All Risk Management News - February 2008

NHS staff have lost more than 4,000 smart cards

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 06 February 2008
NHS staff have lost more than 4,000 smart cards that allow them to access patient records, according to figures released by Connecting for Health (CfH).

UK IT news round-up: 5 February 2008

Podcast round-up of the UK IT news for the week ending 5 February 2008. This week we focus on the UK government's U-turn decision to release papers first requested by Computer Weekly under the Freedom of Information Act in 2005.

French Finance Minister asks how to prevent SocGen-style losses

French finance minister Christine Lagarde has asked the bank at the heart of a £3.6bn trading fraud, what new systems can be put in place to prevent it happening again.

Video: Interview with government CIO John Suffolk

We talked to the Government’s chief information officer at the cabinet office John Suffolk about the Government’s approach to IT at the Government IT 08 conference in London last week.

Banks urged to tighten up on lax IT practices to prevent rogue traders

Investment banks have been advised to strengthen controls over staff use of automated trading systems following the massive fraud at French bank Société Général (SocGen).

Civil servants: future data losses cannot be ruled out

Senior civil servants have defended the government's record on personal data at a conference in Westminster this week (1 February), saying they could not guarantee that losses will not happen in the future.
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