All Risk Management News - February 2008

Teen ‘botnet boss’ charged in New Zealand

An alleged teen zombie botnet boss has appeared in a New Zealand court, charged with breaking into computers worldwide.

Report shows a rise in brandjacking

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 28 February 2008
Top brands face up to 10,000 "brandjacking" incidents a week from cybersquatters who are trying to pass off fake sites as genuine, according to new statistics from researcher MarkMonitor.

Companies warned to protect data from Google hacking utility in the wild

Companies are being warned to protect their data from a new Google hacking utility.

Wyse ships desktop thin clients with VMware to simplify desktop delivery

VMware desktop virtualisation is now available on Wyse thin clients, to simplify desktop delivery.

Average cost of UK company data breach is £1.4m, says Ponemon

Privacy and information management research firm the Ponemon Institute says the average total cost to UK companies of a single data breach incident is more than £1.4m.

Release nears for critical government report on ID-card scheme

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 22 February 2008
The government is close to releasing a critical report about the controversial £4.3bn ID-card plan.

Welsh Assembly secures 700-plus network security devices as part of £74m deal

The Welsh Assembly is to secure more than 700 network security devices as part of a programme to drive improvements in public service delivery and inter-agency working.

Skipton Financial Services loses 14,000 customer details

Skipton Financial Services (SFS) has breached the Data Protection Act following the theft of an unencrypted laptop that contained the personal information of 14,000 SFS customers.

Swinton Insurance to save £100,000 a year with IP telephony

Swinton Insurance has deployed an IP telephony package across 450 sites to increase the number of sales agents are able to make.

CBI signs managed service deal to improve CRM and HR systems

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is integrating back-office systems with its network through a managed service to enable communications data to be used by business applications.
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