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• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Australian C-suite executives fail to take security seriously

  Australia’s executives need to get their heads out of the sand when it comes to cyber security and realise they are part of the solution

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Judge orders Apple to unlock San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone

  A US judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI bypass the auto-erase function on the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone to find the passcode and access data, but the company says it will contest the order

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  EU managers need to up cyber security collaboration, study finds

  There is still much work to be done in the area of collaboration and sharing responsibility when it comes to preventing data breaches, a study has found

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  UK government invites comment on porn site age check plans

  Public consultation launched on how best to enforce age restrictions on pornographic web content

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Spy bill review fails to address all issues, says cyber expert

  UK parliament’s Joint Committee review fails to address issues of collateral damage and business protection by spy agencies, says cyber security expert

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Amnesty International joins calls for UK spy law changes

  Amnesty International urges the UK government to re-draft its Investigatory Powers Bill to restore public confidence through proper judicial oversight

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  US IT professionals overconfident in cyber attack detection, study finds

  Most US IT professionals are confident in key security controls to detect cyber attacks – but unsure how long it would take automated tools to discover a breach

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Misgivings rise as EU-US agreement unravels under scrutiny

  Privacy Shield, the proposed replacement for Safe Harbour, looks increasingly like a PR exercise, rather than a genuine solution

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  TechUK calls on government to take reports on spy laws seriously

  Government must address the fundamental concerns raised by expert witnesses, MPs and Lords about the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, says TechUK

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Surveillance bill needs more work, says joint parliamentary committee

  Important clarity is lacking in a number of areas in the draft UK surveillance bill, says the joint parliamentary committee appointed to examine it

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  ISC calls for more clarity in planned surveillance bill

  Parliamentary committee overseeing the UK intelligence community wants greater clarity on intrusive powers granted by the draft Investigatory Powers Bill

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  BCS calls for criminalisation of reckless data disclosure

  The BCS believes criminalising reckless disclosure would reassure the public in how data is managed under planned surveillance laws

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Bulk data collection unnecessary for surveillance, says cyber expert

  Opting for bulk data collection and other intrusive surveillance overlooks other means available that do not involve collateral damage to businesses and innocent people, says cyber expert

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  IoT risks raise concerns among IT specialists in central and eastern Europe

  The internet of things is gaining momentum in central and eastern Europe, but IT professionals have worries over security

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Most UK firms lack cyber resilience, Ponemon study shows

  Despite understanding the severity of cyber threats, most UK companies are not resilient to attacks and lack confidence in their ability to recover

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Finnish police pick Gemalto for e-passports and IDs

  Finnish authorities sign new contract with digital security specialist to supply electronic identity documents for citizens

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Irish row over Safe Harbour deepens

  Ireland faces legal challenge over the independence of its data commissioner, in wake of the scrapping of the Safe Harbour data protection agreement

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Australia offers easy targets for cyber criminals

  Security experts criticise organisations for paying up too easily when hit by ransomware

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  UK surveillance bill could hurt tech sector, warn MPs

  Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee says government's planned surveillance bill is too vague and needs to be redrafted to avoid economic damage

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  HSBC online services hit by DDoS attack

  HSBC was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which targeted its online personal banking services.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  ICO launches data privacy assessment tool for SMEs

  The ICO has launched an online self-assessment tool to help SMEs to comply with data protection laws and improve data handling procedures

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  The need for cyber security skills in Australia balloons

  Demand for people with the right mix of skills to keep organisations in Australia safe from cyber attack is far in excess of supply

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Business urged to take action on data privacy

  Security professionals use Data Protection Day to encourage businesses to do more to protect personal data

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Islamic State in recruitment spree for Indian hackers

  Islamic State is recruiting hackers in India to steal sensitive data from governments with offers worth as much as $10,000 a job

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Keep data safe or risk financial impact, ICO warns business

  The knock-on effect of a data breach can be devastating for a company, warns information commissioner Christopher Graham

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Manage cyber risk for business benefit, says industry expert

  Cyber risk management can add business benefit while improving security, says Digital Policy Alliance advisory panel member Philip Virgo

