/// Tag Archives: data security
IT Security Is All Wrong In The Private Sector
February 03, 2012
Gosport podiatrist’s records laptop containing both personal and medical details has been stolen. Any database containing medical information needs to be encrypted – period. Whilst...
Security Monitoring: Having Vision For The Future
January 25, 2012
Security attacks such as website hacking, security breaches and malware threats are all becoming increasingly common and sophisticated in design. The latest high-profile security breach...
2012 Is Year Of The Technology Leader
January 23, 2012
In current times of austerity budgets are under pressure, with only £1 of every £5 being spent on moving technology forward, and a continuing focus...
Public Sector Staff Fines For Data Breaches Could Have A Negative Effect
January 18, 2012
Should staff – rather than the taxpayer – be held liable for data breach penalties from the Information Commissioner’s Office? The move, whilst superficially...
Data Protection Challenges For International Businesses Operating In Europe
January 10, 2012
With the increasingly global market place, there has been an influx of US and other foreign companies setting up offices and carrying out business in...
4 Things You Don’t Know About Self-Encrypting Drives
January 03, 2012
As their name suggests, self-encrypting drives (SEDs) are designed to encrypt all the data written to them. They clearly represent a better form of encryption...
Lessons Learned From 2011’s Security Nightmares
January 03, 2012
Historians will label 2011 as the year when our IT security infrastructure failed us. The RSA and Sony breaches, attacks by Anonymous and LulzSec, even...
EU Prepares “Game Changing” Amendments To Data Breach Laws
December 12, 2011
Reports that the European Commission is planning a number of changes to its pan-European data breach legislation, including reporting a breach within 24 hours of...
Technology Drives Flexible Workforces, But Puts Company Data At Risk
December 09, 2011
New research has found that Brits are becoming increasingly connected to their work as a result of technology, with the average person working an extra...
Corporates Must Invest In Data Protection Or Face Huge EU Fines
December 07, 2011
Reports suggest that the European Commission is planning to impose fines of up to five per cent of global turnover on errant companies losing private...
Improving USB Security: Best Practices For Portable Data Security
December 05, 2011
Data is the DNA of any company and as such, must be protected at all times and handled cautiously and wisely. Data on USB devices...
Current data security solutions aren’t suitable for mobile office workers
November 16, 2011
The number of companies that are switching on to mobile computing is growing day by day, and as a result the laptop is becoming an...
Public are losing patience with organisations that endanger customer data
October 31, 2011
Research has just been released showing that UK consumers are increasingly concerned about the security of their personal data, following the high profile cyber attacks...
Consumer IT in the workplace is causing a data security nightmare
October 07, 2011
The implications of the latest Gartner predictions are clear: a string of user-empowering consumer IT technologies are steadily loosening the modern organisation’s grip on its...
Is cloud computing a risky business?
September 28, 2011
The Liberal Democrats expressed fears about the future of cloud computing at their conference this week, urging the government to look into security around cloud...
