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• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  PCI DSS payment security compliance drops again

  Worldwide, barely one-third of companies are maintaining full compliance with the PCI DSS security standard – and the numbers are falling

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Shared responsibility model key to solving 5G security problem

  Both buyers and sellers need to cooperate to solve the thorny issues around 5G security

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Major report on TSB IT disaster expected soon

  A damning report into the 2018 IT disaster at TSB is expected to heavily criticise executives when it is published in November

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  Morrisons in new appeal over data breach fine

  The Supreme Court has heard an appeal from retailer Morrisons as it attempts to overturn prior judgments holding it liable for a 2014 leak of employee data

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Trend Micro insider breach exposes need for data-centric protection

  Simple measures could have saved consumer security product supplier from insider breach

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Lawmakers study leaked Facebook documents made public today

  Computer Weekly publishes cache of leaked documents disclosed to Congress

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  ICO launches data security campaign for UK General Election

  Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham launches campaign to remind the public of their rights when personal data is used for political purposes

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  NHS Digital hit with £4.3m IR35-related tax bill after using HMRC CEST tool to assess contractors

  The digital arm of the NHS used HMRC's much-maligned online tool to assess contractors, only for the tax agency to call into question its IR35 determinations and hit it with a tax bill totalling £4.3m

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  What will succeed the National Cyber Security Strategy?

  As the National Cyber Security Strategy nears the end of its working life, the government is considering what comes next, and is asking probing questions of its successes and failures

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  NordVPN enlists ethical hackers, launches bug bounty programme

  Breached consumer VPN supplier details steps it is taking to shore up its cyber security posture after an unknown actor gained access to one of its servers

• October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19

  Take responsibility for cyber security basics, urges NCSC CEO

  At the launch of its third annual review, NCSC head Ciaran Martin appealed for individuals and businesses to address the fundamentals of cyber security hygiene to help lighten the load

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  Brexit: Withdrawal agreement lists EU IT data link beyond transition

  Document lists system-to-system IT and network connectivity that will be required after the UK leaves the European Union

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  Over-30s tend to do better at cyber security than younger colleagues

  Attitudes to workplace cyber security differ by age group, but not in the way one might imagine, according to a new study by NTT Security

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Due diligence requires a flexible, standardised approach

  A study has found that procurement professionals are not confident of the process for vetting new suppliers – but a one-size assessment approach does not fit all

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  UK government aims to measure success of digital initiatives

  Responding to a critical parliamentary report on digital progress, the government has laid out plans to develop better metrics and to overhaul legacy IT