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July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15
GCHQ unlawfully intercepting parliamentary communications, tribunal hears

Tribunal hears claims that GCHQ is unlawfully intercepting MPs' and peers' communications
July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15
Government sets out code of practice for driverless car tests

Business secretary Sajid Javid sets out plan to put the UK at the forefront of driverless vehicles, establishing a £20m fund and a code of practice for testing
July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15
UK considers 10-year jail sentences for online piracy

The UK government is considering new measures to increase the sanctions for criminals who infringe the rights of copyright holders for large-scale financial gain
July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15
MPs win challenge to Dripa surveillance legislation

The High Court ruled that the UK's Dripa legislation is inconsistent with EU law, but home secretary Theresa May plans to appeal

July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15
RUSI surveillance review calls for clearer UK interception legislation

The latest surveillance review calls for a new, comprehensive and clearer legal framework in the UK to provide a fresh start on a basis of mutual trust
July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15
Tech experts warn against law enforcement backdoors

International cryptographers and computer scientists warn exceptional access to data for law enforcement could open doors for criminals and malicious nation states
July 03, 2015 03 Jul'15
Why trust, rather than security, could be the bigger barrier to Google cloud adoption

Industry watchers probe Google's claim that data stored in its cloud is safer than keeping it on-premise
July 03, 2015 03 Jul'15
Wi-Fi enhances guest experience and profitability for Belgian theme park

Bobbejaanland, one of the largest theme parks in Belgium, is using a Fortinet Wi-Fi network to offer visitors access on the go, and improve its management capabilities
July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15
ICO reports progress in data protection, but funding remains a concern

Despite the progress of the past year, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says it still doesn't know how it will fund its operations in the future
July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15
Facebook wins first round in European privacy battle

Facebook has welcomed a Vienna court’s rejection of a 25,000-strong class action lawsuit against the social networking firm for allegedly breaching European privacy laws

July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15
Rights group ACLU opposes extended NSA phone surveillance

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will argue the Freedom Act does not authorise the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect phone data in bulk
June 22, 2015 22 Jun'15
German IT security ahead of UK

UK organisations are failing to patch vulnerabilities quickly, according to a new survey
June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15
Gear up for tougher privacy regulation, says PwC lawyer

The battle between the citizen and the regulators will result in regulators becoming equipped with greater powers to use against businesses, a privacy lawyer warns
June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15
Venture capital will drive IoT security and privacy, says data protection lawyer

Privacy is a prominent issue in developing applications for the internet of things (IoT) – but investors will insist on safeguards, says data law firm Kemp Little
June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15
Finland's F-Secure backs Nordic expertise

F-secure is betting on Nordic IT security skills as it buys Danish firm
June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15
EU Data Protection Regulation to be finalised by end of 2015

The last phase of negotiation is set to begin to hammer out a final text of the new European General Data Protection Regulation
June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15
Growing cyber threats challenging cost reduction as reason to use managed services

Mid-sized companies plan to use more managed services and many see it as improving security
June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15
Surveillance legislation needs verification, says Anderson report

The government, TechUK and Big Brother Watch welcome the Anderson report on surveillance legislation – but the civil liberties group calls for wider debate
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
Met Police failed on cyber crime, says top fraud officer

The chief of the Metropolitan Police Service's fraud squad Falcon admits the Met's policing of online fraud and cyber crime has not been good enough in the past
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
US government websites to use encryption by 2017

A US government HTTPS-Only Standard directive requires that all federal websites accessible to the public must encrypt all data exchanges
June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15
Peer demands action over ‘illegal’ Prism programme

US technology companies are operating illegally by accessing data on UK citizens, Lord Laird tells the House of Lords
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
EPSRC launches £10m IoT hub to explore security issues

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is to run a contest to develop a research hub to explore the security issues around the Internet of Things
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Still a long way to go on US surveillance reform, say critics

Critics say reforms contained in the US Freedom bill do not go far enough to achieve significant surveillance reform
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Most of more than 733,000 police communications data requests approved

