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• January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12

  ICO fines Midlothian Council £140K for data breaches

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed its highest penalty yet of £140,000 on Midlothian Council for breaching personal data

• January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12

  EC publishes proposed data protection reforms

  European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has unveiled the new European data privacy framework that includes new regulation.

• January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  Gartner identifies trends in CIO spending in 2012

  Chief information officers are facing an austere 2012. Spending on IT will rise on average by just 0.5% worldwide, but IT budgets in the UK, Europe and North America are declining.

• January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  Advocacy group La Quadrature du Net rallies opposition to ACTA

  As controversial anti-piracy legislation stalls in the US, a European group of free internet supporters, La Quadrature du Net, calls for a halt to similar legislation in the European Union.

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  Apple aims to improve working conditions for technology workforce

  Apple has published a list of all suppliers for the first time and says it will allow independent observers into its facilities around the world to monitor working conditions.

• January 09, 2012 09 Jan'12

  Tim Berners-Lee supports campaign against US PIPA and SOPA

  Father of the web Berner-Lee, latest to support senator Ron Wyden's initiative against PIPA and SOPA.

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

  A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.

• December 23, 2011 23 Dec'11

  Top 10 SME IT stories of 2011

  For small businesses, 2011 has been another tough year, with many continuing to batten down the hatches as the economy continues to stall. But at the same time it has also been a year of technological innovation, both in terms of SMEs using the ...

• December 20, 2011 20 Dec'11

  Atos to provide £8m GP data mining system

  IT services company Atos has won an £8m five-year contract to provide a computer system which will retrieve patient information across GP practices.

• December 14, 2011 14 Dec'11

  DWP seeks £200m identity assurance framework

  The Department for Work and Pensions has issued a contract notice for a £200m framework agreement to provide identity assurance services for 21 million people on benefits

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  Adobe to release out-of-cycle patch for latest vulnerability

  Adobe has issued a security advisory about a newly discovered and still unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat which is being used in "limited, targeted attacks in the wild".

• December 06, 2011 06 Dec'11

  Google chairman Eric Schmidt meets EC competition chief ahead of charges

  Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has met Europe's competition commissioner amid reports the European Commission (EC) is preparing a 400-page document outlining Google's alleged anti-competitive practices.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  One in four IT security staff abuse admin rights, survey shows

  At least one in four IT security staff use their privileged login rights to look at confidential information, a survey has revealed.

• November 30, 2011 30 Nov'11

  Shell enterprise MDM foundation proof of concept disturbs rulebook

  Shell has laid a foundation for enterprise master data management, choosing SAP MDM over Microsoft. The major lesson was that IT can build an enterprise MDM system to which the business will come.

• November 30, 2011 30 Nov'11

  CIO interview: John Finch, global CIO, Experian

  John Finch, global CIO of Experian, discusses his plans to simplify supplier management and his approach to people development.

• November 18, 2011 18 Nov'11

  Olympic volunteers to use virtual communication

  The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Locog) is to deploy virtual meeting rooms to enable its 6,000 staff and volunteers to communicate during the Olympics.

• November 11, 2011 11 Nov'11

  New deputy CIO must possess change management skills, says Bill McCluggage

  The new government deputy CIO will need a fresh set of skills to manage public sector ICT transformation, Bill McCluggage the current deputy CIO told Computer Weekly.

• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  SAP on track to achieve 2011 greenhouse gas emissions target

  Enterprise software maker SAP decreased greenhouse gas emissions by 2% per employee in the quarter ended 30 September, compared with the same period in 2010, according to the company's quarterly sustainability report.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy.

• April 14, 2011 14 Apr'11

  Forrester Research: Marketing is an IT spending blackhole

  Analyst Forrester Research is holding a roundtable meeting to bring together chief marketing officers and chief information officers, in a bid to bridge the divide between IT and marketing departments.

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  CIOs need IT governance rethink

  CIOs will need to rethink their IT governance policies as employees turn to social media tools to collaborate at work, according to research from analyst group Gartner.

• January 12, 2011 12 Jan'11

  Retail banks' IT spending to rocket over five years

  Retail banks in all regions are increasing their IT spending by an average of 24% over the next five years but European banks will increase spending the least.

• November 23, 2010 23 Nov'10

  Martha Lane Fox calls for ‘revolution’ in online government services

  Digital champion Martha Lane Fox has published a report calling for a centralised government internet address to replace 750 websites. In a review...

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  Could FiReControl be the next IT project to go?

  The government has spent the last couple of months casting a critical eye over large-scale IT projects, and it's looking increasingly likely that FiReControl could be next to be hit.

• February 23, 2009 23 Feb'09

  Exclusive: Computer Weekly publishes 'secret' gateway review

  This is the first publication of an entire gateway review by an online news service.

• December 04, 2008 04 Dec'08

  How the Mytob virus caused havoc in the NHS

  The Mytob virus has been removed from 5,000 PCs at

• August 09, 2007 09 Aug'07

  IT pros impede PCI, Sarbanes Oxley compliance

  The biggest barrier to collaboration between IT and compliance professionals is the lack of understanding about risk and compliance issues by corporate IT, according to a survey.

• August 07, 2007 07 Aug'07

  Subpar security compromises compliance

  Pressure to keep trading applications available has nudged security to the back of the development line.

• July 09, 2007 09 Jul'07

  Data breaches, compliance drive intellectual property protection

  Recent high profile data breaches and compliance pressures are forcing companies to spend more on technology to protect intellectual property, according to a new study.

• February 19, 2007 19 Feb'07

  Quiz: Compliance improvement -- Get better as you go forward

  A five-question multiple-choice quiz to test your understanding of the content presented by expert Richard Mackey in this lesson of SearchSecurity.com's Compliance School.

• January 30, 2007 30 Jan'07

  Using IAM tools to improve compliance

  Provisioning and password management tools can ease complexity, reduce help desk calls and save money. But they also have an added benefit: they can help with your compliance woes.

• September 11, 2006 11 Sep'06

  Data storage compliance's impact on storage product choices

  Data storage compliance is having a tremendous impact on the storage organization, as well as the management practices employed to retain, search, certify and destroy data. It's not just regulations like SOX or HIPAA that influence storage -- there ...

• November 29, 2005 29 Nov'05

  By the numbers: The new SOX breakdown

  SOX spending for 2006 is expected to be on par with last year but it's not quite dÉjÀ vu all over again. More dough will go to technology.

• June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05

  Compliance shouldn't be a primary security driver

• March 14, 2005 14 Mar'05

  HIPAA compliance officers explain hurdles, data security successes

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• March 17, 2004 17 Mar'04

  Best practices for enabling and maintaining compliance

  As part of our Storage Decisions conference preview series, Shaun Mahoney, senior storage engineer for Citigroup, Randy Wilson, assistant vice president of IT at Essex Investment Management Company and Enterprise Storage Group's Peter Gerr discussed...