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  California joins New York in opposing phone encryption

  California is considering a ban on the sale of smartphones that cannot be decrypted and unlocked by their manufacturers

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Digital Single Market must be adopted without delay, says EU parliament

  MEPs pass resolution urging the EU to adopt Digital Single Market proposals and enact new protections for consumers as soon as possible

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull calls for free, open and secure internet

  International norms of behaviour should prohibit states from conducting cyber intellectual property theft, says Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Lords urge government to reconsider national ID card

  The House of Lords debates the use of ID cards to tackle identity assurance, fraud, terrorism and crime – and urges government to review the issue

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Countries underestimate risk of cyber attack, says WEF

  Cyber attacks are one of the most serious risks facing global economies, according to the World Economic Forum's 2016 risk report

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  GMB union gets good response from MPs over British Airways IT outsourcing concerns

  MPs will try to set up a meeting with BA senior management to discuss union’s concerns over outsourcing of IT jobs to Indian supplier TCS

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  New York considers backdoors for smartphone encryption

  Depite mounting opposition, New York state is considering a law requiring smartphone content to be accessible to law enforcement agencies

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  GMB takes concerns over British Airways IT outsourcing to MPs

  Trade union fears that the expansion of IT outsourcing at BA is a risk to security and will see UK jobs disappear

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  UK not involved in mass surveillance, says Theresa May

  Coffee shops and libraries could be the target of interception warrants, Theresa May tells MPs and peers

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Visibility key to stopping cyber adversaries, says security veteran

  Companies are beginning to accept that they will be compromised, so the demand is growing to know just how often and how deep, says ForeScout CEO Michael DeCesare

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Firms can monitor employees’ online chats, EU court rules

  Human rights court says it is not unreasonable for employers to want to verify that staff are completing their professional tasks during working hours

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  More endpoints managed is security concern, say IT services firms

  The rising number of devices connected to corporate networks is a security challenge for the IT services firms managing these endpoints

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  New rules to clamp down on nuisance calls

  Government sets out plans to force direct marketing companies to proactively identify themselves as part of a drive to end nuisance calls

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  EU data protection rules affect everyone, say legal experts

  The EU's new data protection rules will impact every entity that holds or uses European personal data both inside and outside of Europe, according to legal experts

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  ICO reiterates call for stronger sentences for data theft

  The information commissioner (ICO) reiterates his call for stronger sentences for data theft after a court fined a woman just £1,000 for selling 28,000 customer records

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  US officials to meet tech firms about countering Islamic State

  Discussions will cover ways of making it more difficult for extremist groups to use online services to further their aims

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Tech firms critical of UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill

  Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo say they are particularly concerned about six key aspects of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Half of UK banks have insecure SSL

  A UK-based security company has revealed that half of UK banks are using out-of-date security technology

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  ICO orders Alzheimer’s Society to improve data protection

  Charity warned to comply fully with all data protection recommendations within six months or face prosecution

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  French intelligence ‘could have prevented Paris attacks'

  A former US intelligence director turned whistleblower tells MPs and peers that bulk collection of internet and phone data is putting lives at risk

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  UK interception powers need regular review, says privacy watchdog

  UK information commissioner Christopher Graham has called for a regular review of interception powers and greater audit powers

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  EU privacy watchdog to set up ethics advisory group

  The EU data protection supervisor plans to encourage a discussion on the ethics of future technologies to prevent individuals being reduced to mere data subjects

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  UK IoT research hub opens with support from academic world

  A consortium of nine UK universities have come together to work alongside the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council on research into the internet of things

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Security experts support Dutch stance on encryption

  Security experts have come out in support of a Dutch government statement against weakening encryption for the purposes of law enforcement and intelligence agencies

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Surveillance tribunal refers child privacy claim to information commissioner

  The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has referred a complaint to the UK information commissioner that the US National Security Agency is intercepting children's internet activities

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  IT security predictions for Australian organisations in 2016

  What IT security challenges should Australian organisations expect in the new year?

