HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) deserves praise for its response to a recent potential data breach which followed the theft of a laptop containing sensitive... [09 Oct 2007]
Leader: Laptop theft is everybody's problem
Leader If the data on these stolen laptops was better protected the theft stats would be far less alarming. In the past week silicon.com has published a series of articles shedding light on the issue of laptop... [21 May 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.06.05
Round-Up But we have to make sure we maintain the realisation that it is crime and data theft which is worrying, not the emotive and amorphous threat of 'foreigners'. Perhaps the most notable factor is the... [24 Jun 2005]
How to insure your IT
Comment When the Nationwide Building Society recently suffered the theft of an employee's laptop containing unencrypted customer data, it found out just how quantifiable its risk was - the FSA fined it £980,000. [17 Jul 2007]
Leader: How are we still so bad at guarding our IDs?
Leader As such we're not sure what risk the 48 per cent of households who bin enough sensitive data to enable identity theft really do run but it can certainly be said they are showing serious disregard for... [16 Oct 2006]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment There is the regular loss of confidential personal data by large companies and government agencies, such as HMRC, or, at the more sophisticated end of the spectrum, advanced identity theft from... [27 Feb 2008]
Inbox: Data breaches, tech wages, ePassport woes
Comment Identity theft sponsored by G Brown" Yet another very good reason to join No2ID and absolutely refuse to provide any information to do with ID cards, which will only be: 'Identity theft sponsored by G... [28 Aug 2008]
Opinion: Why I don't trust offshore customer service
Comment Regardless of what's causing the outage, the conversation with the woman in Mumbai raised another question in my mind - one echoed by a recent news story on how India is creating a new regulatory body, spearheaded by IT trade association... [25 May 2006]
Regulators cracking down on outsourcers
Comment This followed the theft of a laptop with details on approximately 26,000 employees from a third party contractor. This penalty broke the record fine imposed by the FSA on the Nationwide Building Society in February 2007... [09 Sep 2008]
Opinion: Corporate IT - you can help fight cyber crime
Comment Data and identity theft are clearly the major areas where a problem can arise, as highlighted by the sting operation in The Sun. The Scotland Yard economic crime working group addresses cyber crime,... [03 Oct 2005]
Inbox: Hasta la Vista, cloud debate, Apple future gazing
Comment Data theft threat It's a perfectly understandable standpoint to take when the whole IT industry is terrified of data theft. Now imagine if you change your car but all... [10 Oct 2008]
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