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Regulatory compliance and standard requirements
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March 05, 2014
05
Mar'14
Indian cyber space less secure than neighbors
Vulnerabilities in government of India websites could wreak havoc in Asia’s second fastest growing economy as expert warns that Indian is less protected than regional neighbors
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March 03, 2014
03
Mar'14
RSA 2014: Malware rates linked to socio-economic factors
Regional cyber vulnerabilities are not linked to any single factor, but to a variety of different socio-economic factors, says Microsoft
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February 26, 2014
26
Feb'14
Atos to manage care.data GP data extraction
IT services provider Atos will manage the extraction of healthcare data from GP records as part of the controversial care.data scheme
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February 26, 2014
26
Feb'14
RSA 2014: Principles key to digital world, says Microsoft
The world needs to set norms around behaviour in cyber space, says Scott Charney, corporate vice president, Trustworthy Computing Group at Microsoft
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February 26, 2014
26
Feb'14
RSA 2014: Coviello rejects rumours of deal with NSA
RSA tackles accusations of NSA collusion and calls for international co-operation on cyber security in the opening keynote of RSA Conference 2014
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February 25, 2014
25
Feb'14
Standardisation key to future security, say experts
The adoption of security standards to enable automated self-healing systems is key to data protection in future
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February 13, 2014
13
Feb'14
Software industry group welcomes US cyber security framework
BSA, The Software Alliance has welcomed the launch of the US Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyber security
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February 13, 2014
13
Feb'14
EU should use US trade talks to win data privacy, say MEPs
MEPs have approved an inquiry report that calls for a new EU-US trade deal to be blocked unless the US fully respects EU citizens’ data privacy
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February 11, 2014
11
Feb'14
Rights groups call on White House to open privacy review
A coalition of 25 rights groups is calling for a 90-day US government review of big data and the future of privacy to be opened up to the public
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February 11, 2014
11
Feb'14
PCI DSS compliance still too low, says Verizon
Compliance with the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) remains low, according to a study of assessments around the world
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February 07, 2014
07
Feb'14
UK inquiry into spy agency laws flawed, say campaign groups
Leading UK civil liberties and privacy groups have raised concerns about the ISC's planned inquiry into laws governing intelligence agencies
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February 07, 2014
07
Feb'14
Twitter wants more transparency on government data requests
Twitter is considering taking legal action to establish the right to publish more details about government requests for user data
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February 07, 2014
07
Feb'14
Turkey seeks tighter internet control
Turkey moves closer to even tighter government control of the internet after pushing new internet regulations through parliament
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February 06, 2014
06
Feb'14
GCHQ used DoS attacks against Anonymous, show Snowden documents
UK spy agency GCHQ used denial of service (DoS) attacks against Anonymous, according to documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
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February 05, 2014
05
Feb'14
Bank of England publishes Waking Shark II cyber security exercise results
Bank of England publishes the results of its Waking Shark II security exercise, which tested financial institutions' contingency plans for cyber attack
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February 04, 2014
04
Feb'14
Trusted IT scheme aims to restore confidence after Snowden
An industry scheme could help IT suppliers win back confidence from businesses following revelations Edward Snowden’s of revelations of surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA), it was claimed this week
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January 30, 2014
30
Jan'14
Data security is not their responsibility, say 23% of employees
Almost a quarter of employees believe that data security is not their responsibility, according to a survey by security management firm Absolute Software
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January 30, 2014
30
Jan'14
Alleged SpyEye mastermind pleads guilty to fraud
The alleged mastermind of the SpyEye banking Trojan has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in a US court
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January 30, 2014
30
Jan'14
Hacktivists hit Angry Birds website after spying claims
Hacktivists have attacked the wesbite of Angry Birds maker Rovio over UK and US spying revelations
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January 29, 2014
29
Jan'14
Angry Birds maker wants industry response to mobile app spying
Angry Birds maker to re-evaluate its relationship with ad networks after revelations that spy agencies can access user data
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January 28, 2014