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Australian corporate counsel under cyber attack but no plans to increase security spend

  Australia’s corporate counsel are suffering a high rate of data breaches compared to many regions, but do not plan to spend more on preventative security

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  SThree to rein in IT budget by moving to cloud

  Recruitment group plans to expand by 10% a year, but moving to the cloud will allow it to do more with the same IT budget

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Commonwealth Bank Australia partners University of New South Wales on cyber security

  Australian bank and university work together to train the next generation of cyber security experts

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Hundreds of European banks apply for .bank domain

  Over 500 European banks have applied for the .bank domain name, as part of their defences against cyber crime

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  New EU data protection laws to force global business strategy rethink

  More than two-thirds of global firms expect new EU data protection laws to dramatically increase costs of doing business in Europe

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  MEPs close deal with EU Council on first EU-wide cyber security rules

  EU legislators and member states have agreed a text for new cyber security rules that will introduce mandatory data breach notification.

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  IT gives Rotterdam psychological care provider more time with clients

  A psychological care provider in the Netherlands, Pameijer, has improved efficiency, improved care and become more secure through an identity and access management project

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  UK citizen challenges police and ICO over Prism

  A UK citizen challenging two police forces and the ICO hopes to achieve a landmark ruling similar to that obtained by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems, who scuttled the Safe Harbour agreement

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  The US and China agree more steps to fight cyber crime

  The US and China have made progress in expanding co-operation on cyber crime as China claims criminals and not state-backed hackers broke into the US Office of Personnel Management

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  IISS urges world policy makers to consider cyber domain more seriously

  The cyber domain needs to be better understood and the subject of greater strategic focus, according to a report by the Interanational Institute for Strategic Studies

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Will the Paris terror attacks push the French government to compromise data protection for security?

  The Paris terrorist attacks could prompt the French government to relax data protection law – but the EU General Data Protection Regulation will forestall that

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Breach notification the biggest impact of EU data law overhaul, says law firm

  The EU data notification law will mean most UK organisations will have to change their approach to data breaches, according to legal firm Olswang

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Use legal protection to soften cyber attack impact, says Kemp Little

  IT outsourcing provides an opportunity for businesses to transfer risk and recover losses from cyber attacks, says law firm Kemp Little

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  NHS patient data-sharing opt-outs must be honoured by January 2016, says ICO

  The 700,000 NHS patients who opted out of having their identifiable data shared back in 2014 will finally have their wishes fulfilled

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Cyber security mindset needs to change, says report

  Government organisations are prime targets for cyber attacks, leading to increased importance on robust information security, according to a report by Intel Security and the Digital Government Security Forum

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Government and industry must tackle cyber security in partnership, says Vaizey

  Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey encourages UK businesses to get to grips with cyber security

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  CGI tempts Nordic customers with Finnish cyber security centre

  IT supplier CGI has opened a Nordic cyber security centre to help it serve organisations in the region with the same service levels it provides US clients

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Security forces drive hacking idustrialisation, says SensePost

  The buyers of cyber attacks are military and police organisations who are willing to pay to enable taskforces to get into devices, says SensePost

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  NCA and Cert-UK call on more firms to share cyber-threat data

  As statistics suggest 30,000 attacks may have been thwarted by a cyber threat data-sharing scheme, operators NCA and Cert-UK call for more to get involved

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Snoopers’ charter will force ISPs to raise broadband prices

  The Science and Technology Select Committee hears that ISPs may be forced to put up their service charges to cover the cost of retaining communications data, should the Investigatory Powers Bill become law

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Germany is finalising legislation to shore up CNI cyber security

  Germany is working to ensure digital sovereignty through IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union level

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Europe needs to tackle key security challenges, says TeleTrust

  Europe needs to resolve the key information security and privacy challenges of an internet-based society, says German security association TeleTrust

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Relaxed attitudes in Australia stalling IT security investment

  The relaxed attitude to IT security in Australia is holding back much-needed investment in security technology

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Risk of crippling cyber war yet to be addressed, says former US official

  Governments need to do more with defensive cyber security because offensive capability will not restore critical services after an attack, says a former US official

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Singapore’s Smart Nation vision entices startups and IoT developers

  The Singapore government is pitching to make the tiny Asean city-state a centre for the development of smart city and internet of things technology, and wants to bring UK startups to its shores. Computer Weekly meets Steve Leonard, the man in charge...

