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Data breach incident management and recovery

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  More than 1,100 DWP workers disciplined over benefits snooping

  More than 1,100 employees at the Department for Work and Pensions have received official warnings since 2008 for prying into benefits records

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  UK citizen sues Microsoft over Prism private data leak to NSA

  A court action brought in the UK will test Microsoft's legal right to disclose private data on UK citizens to US intelligence services

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Investec CISO warns that legacy tapes will fail on new hardware

  Many organisations may find that years of irreplaceable tape backups are inaccessible because modern machines cannot handle legacy format

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Mass surveillance a bad idea, says Information Commissioner Christopher Graham

  Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says issues of national security must not overshadow concerns of legitimate public interest

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Analysis: RSA says security needs to change, but what does that mean?

  RSA executive chairman Art Coviello has issued a call to action to the security industry to improve technology and collaboration

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  MoD announces specialist programme to fend off cyber attacks

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced a strategy to defend UK national security from the threat of cyber attacks

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Ex-hackers best qualified to improve cyber security say 70% of IT firms

  Over half of businesses are not taking IT security seriously enough and almost three quarters of IT professionals think ex-hackers could be the right people to help businesses improve cyber-security.

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Small businesses must encrypt customer data, says ICO

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) urges small businesses to encrypt customer data after a sole trader was fined for failing to do so

• September 06, 2013 06 Sep'13

  NSA and GCHQ unlock online privacy encryption

  UK and US intelligence agencies have unlocked the technology used to encrypt online services, including email, online banking and medical records.

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Disinfecting PCs false security, says security expert

  Many companies proud of their ability to identify and clean malware infected machines are missing a trick, says veteran security expert

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Box.com forges new cloud security model

  Service providers and consumers need to move to a security model better suited to the cloud computing, says Box.com

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  Case study: Keeping it private at Beth Israel Deaconess after the Boston Marathon Attacks

  Doctor and healthcare CIO shares his lessons learned from the Boston Marathon attacks and how to protect patient data

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  ICO fines Glasgow City Council for loss of unencrypted laptops

  Glasgow City Council has been fined £150,000 for losing two laptops which held personal details of more than 20,000 people

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Human error causes most data breaches, Ponemon study finds

  Human errors and system problems caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012, according to a study from Symantec and the Ponemon Institute

• May 13, 2013 13 May'13

  Cyber criminals hack Washington court system

  Hackers gain access to the personal data of 160,000 US citizens after compromising Washington State court service servers

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: Winners

  The winners are in for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security. See who made the top spots.

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  What’s to be done about data breach discovery?

  The time from first contact by cyber attackers to the victim learning of it is still measured in months and years, not hours and days

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  Another online firm hit by data breach

  Online deals service LivingSocial is the latest company to report a breach of its computer systems that may mean attackers accessed customer details

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Spam SMS messages drop following ICO penalty

  The number of spam SMS messages has significantly reduced since government regulator ICO issued £440,000 fines last year

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell

  A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Territorial Army on the hunt for information assurance professionals

  TA to recruit IT security professionals into the Royal Signals to strengthen cyber operations

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  What is RSA's build, buy, partner strategy?

  Computer Weekly takes a closer look at RSA's build, buy, partner strategy

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Twitter strengthens login security after hacker attack

  Days after a hacking attack, it has emerged that Twitter plans to strengthen its login security with two-factor authentication

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Twitter resets a quarter of a million accounts after hacker attack

  Twitter has reset the passwords of 250,000 accounts after detecting and shutting down a hacker attack last week.

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  ICO hits Sony with £250,000 data breach penalty

  The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe £250,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act

• November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12

  Nasa to encrypt data after latest breach

  Nasa is to encrypt all its mobile computers after the loss of a laptop containing personal information about more than 10,000 staff

• November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12

  Many UK firms underestimate cost of data breaches, study finds

  Many UK organisations are still failing to understand the implications and costs of data breaches, a study has revealed

• November 02, 2012 02 Nov'12

  Apple iOS 6.0.1 update fixes four security holes

  iOS platform gets an update to 6.0.1 to fix security and stability problems. WebKit holes and kernel faults list among Apple’s list of patched bugs.