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Jan'14
Viviane Reding: I know why the angry birds are so angry
In a speech to tie in with Data Protection day 2014, the vice-president of the European Commission spoke about mass surveillance of personal data collected from mobile apps
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January 28, 2014
28
Jan'14
Transparency deal fails to meet all surveillance demands
Tech firms win greater transparency on government data requests, but no reductions in how much is collected
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January 28, 2014
28
Jan'14
FBI cracks down on hacker-for-hire websites
The FBI has arrested five people in connection with several websites offering hacking services
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January 22, 2014
22
Jan'14
Chatham House founds Global Commission on Internet Governance
The Royal Institute of International Affairs will work with the CIGI to form a strategy for the future of internet governance
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January 22, 2014
22
Jan'14
European experts divided on success of cyber security
European IT security experts are divided on the success of cyber security, it emerged at the 6th International Forum on Cyber Security in Lille
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
South Korean data breach linked to an insider
An employee at a credit ratings firm is alleged to have sold the personal data of up to 20 million people to marketing firms
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
NHS England database raises privacy concerns
Privacy groups have raised concerns about NHS England’s plans to create a single database of medical data
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
US telecoms companies say proposed NSA reforms fall short
US telecoms firms are unhappy about president Barack Obama’s proposed reforms to the NSA's mass collection of US phone data
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January 17, 2014
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Jan'14
Internet at risk of 'cybergeddon' says WEF
Internet is at risk of fragmenting amid concerns over spying and cyber crime, says World Economic Forum
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January 17, 2014
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Jan'14
Google fails in first attempt to block UK privacy case
Google has failed to block attempts by UK users to sue the company for bypassing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser to track online behaviour
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January 14, 2014
14
Jan'14
Cabinet Office attempts to defuse PSN compliance tensions
The Cabinet Office has updated the public services network (PSN) programme to make it easier for councils to meet security requirements
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January 14, 2014
14
Jan'14
Top European IT initiative to support business in 2014?
Expanding IT to support business growth is one of the biggest areas of focus for IT departments in 2014, so what does this mean?
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January 10, 2014
10
Jan'14
France fines Google for failing to rewrite privacy policy
France’s privacy watchdog, CNIL, has fined Google €150,000 for failing to conform to EU data laws
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January 06, 2014
06
Jan'14
NHS collects patient care data from GPs
NHS England expands patient data collection from hospitals to include general practice, raising data protection questions
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January 03, 2014
03
Jan'14
Facebook faces lawsuit over monitoring private messages
Facebook is facing a lawsuit that claims it scans the contents of private messages to profile the user’s online activity
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January 02, 2014
02
Jan'14
Apple denies creating backdoor for NSA
Apple has denied working with the US National Security Agency to create a backdoor in any of its products
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December 31, 2013
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Dec'13
Top 10 premium content articles of 2013
Computer Weekly presents a selection of the most popular premium content reports and articles of 2013
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December 30, 2013
30
Dec'13
Top 10 supplier profiles 2013
Are you thinking of doing business with an IT technology supplier? Check out our independent profiles of the leading technology companies.
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December 27, 2013
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Dec'13
Top 10 UK cyber security stories of 2013
Cyber security has moved up the national agenda in the past year, with the UK government paying increasing attention to bolstering UK cyber defences
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December 24, 2013
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Dec'13
Top 10 IT privacy stories of 2013
Stories related to whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about internet mass surveillance programmes by the US and the UK have dominated this year
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December 23, 2013
23
Dec'13
RSA denies secret contract with NSA
Security firm RSA has strongly denied allegations of a secret contract with the US National Security Agency (NSA)
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December 20, 2013
20
Dec'13
UK citizen wins legal round against Facebook over Prism leaks
A British citizen has applied for a judgement against Facebook in a case that will test the right of tech firms to give UK personal data to the NSA.
