The UK security community's massive upgrade of information and communications technology is starting to show benefits despite delays with key projects and poor operating practices, according to a parliamentary watchdog committee.
The Department of Work and Pensions is looking at using two-factor authentication and "shared secret" security when paying benefits to members of the public.
Ipswich Borough Council is using a text messaging system to increase its network security and save thousands of pounds in its remote working programme.
Adobe has been forced to plug cross-site scripting security threats in Adobe Connect Enterprise Server 6 platform, and its Dreamweaver and Contribute systems.
Just weeks after MI5 warned banks and utility owners that hackers are targeting systems that control critical national infrastructure, the CIA has issued a similar warning to US operators.
The personal medical records of 4,000 NHS patients have been lost by Stockport Primary Care Trust, but health managers have chosen not to inform the individuals involved.