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  ICO hits Stoke-on-Trent City Council with £120,000 fine

  Stoke City Council has breached the Data Protection Act, for the second time in two years, after details of a child protection legal case were emailed to the wrong person.

• October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games

  As the job of a lifetime nears its end, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about his Olympic experience

• October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12

  Cyber attacks launched at London 2012 Olympic Games every day

  The IT supporting the London 2012 Olympics was hit by cyber attacks every day during the Games, says London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  Google offers Street View of datacentres

  Google offers Street View of its datacentres and a virtual tour of how users' data is stored, with an emphasis on security practices

• October 17, 2012 17 Oct'12

  McKinnon's mum gives tearful thanks after government halts US extradition

  The mother of Gary McKinnon thanks those who helped their 10-year campaign against a US extradition order for hacking federal computers

• October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12

  Theresa May: Hacker Gary McKinnon to stay in UK

  Hacker Gary McKinnon will stay in UK, home secretary Theresa May has told MPs

• October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12

  Organisations need alternative data protection as security models fail

  Organisations' security models are failing - so could it be time to adopt an intelligence-led approach to data protection and fighting cyber crime?

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  RSA Europe: Thousands of unprotected virtual servers exposed to the web

  Organisations are failing to protect data in virtual environments, says Jason Hart, vice-president cloud solutions, SafeNet

• October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12

  Security firm warns against Samsung Galaxy Tab for enterprise use

  Security specialist Context Information Security says vulnerabilities in the Samsung Galaxy Tab make it unsuitable for use in the enterprise

• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  HMRC deploys Becrypt off-the-shelf encryption

  HMRC will use Becrypt Disk protect, which has recently been certified under the government’s Commercial Product Assurance (CPA) Scheme.

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  BYOD: IT must tackle printer security

  With more staff bringing their own devices to work, IT needs to rethink its printing and scanning policies

• May 03, 2012 03 May'12

  Microsoft to fix 23 vulnerabilities in May 2012 Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft said it plans to address flaws in Windows, Office, Silverlight and the .NET Framework.

• May 03, 2012 03 May'12

  SOCA takes its website offline in DDoS response

  Just days after SOCA shut down carder sites, the agency was the victim of a DDoS attack, leading SOCA to takes its website offline.

• April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12

  SOCA shuts down network of CVV sellers' carder sites

  The Serious Organised Crime Agency shut down 36 CVV sellers who were selling stolen credit card and banking credentials to buyers around the world.

• March 30, 2012 30 Mar'12

  SIEM deployment case study shows patience is required

  Williams Lea’s SIEM is already helping reduce manual log reviews. But there’s still a lot of work to be done before the SIEM can be fully deployed.

• March 09, 2012 09 Mar'12

  Apple iOS 5.1 patches 81 vulnerabilities

  Alongside its ‘new iPad’ release, Apple Inc. releases iOS 5.1, the latest version of its mobile computing platform with fixes for 81 security holes.

• February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12

  Web application vulnerability statistics show security losing ground

  New Web application vulnerability statistics show the number of vulnerabilities is rising, despite the use of Web application development frameworks.

• December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11

  Emerging 2012 security trends demand information security policy changes

  2012 security trends involving cookies, fines, devices and threats will demand more skills -- and a little finesse -- from security professionals.

• October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11

  Cisco patches IOS in major rollout, releases 10 security advisories

  19 bugs and 10 security advisories released to address flaws in Cisco’s IOS network OS, Unified Communication Manager and Series 10000 routers.

• August 05, 2011 05 Aug'11

  Microsoft slots 22 patches for August Patch Tuesday

  Windows, IE, Visio, .Net, Visual Studio and Report Viewer to get security updates; updated version of Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on charts.

• August 04, 2011 04 Aug'11

  Missing USB drive, found in pub, contained unencrypted data

  The ICO says two housing groups must improve data security after a contractor’s missing USB drive, containing unencrypted data, was found in a pub.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Securitytube.net releases WLAN security megaprimer

  The Hacker News (THN) has reported that the latest SecurityTube.net release includes a 4.2Gb DVD containing over 40+ HD quality videos of their WLAN Security Megaprimer.