revenue data breaches
The State of Spyware Q1 2006
White Paper This webcast offers insight on how businesses can proactively prevent revenue loss and data breaches, in addition to providing expert advice on topics such as - top spyware threats,... [09 Jun 2006]
Richard Thomas
AS Profile Richard Thomas has dominated headlines this year, from punishing government departments for a tide of data breaches, to fighting proposals for a super database of UK communications. Thomas' powers could... [07 Oct 2008]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The original California law - known as SB 1386 - obliges Californian state agencies or private sector businesses to disclose data security breaches to residents if their unencrypted personal information... [22 Nov 2007]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News The Data Sharing Review found that measures were needed to restore public trust in the way Whitehall handles information in the wake of high profiled data breaches, such as HM... [11 Jul 2008]
Lords take fresh look at data security
News But since the response was published in October last year, the government has been hit by high-profile data breaches such as the loss of confidential data by HM Revenue... [22 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News Recent data breaches include the loss of 25 million details by HM Revenue & Customs, reported last November, and the more recent loss of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 3,700... [31 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News Its calls echo silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign for legislation which would require organisations that suffer security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individual's... [03 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News All Whitehall staff have been banned from removing laptops containing unencrypted personal data from offices in the wake of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) data loss.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign... [22 Jan 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... [22 Nov 2007]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News Other voters were slightly less draconian in their views with 31 per cent suggesting company bosses should be fired for losing data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the... [14 Feb 2008]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News The first email exchange relates to the NAO's request for National Insurance numbers from the child benefit database for the 2006/2007 audit.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government... [23 Nov 2007]
Securing and Tracking Business Information With Oracle Information Rights Management
White Paper Data breaches and information leaks can lead to customer losses, decreased revenue, lawsuits, and damaged reputations. When sensitive or confidential documents can be untraceably opened,... [29 Mar 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News Kennedy said the breaches related to less than one per cent of just over 90,000 staff. Breaches of this policy are taken seriously. The government faced condemnation after it emerged that 600 staff at... [01 May 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data Sharing Review, which recommended that the ICO be given more money and authority to fine... [17 Jul 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News The ongoing data loss fiasco in government continued with a raft of new breaches being revealed across government departments and NHS Trusts. HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced... [30 Jan 2008]
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