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Business continuity standard to become differentiator, says Sungard

The British standard for business continuity published this week can help organisations differentiate from the competition and become more agile, according to Sungard Availability Services.

DPM's diary: 27 November 2007

  • Opinion
  • Author: CP Bound
  • Date: 26 November 2007
Catch up with events from Bogcaster Council

Half of businesses fail to back-up data

More than half of small businesses are failing to back-up their electronic files, and risking a complete loss of data as a result.

Denton Wilde Sapte offsite datacentre double network speeds

International law firm Denton Wilde Sapte has doubled network connectivity speeds between 1300 employees at offices in 12 countries 5 Gbps within two months by upgrading from its legacy local server environment to an off-site datacentre running blade servers.

Allied Irish sends personal details to the wrong people

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has become the latest organisation to admit to a security breach as 15,000 payment advice slips got sent to the wrong addresses following a technical problem.

HMRC data loss: NAO request evidence

Evidence has emerged as to why the National Audit Office (NAO) asked HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for a large download of information from the child benefit database.

Security Handbook: The essential guide to establishing a security policy

There exist many threats to hinder the normal running of organisations, including, of course, being hit by a computer virus intrusion or hack.

Insecure software: Whose fault is it anyway?

Phil Cracknell, president of the Internet Security Systems Association (ISSA), speaks frankly to Cliff Saran about the challenges in creating applications that balance new functionality with tight security.

The true cost of IT security

In this interview, Cliff Saran speaks to Martin Sadler, director of HP's Trusted Systems Lab, about how much should we be expected to spend and how much security is enough. Hackers are getting smarter, and Martin believes newly trained IT professionals are ill-equipped to deal with the sophisticated nature of modern attacks because of limitations in the current way IT security is taught.

ICO gets right to spot check government departments in wake of HMRC privacy catastrophe

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 21 November 2007
Information Commissioner Richard Thomas today welcomed the prime minister's announcement that the Information Commissioner's office would in future have the right to run spot checks on government departments to check compliance with the Data Protection Act.
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