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DWP loses cash on benefit-fraud detection systems

The Department for Work and Pensions is losing money on its anti-fraud detection systems, with those systems costing more to run than the amount of fraud detected, reports the National Audit Office (NAO).

Northampton Saints improves business continuity

Northampton Saints rugby club has implemented an online backup and recovery system to protect the club's critical data, including players' contracts and medical records.

Facebook faces privacy probe by ICO

Facebook is to be quizzed about its data protection policies by the Information Commissioner's Office, reports the BBC.

Fujitsu may quit NHS National Programme for IT

The board of an NHS trust has learned of a "significant" risk of ­Fujitsu ending its £900m contract to supply and implement hospital systems across southern England as part of the National Programme for IT.

Royal Navy may have lost two more laptops, Browne tells Parliament

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 22 January 2008
The Royal Navy may have lost two more laptops that contained data similar to the one stolen last week that contained the names, bank account details, and passport details of some 600,000 people who had applied to join the armed services, defence secretary Des Browne told Parliament today.

The rise of fraud

Corporate crime poses a real and substantial threat to the stability of any business. Fraud and theft involving everything from intellectual property to inventory, from cybercrime to corruption, are multi-billion pound problems. All organisations are susceptible and taking the right precautions to prevent crimes is crucial. Risk does not distinguish between geography and size of a company, or between industry and scope. The risk is real, worrisome and ubiquitous.

Social networking costs UK businesses £6.5bn a year

Social networking sites are costing UK businesses an estimated £6.5bn in lost productivity every year.

Open University starts computer forensics course

A new computer forensics postgraduate course is being offered by The Open University.

DPM's Diary: 15 January 2008

  • News
  • Author: CP Bound
  • Date: 18 January 2008
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Tele2 implements webMethods across its offices

Swedish telecommunications operator Tele2 has implemented the webMethods product suite across its offices in 22 European countries.
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