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Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News The British Computing Society has criticised the government, claiming its high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust. The criticism follows a number of high-profile UK government data breaches recently, including the HMRC loss, numerous... [30 Apr 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The data breach is the latest incident in an exhausting list of government security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the HMRC losing 25... [23 Jan 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has called for amendments to UK data-protection laws, including making "reckless" data breaches an offence. The document said: "The Commissioner is proposing the introduction of a new penalty, limited to... [31 Jan 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Poor corporate IT security is leaving businesses vulnerable - with almost 90 per cent of breaches found to have been preventable. Vulnerabilities on UK company and public sector networks grew from 19 last year to 21 this year according to security... [19 Jun 2008]
Global security spend to hit $10.5bn
News The need for businesses to be compliant with government regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, remains a significant factor driving security-spending decisions, where investments are justified simply because the damage from breaches is... [28 Apr 2008]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News Information Commissioner Richard Thomas welcomed the powers to spot check government departments without the need for consent but he also called for data breaches of this scale to be made a criminal offence. [22 Nov 2007]
Information Security forum to 'change behaviour'
News An organisation has been launched to promote security awareness in the wake of the plethora of major security breaches in 2007. The forum was created as a result of various security breaches last year, which Isaf said were the result of a lack of... [13 Feb 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News There has been a spate of high-profile security breaches dating back to mid-2007, which has led the government watchdogs to demand action be taken against organisations and individuals who fail to safeguard data and information. [03 Apr 2008]
'Stronger data breach laws needed in Asia'
News According to Cox, Japan and Korea are ahead of most parts of Southern Asia in establishing such laws.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data protection legislation and... [28 Sep 2007]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News The incident is the latest in a long line of government data breaches, including the loss of 25 million details of child-benefit claimants by HMRC last year. A is for Antivirus The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet... [18 Jun 2008]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News As part of the campaign silicon.com launched an online petition on the Downing Street website calling for the Prime Minister to improve the reporting of information security breaches in the public and private sectors. [10 Dec 2007]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News Public confidence in the government's ability to safeguard data would have been shaken further by other recent government data breaches, said Beer. A is for Antivirus The majority of UK citizens do not trust the government with their data following... [14 Dec 2007]
Opinion: What's the point of security?
Comment Infosec was once again the venue for the release of the latest government-sponsored survey of information security breaches in the UK, conducted by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Worse still is the estimate of the total cost of... [26 Apr 2006]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Because of this, we don't know how many corporate data breaches there really are. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse tracks US security breaches and makes for interesting reading. Even if breaches were discovered and disclosed, half of companies... [10 Mar 2008]
Local gov't tech spend to hit £3bn
News Despite the survey being carried out before the recent spate of public sector security breaches, respondents identified more than 180 security concerns - from careless use of passwords to data centre failures - and security costs have risen... [03 Jan 2008]
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