Big Brother Watch is calling for a curb on the scale of police access to communications data and greater transparency in the use of this data
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Tim Berners-Lee concerned by expanded snoopers’ charter

Tim Berners-Lee calls on government to prove it can build an electronic communication monitoring system that is accountable to UK citizens
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
EU surveillance inquiry calls for stronger intelligence oversight

A European parliamentary conference has called on member states to improve the evaluation and oversight practices of their intelligence services
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
Internet of things and smart cities need UK-wide consensus

At a TechUK event, delegates call for cross-body collaboration on IoT to ensure local authority CIOs get the best from the emerging technology
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
Yahoo to face US class action lawsuit over email spying allegations

US judge gives green light for lawsuit filed by non-Yahoo mail account holders, who say Yahoo is analysing emails sent to Yahoo Mail accounts
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
Queen’s Speech sets out plans for new snoopers' charter

The Queen’s Speech confirmed that the government will introduce legislation to modernise the law on communications data
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
More responsive PSN security compliance regime goes live

Following a successful public beta of the updated Public Services Network compliance regime, the process has now gone live
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
US group calls to keep encryption strong as UK snoopers’ charter set to return

A coalition of top cryptologists and several large technology firms have sent a letter urging the US government to preserve strong encryption
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
ICO calls for practical approach to data protection

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for a more practical approach to data protection regulation
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
UK law enforcers support snoopers’ charter

Three of the UK’s law enforcement chiefs have come out in support of a revival of the so-called snoopers’ charter to monitor electronic communications
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
GCHQ launches recruitment campaign due to demand

UK intelligence agency GCHQ is recruiting for computer network operations specialists
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN

PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Theresa May signals Tory majority could revive snoopers’ charter

Theresa May has indicated the party could revive the so-called "snoopers’ charter" to monitor electronic communications
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Criminal attacks new top cause of health sector breaches, study shows

Criminal attacks are the new top cause of data breaches in the US health sector, a Ponemon Institute report has revealed
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
NSA phone metadata tracking ruled illegal

The US National Security Agency (NSA) bulk collection of mobile phone metadata revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 has been ruled unlawful by a federal appeal court
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
Something disgusting at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Kevin Cahill explains why he has filed a case at the Investigative Powers Tribunal over US intelligence gathering on children.
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
2014 saw step change in anti cyber attack collaboration, says UK official

Although 2014 was marked by an increase in cyber attacks, it also saw a new level in international cooperation to combat them
April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15
EU data protection regulation will drive privacy by design, says KuppingerCole

The EU data protection regulation will drive privacy by design in companies with European clients, says KuppingerCole analyst Karsten Kinast
April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15
The suburban rogue trader's algorithms behind the 2010 US flash crash

US authorities accuse British trader Navinder Singh Sarao of manipulating the stock market with fraudulent trades, triggering the 2010 flash crash
April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15
Standard Chartered bank gets cyber-security expertise with former GCHQ chief Iain Lobban

Standard Chartered appoints UK security and intelligence organisation GCHQ former director Iain Lobban to its Financial Crime Risk Committee
April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
Collaboration key to cyber security, says US homeland security chief

Collaboration between governments and with the private sector key to improving global cyber security
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
Six cyber security startups kick off with CyLon accelerator

Incubator CyLon kicks off first cohort in London with six selected European startups
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
EC slams Google over comparison shopping and Android

EC issues statement of objection to Google claiming it has abused its dominant position in internet search and mobile
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
Banks hide cyber crime losses, says City of London Police

Banks obscure the amount of money lost to cyber fraudsters – preferring to write off cyber theft as operating losses – says the City of London Police
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users

A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers
April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15
European Commission set to rule on Google anti-trust case "very soon"

After five years of dispute, the European Commission is said to be close to deciding if Google should face formal anti-trust charges
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Facebook faces privacy class action suit in Austria