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December 12, 2013
12
Dec'13
UK to review laws governing spy agencies in 2014
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is calling for written submissions for its inquiry into the laws governing intelligence agencies
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December 12, 2013
12
Dec'13
Government to expand cyber security partnerships
The UK government introduces security kitemark pas part of plans to expanding partnerships on cyber security with the private sector in 2014
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December 11, 2013
11
Dec'13
UK prepares to launch internet archive without internet access
The UK is preparing to launch its official internet archive without internet access, after the publishing industry put restrictions on its release
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December 10, 2013
10
Dec'13
MEPs question EC plans to revise Safe Harbor Principles
Members of the European Parliament have questioned European Commission plans to improve Safe Harbor data protection standards
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December 10, 2013
10
Dec'13
Australian police to deploy tech used by US spy agency
The Australian Federal Police plans to introduce technology used by a US spy agency to collect emails and other information transmitted by computer
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December 10, 2013
10
Dec'13
Spies infiltrated online games, Snowden docs show
The NSA and GCHQ sent spies into online games to monitor targets and recruit informants, according to documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden
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December 09, 2013
09
Dec'13
Top tech firms call for worldwide surveillance reform
Top technology firms have joined forces to call for urgent reforms of all internet surveillance programmes
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December 06, 2013
06
Dec'13
Microsoft to protect customers from government snooping
Microsoft has announced it is to take measures to increase the security of customer data to protect against government snooping
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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
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December 05, 2013
05
Dec'13
NSA tracks 5 billion phone records daily, Snowden docs show
The NSA tracks nearly 5 billion mobile phone records a day, according to the latest documents revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden
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December 04, 2013
04
Dec'13
The Guardian denies Snowden stories damaged national security
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger defends decision to publish stories on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden
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November 29, 2013
29
Nov'13
Google could face Dutch fine over privacy policy
Google could face a fine after Dutch authorities find the firm’s 2012 privacy policy violates local data protection law
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November 28, 2013
28
Nov'13
NSA planned to discredit Islamist radicals with porn web history
US authorities considered exposing details of visits to online porn sites to discredit prominent Islamist radicals, according to latest Snowden document
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November 28, 2013
28
Nov'13
UK set to announce plans to tackle extremism online
The government plans to order broadband providers to block extremist websites identified by a specialist unit set
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November 26, 2013
26
Nov'13
NCA changed UK cyber crime fighting, says NCCU head
The NCA has changed the UK law enforcement landscape, says Andy Archibald, head of the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit
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November 26, 2013
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Nov'13
Government lays out 2014 cyber security agenda
The UK government has reiterated its commitment to addressing cyber security and laid out some plans for 2014 at the Cyber Security Summit 2013
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November 26, 2013
26
Nov'13
FTSE 350 firms complete cyber risk assessment
Most FTSE 350 companies put cyber risk on the board agenda, but many need to improve how they manage that risk
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November 22, 2013
22
Nov'13
UK CERT moves to next phase with director Chris Gibson
Chris Gibson has been confirmed at the director of the UK’s new national computer emergency response team
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November 22, 2013
22
Nov'13
Tim Berners-Lee calls for protection of basic rights online
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has called for bold steps to protect basic human rights online
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November 20, 2013
20
Nov'13
Report highlights poor UK attitudes to mobile security
Businesses should note that many UK mobile users do not take security precautions and do not know how to guard against data theft
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November 20, 2013
20
Nov'13
Yahoo to encrypt user data
Yahoo is to encrypt all user data that moves between its datacentres by April 2014 in a bid to regain trust
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November 19, 2013
19
Nov'13
Campaigners angry over Microsoft, Skype privacy ruling
Campaign group Europe v Facebook has criticised the decision by Luxembourg’s data protection authorities to clear Microsoft and its Skype division of privacy violations
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November 19, 2013
19
Nov'13
Google reaches $17m multi-state settlement over Safari snooping
Google has reached a $17m settlement agreement with 10 US states for bypassing Apple Safari privacy settings
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November 15, 2013
15
Nov'13
Google book scanning plan gets green light
Google's controversial plan to scan millions of books and sell them online has finally been given the green light by a New York court
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November 14, 2013
14
Nov'13
MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy document
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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
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November 12, 2013
12
Nov'13
Web surveillance not a good idea, says Info Commissioner
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says issues of national security cannot be allowed to overshadow concerns of legitimate public interest
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November 11, 2013
11
Nov'13
Security experts welcome UK banking cyber attack test
Security experts welcome a cyber threat exercise to test the resilience of the financial infrastructure to withstand cyber attacks
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November 08, 2013
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Nov'13
What is new in PCI DSS V3?
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council has published the latest version of the data security standards
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November 07, 2013
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Nov'13
Latest payment card security standard takes new approach
The latest version of the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is aimed at making security part of “business as usual”
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November 01, 2013
01
Nov'13
Payment card industry updates security
PCI DSS council has published a list of approved point-to-point encryption systems for the payment card industry
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November 01, 2013
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Nov'13
BSI certifies first two CSA STAR cloud providers
The BSI has certified the first two cloud service providers in the CSA Security, Trust and Assurance scheme
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October 29, 2013
29
Oct'13
IT departments raise concerns over poor cloud contracts
Organisations are beginning to raise concerns over supplier lock-in and compensation for missing service level commitments.
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October 28, 2013
28
Oct'13
Analysis: What’s PCI DSS V3.0 all about?
The latest version of PCI DSS is due for publication on 7 November, but what can merchants expect?