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  Theresa May proposes bulk data and internet tracking under the Investigatory Powers Bill

  The home secretary has unveiled the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which sets out the government's plans to collect data on UK citizens' internet use

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  EU told to protect Snowden as privacy fears continue

  MEPs have called for EU states to protect Edward Snowden and on the EC to do more to protect the fundamental rights of citizens

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  UK surveillance bill to give police access to web history

  Proposed UK surveillance legislation is expected to allow the police to seize details of websites and access specific web addresses visited by anyone under investigation

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Lack of data classification very costly to firms, says survey

  Most data retained by organisations is not identified or classified and gobbles budget spent on storage, as well as being potentially non-compliant, reveals Veritas-sponsored survey

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Online extortion set to increase in 2016, says Trend Micro

  2016 will see continued growth in cyber extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware, alongside a shift to an offensive cyber security posture for governments and corporations, say researchers

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  European Union passes watered-down net neutrality laws

  The European Parliament rejects proposed amendments to the net neutrality regulations that would have closed a number of loopholes

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Net neutrality laws have dangerous loopholes, says Tim Berners-Lee

  As the European Parliament prepares for a key vote on net neutrality, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has warned that stronger amendments are needed to close a number of worrying loopholes

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Questions raised over Australian cabinet using Slack messaging

  Reports that Australian cabinet members could use messaging platform Slack to communicate has raised security questions

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  New tech and collaboration key to future security, says expert panel

  Just as emerging cloud and mobile technologies bring new security challenges, cloud and big data analysis are key to bolstering cyber security capability, according to an expert panel

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Sony $8m breach settlement underlines need to secure personal data

  Sony will pay up to $10,000 to each claimant for identity theft losses and up to $1,000 each to cover the cost of credit-fraud protection services in connection with a cyber attack on the firm in 2014

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Stuxnet: A wake-up call for nuclear cyber security

  There is no way for nuclear operators to manage threats such as Stuxnet as they are beyond normal risk analysis, according to industry expert Andrea Cavina

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  EU net neutrality laws a threat to UK Open Internet Code, says BSG

  The Broadband Stakeholder Group’s Richard Hooper says that the EU’s Connected Continent Regulation could damage the UK’s Open Internet Code

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  EU data protection regulators set 31 January 2016 deadline for replacing Safe Harbour

  Article 29 Working Party gives EU and US authorities until the end of January to establish an alternative data-sharing agreement

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  David Cameron faces personal headache over Safe Harbour

  The UK “intervened strongly” in the legal challenge brought by Austrian law student Max Schrems that ruled Safe Harbour invalid, jeopardising data sharing between Europe and the US

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  China hacked US firms despite cyber pact, says CrowdStrike

  Hackers linked to the Chinese government have attempted to hack into at least five US technology and two pharmaceutical firms, according to security researchers

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Former MI5 director optimistic about cyber security

  Cyber security is well on its way to maturing into a recognised threat internationally, with established ways of managing it, says former MI5 director

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Snowden showed need for new laws, says former MI5 director

  There is a lot of work to be done in building trust and accountability in the wake of the Snowden revelations, says former MI5 director

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Singapore strives to counter rising surge of cyber attacks

  Organisations in Singapore are raising their game to increase cyber security resources and education in a bid to counter the rising tide of cyber attacks

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  California adopts landmark law protecting digital privacy

  New California state legislation aims to ensure digital data has the same kinds of protection applied to non-digital communications

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

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• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attacks UK government surveillance

  Websites must use SSL to prevent the UK government monitoring users' activities, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales tells delegates at IP Expo in London

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Hackers target Australian health sector, selling records for A$1,000

  Healthcare records in Australia are a major target for hackers – with fully populated medical records sold to fraudsters for up to A$1,000 each