Privacy campaigner Max Schrems leads a 25,000-strong class action lawsuit in Vienna against Facebook, claiming it breached European privacy law
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Mixed reaction to AT&T’s $25m data breach penalty

A $25m fine by the US Federal Communications Commission on AT&T for data breaches at call centres has received a mixed reaction
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Fears about Prism's long-term impact on cloud declared "overblown"

Forrester claims the fallout from the 2013 Prism surveillance scandal has had a minimal effect on the cloud industry
April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15
Facebook rejects report alleging privacy policy breaches EU laws

Facebook has rejected as inaccurate a report alleging that its privacy policy violates European law
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
HP files for $5.1bn damages while Mike Lynch counters

Mike Lynch has counter-sued HP following the computer maker’s London court appearance yesterday
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
AWS gets EU approval for data replication outside of Europe

The European Union Data Protection Authorities has approved Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Huawei not spying on UK, concludes Oversight Board report

A UK security probe into Huawei’s technology has concluded that the company has not presented any risk to national security
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Google appeal ruling should send shivers through US tech companies

What are the implications of Google's legal defeat in London and the UK court's hardening attitude towards privacy breaches?
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
UK Safari users set to sue Google for privacy breaches

UK users of Apple’s Safari browser have been given the green light to sue Google in the UK for bypassing privacy settings in the browser
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Europol chief joins call for legal tools to deal with encryption problem

Encryption has become one of the biggest problems for police and security services in dealing with threats from terrorism, says Europol chief
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
NHS regional health board adopts proactive approach to data security

The NHS Dumfries and Galloway health board has adopted a proactive way to protect patient data through continual vulnerability assessment
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Samsung targets business with Microsoft tools integration

Samsung has pre-installed Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype on the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, as it expands into business
March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15
Europe’s highest court considers future of online data privacy

The European Court of Justice has begun considering a case that could decide how Europeans’ data will be shared with US internet firms in future
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
European SMEs sign up to security as a service

European SMEs see the value of security as a service (SaaS) and are signing up through resellers, says security supplier iSheriff
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
UK aims to become world centre in cyber security insurance

The UK aims to become a global leader in cyber security insurance through a set of joint initiatives between the government and the insurance sector
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Most UK consumers worried about how personal data is shared

A survey by the ICO shows 85% of UK consumers are concerned about how their personal details are passed on or sold to other organisations
March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15
IoT and smart devices need ethical programmers, says Gartner

The internet of things (IoT) will need an emphasis on ethical programming if people are to come to trust smart machines and devices, say analysts
March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15
Verizon PCI DSS report a wake-up call, says PCI Security Standards Council

Verizon's payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) compliance report should be a wake-up call for business, says industry body
March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15
Get data protection right now, ICO tells UK business

New European data protection law will come into force in 2017 at the earliest, but UK business should not delay in getting its house in order
March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15
New EU data protection rules are good for business, says Websense

The coming EU General Data Protection Regulation has much to offer businesses, but they must get ready, says security firm Websense
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Financial sector cloud adoption on the rise despite security concerns

Cloud Security Alliance research reveals softening attitude towards off-premise technologies from financial services firms
March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15
Australians troll politicians to protest data retention law

Australians unhappy over proposed data retention laws target politicians with unsolicited text messages in protest
March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15
Mobile World Congress: Wearables now in 79% of European workplaces

Trend Micro research finds the majority of European workplaces are seeing wearable devices connecting to their networks
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Case study: Norwegian insurer invests in Darktrace machine-learning cyber defence

Shipping insurance company DNK hopes to inspire the rest of the shipping industry to adopt Darktrace’s cyber defence system
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
AXELOS CEO: Companies must focus on being cyber resilient

Companies need to put more emphasis on improving their reactions to cyber attacks rather than continuing to focus on prevention, says AXELOS CEO
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Net neutrality lobby victorious after FCC ruling

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopts new rules to support net neutrality and preserve the open internet
February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15
Cyber security key to EU single digital market, says EC