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October 28, 2013
28
Oct'13
Latest version of PCI DSS reaches final stages
Around 500 global stakeholders are to meet this week to give the final community feedback on the next version of PCI DSS
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October 24, 2013
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Oct'13
Thales launches critical infrastructure cyber security lab
Thales has set up a cyber security lab dedicated to help improve the security of critical national infrastructure, government and business
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October 23, 2013
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Oct'13
Time to review cyber trust, says ICSPA
The world needs to reset the clock on trust after Snowden's revelations on US internet surveillance, says ICSPA
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October 23, 2013
23
Oct'13
US publishes draft cyber security framework
The US has published a draft framework of voluntary cyber security standards aimed at reducing risks to critical national infrastructure
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October 23, 2013
23
Oct'13
Google to release two-factor security token
Google is planning a two-factor authentication token, the firm’s principal engineer has confirmed
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October 23, 2013
23
Oct'13
The commercial reality of Huawei’s trust issues
The Chinese firm is working tirelessly to tell the world it can be trusted but, the US remains unwilling to budge
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October 22, 2013
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Oct'13
MEPs vote to tighten data protection rules after internet surveillance revelations
MEPs want internet companies to personally inform European citizens of any requests to transfer their data outside the EU
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October 21, 2013
21
Oct'13
UK must legislate on critical cyber security, says ViaSat
The UK must set rules for the cyber security of critical national infrastructure, says chief of communications firm ViaSat UK
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October 18, 2013
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Oct'13
Huawei denies government influence and calls for cyber security standards
Huawei has reiterated denials of government influence and called for common international cyber security standards
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October 18, 2013
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Oct'13
EC: Europe should become a ‘trusted cloud region’ in the post-Prism age
European cloud providers must turn the Prism revelations into an opportunity to build trusted cloud services, says the EC
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October 17, 2013
17
Oct'13
Government overhauls security classification to fit digital age
In its first overhaul since World War II the government is consolidating six security bands to three with a system deemed more appropriate in the digital age.
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October 17, 2013
17
Oct'13
UK calls for open internet to spur economic growth
The UK has called for an open and borderless internet at the opening ceremony of the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 in South Korea
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October 11, 2013
11
Oct'13
Skype under investigation over link to NSA
Skype is under investigation by Luxembourg's data protection authorities over links with the NSA's Prism surveillance programme
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October 11, 2013
11
Oct'13
Richard Horne joins PwC’s cyber practice
Richard Horne, former managing director of cyber security at Barclays Bank, is joining PwC's cyber security practice
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October 11, 2013
11
Oct'13
Top tech firms plan cross-platform cookie alternatives
Microsoft, Google and other top tech firms are planning cookie alternatives to improve their ability to track users
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October 08, 2013
08
Oct'13
Cyber crimes costs UK businesses average of £3m per year
Cyber crime costs UK organisations around £3m a year on average a study has revealed
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October 03, 2013
03
Oct'13
World needs to understand cyber threat, say Leon Panetta
The world needs to understand that cyber threat is really about crippling attack, says former US secretary of state Leon Panetta
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September 27, 2013
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Sep'13
Google facing European sanctions over data protection
Google is facing possible European sanctions over its privacy policy after French data protection regulators said the search firm has not complied with its requests
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September 25, 2013
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Sep'13
Enterprise security increasingly challenging, study finds
Enterprise IT security executives are facing broad, complex and sometimes conflicting security challenges, an (ISC)² study has revealed
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September 25, 2013
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Sep'13
Industry bodies launch security certification to boost confidence in cloud
BSI and Cloud Security Alliance together launch Star certification to assess security of cloud providers
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September 25, 2013
25
Sep'13
Europe threatens to pull out of US data-sharing deal over NSA surveillance claims
European Parliament threatens to pull out of deal to allows US authorities access to European payment networks for tracking terrorist funding
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September 25, 2013
25
Sep'13
Secure cloud adoption is all about risk, says industry panel
Always take a risk-based approach to cloud adoption, a panel has told security professionals at the (ISC)2 Security Congress 2013 in Chicago
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September 17, 2013
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Sep'13
Proportionality key to cyber surveillance, says former MI5 head
Proportionality is critical in cyber surveillance by intelligence services, says former MI5 head Eliza Manningham-Buller
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September 17, 2013
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Sep'13
Mobile security “a tidal wave” of challenges, says security expert
“Expect more trouble,” a mobile security expert has told the 2013 EuroCACS security and risk management conference in London