In Depth
In Depth
IT legislation and regulation
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Social media: A security challenge and opportunity
Generation Y workers are posing increasing security challenges to their employers as they share data unreservedly Continue Reading
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The top five SME security challenges
Best practice in IT security and compliance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is often seen as a "grudge purchase", but SMEs face the same threat as larger organisations - just without their budgets. Continue Reading
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Self-encrypting drives: SED the best-kept secret in hard drive encryption security
The SED solves many common data loss problems and is easy to use and manage with minimal impact on system performance – yet relatively few businesses and governments use SEDs. Continue Reading
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EDS report on 'dangerous' Chinook software published for the first time
Computer Weekly is publishing, for the first time, a technical analysis of the software installed on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter, the Chinook model which featured in the RAF's worst peacetime crash. Continue Reading
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Surviving e-discovery
It's been eight months since the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended, and e-discovery rulings are all over the map, creating chaos for companies that must comply. Continue Reading
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Does compliance make encryption always necessary?
Many organisations look to encryption to protect sensitive data. Yet hundreds of millions of people who use the Internet also use encryption, yet most of them don't even know it. Continue Reading
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ISO 27001 could bridge the regulatory divide, expert says
Karen Worstell, former CISO at Microsoft and AT&T Wireless, now on the advisory board of Neupart A/S, explains how ISO 27001 can be used to help companies comply with a variety of regulations and standards Continue Reading
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Storage Outlook '07: Seeking better backups and archives
Tom Becchetti, senior infrastructure engineer for a major national financial services company, says compliance, backup and archiving will be top priorities in 2007. Continue Reading
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Beyond HIPAA and GLBA
Most firms are familiar with HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and Sarbanes-Oxley, but newer regulations are pushing certain industry sectors to adopt strong authentication Continue Reading
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Is the national programme for NHS IT set to be 'the biggest gamble in the world'?
The private concerns of clinicians and IT professionals about the national programme are not being addressed, despite the front... Continue Reading
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Fujitsu won £800m Post Office contract after misrepresenting itself, says lawyer
High Court claim by ex-employee makes damning accusations Continue Reading
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Lessons to be learned from Chinook tragedy
Since 1997, Computer Weekly has studied the IT-related lessons from the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre... Continue Reading
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Top Chinook test pilot reveals unease over engine software
A campaign by Computer Weekly and Channel Four News has sought to show that a computer problem not pilot error could have led to... Continue Reading
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Chinook probe: MPs join Lords
In an extraordinary move, the House of Commons' most powerful committee is to seek the help of the House of Lords as part of its... Continue Reading
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Think before you link
Laws governing the Net remain a grey area, even for such issues as deep linking, while discrimination laws also apply to the Web Continue Reading
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IT directors: build bridges or be swept away
Old-style IT directors are doomed, says Chris Rawson at Lloyd's of London. Rod Sweet reports Continue Reading
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Chinook response sends "wrong signal" to software industry
As defence secretary Geoff Hoon rubbished the Public Accounts Committee report into the 1994 Chinook disaster, an MP at the centre of the case...
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Independent inquiry into Chinook crash
Tony CollinsAn independent inquiry into the Chinook helicopter crash in 1994 is likely to be launched by the House of Lords. It will...
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MoD admits uncertainty over Mull Chinook crash
The Ministry of Defence has altered its stance on the fatal Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, and now admits to uncertainty over the precise events leading up to accident Continue Reading
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Bosses welcome security warnings from outsiders
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Defence minister misleads Commons over Chinook
Independent MP Martin Bell secures the first debate in the House of Commons over the causes of Chinook crash Continue Reading