Cyber security key to a single digital market in Europe, says Jakub Boratynski, head of security at the European Commission (EC)
February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15
Businesses should not wait for EU data protection law, says PwC lawyer

Businesses waiting for the EU General Data Protection Regulation before taking action have already missed the boat, according to a PwC Legal partner
February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15
Security top driver for implementing ISO 27001, study shows

Information security is the biggest driver for companies to apply for certification in compliance with the ISO 27001 standard, a global survey shows
February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15
BlackBerry 10.3.1 review: Access Android apps and Blend

BlackBerry has finally released version 10.3.1 of its mobile operating system, which gives access to the Amazon Android app store
February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15
Government to move forward with national emergency text alert system

The Cabinet Office has proposed amending the Privacy and Electronic Communications legislation to implement a national mobile alert system
February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15
Microsoft achieves ISO cloud certification

Microsoft says it now complies with ISO/IEC 27018, which aims to establish a uniform, international approach to data protection in the cloud
February 12, 2015 12 Feb'15
Hervé Falciani: HSBC’s IT unable to provide sufficient audit oversight

HSBC’s IT systems were unable to give auditors sufficient oversight to identify tax avoidance in its Swiss private banking business
February 11, 2015 11 Feb'15
General election 2015: Major parties focus on tech agenda

With advancements around data protection and state surveillance of internet traffic, the UK is heading into its first tech-aware general election
February 10, 2015 10 Feb'15
Cyber awareness accreditation offered to teachers

Tech Partnership and NAACE unveil cyber awareness accreditation for teachers
February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15
GCHQ snooping ruling does not go far enough, says Open Rights Group

The recent ruling that mass surveillance of UK citizens' internet communications by GCHQ was unlawful does not go far enough, says Open Rights Group
February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15
GCHQ surveillance was illegal until last year, rules tribunal

Human Rights groups plan to challenge tribunal ruling in European Court of Human Rights
February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15
FCC’s Tom Wheeler offers up net neutrality plan

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may rule in favour of a strong regulatory environment to preserve the open internet
February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15
Aeris and Tech Mahindra to launch carrier IoT platform

M2M technology provider Aeris has linked up with services supplier Tech Mahindra to target mobile carriers that want to develop their IoT business
February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15
Public participation should be used to fuel big data in healthcare

Public participation should be used to drive big data projects in the healthcare industry, according to a report
February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15
NHS authorities subject to ICO audits for data protection

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) now has the right to audit NHS authorities to ensure they comply with the Data Protection Act
January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15
Google changes privacy policy in light of investigation

Google has been forced to implement a change in its privacy policy after an investigation from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15
Most EU businesses unclear on latest cyber security laws

Most EU businesses feel guidelines to achieve compliance with new European Union cyber security legislation are unclear
January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15
UK businesses handing over cyber security to third parties

More UK businesses are outsourcing their IT security because budgets are not growing as fast as the security threat
January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15
Obama pledges to push cyber security reforms

In his State of the Union address, the US president pledges to urge Congress to pass legislation to improve US cyber security
January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15
PCI DSS 3.0 still weak on encryption, says WinMagic

PCI DSS V3 does not go far enough on encryption, says full-disk encryption software firm WinMagic
January 16, 2015 16 Jan'15
Public sector may get encrypted connections over PSN in defiance of PM

Civil servants risk clash with Number 10 following remarks made by PSN chief technology officer James Duncan
January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15
EU data reform long overdue, says information commissioner

The European directive that led to the UK’s 1988 Data Protection Act is “scarcely fit for purpose”, says Christopher Graham
January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15
Cameron criticised for plans to ban encrypted messaging apps

David Cameron has been criticised over plans for new surveillance powers that could block encrypted messaging apps
January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15
Obama calls for single US data breach notification law

The US president is calling for a single US data breach notification law as part of proposed legislation to improve data security
January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15
Attackers bypass conventional security, says FireEye study

Hackers breach most conventional, signature-based security technologies, with 27% involving advanced threats