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December 27, 2013
27
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
24
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
26
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
08
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
07
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
01
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
24
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
23
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
22
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
18
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
18
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
27
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
25
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
25
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
17
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
17
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
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September 16, 2013
16
Sep'13
ICO denies bias against public sector organisations
The ICO has denied a bias in imposing civil monetary penalties against public sector organisations
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September 16, 2013
16
Sep'13
Risk assessment key to cloud adoption, says Isaca
There is mass confusion among small and medium businesses about cloud computing, says Amar Singh, chair of Isaca UK
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September 12, 2013
12
Sep'13
Facebook and Yahoo call for greater NSA transparency
Yahoo and Facebook have called on the US government for greater transparency over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) data requests
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September 12, 2013
12
Sep'13
Google to face claims over Wi-Fi snooping
Google is to face damages claims for privacy violations after a US judge ruled the firm broke the law when its Street View vehicles harvested unsecured Wi-Fi data
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September 11, 2013
11
Sep'13
US acts to restore faith in encryption standard after NSA backdoor revelation
The US tries to restore faith in a widely used encryption standard after Edward Snowden leaked documents showing the NSA has a backdoor
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September 02, 2013
02
Sep'13
Microsoft and Google sue US government for data-sharing revelations
Microsoft and Google are planning to sue the US government for the right to reveal more information about its official data requests
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August 29, 2013
29
Aug'13
Facebook, Skype and Google open to UK police, says Big Brother Watch
Transparency reports prove the UK police are accessing user information on a daily basis, says privacy group Big Brother Watch
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August 28, 2013
28
Aug'13
Facebook, Twitter and Google monitor web links, Swiss security firm warns
Facebook, Twitter and Google are monitoring web links sent in private communications, a Swiss IT security services firm has found
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August 23, 2013
23
Aug'13
Box.com forges new cloud security model
Service providers and consumers need to move to a security model better suited to the cloud computing, says Box.com
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August 23, 2013
23
Aug'13
London council gets £70,000 penalty for data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) serves Islington Council with penalty of £70,000 for releasing over 2,000 residents’ details online
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August 23, 2013
23
Aug'13
Nasdaq shutdown raises security fears
A software glitch that caused the Nasdaq stock exchange to shut down raises fears over stock market stability and cyber attacks
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August 22, 2013
22
Aug'13
US publishes revealing review on NSA surveillance
The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court finds the NSA's email and data programme illegal, a declassified 2011 opinion ruling reveals
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August 22, 2013
22
Aug'13
Security Think Tank: 3 keys to effective cyber security
The rapid rise in cyber espionage highlights the need to rethink data security strategies to improve protection of intellectual property. But what is the best way of doing that?
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August 20, 2013
20
Aug'13
Ask.fm announces plan to implement safety measures
Latvian Q&A website Ask.fm announces safety measures after a UK teenager purportedly killed herself over bullying on the site
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August 19, 2013
19
Aug'13
EU data breach disclosures to be enforced soon
The new European Union regulation requiring mandatory personal data breach disclosures by telcos and ISPs comes into force on 25 August 2013
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August 19, 2013
19
Aug'13
Google claims it is not subject to UK privacy laws
Google claims it is not subject to UK law in an attempt to quash legal action by UK iPhone users, angry over privacy breaches
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August 15, 2013
15
Aug'13
UK sites wrongly blocked in Premier League piracy battle
Users were unable to access a number of UK sites when they were wrongly blocked for copyright infringement
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August 13, 2013
13
Aug'13
Government partners with security services to launch Cyber Incident Response schemes
Two cyber security schemes have been launched today to provide industry expertise to victims of cyber security attacks
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July 30, 2013
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Jul'13
ICO to investigate sale of online dating profiles
The UK’s data protection watchdog is to investigate the sale of 10,000 online dating profiles to the BBC’s Panorama programme
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July 30, 2013
30
Jul'13
UK invests £850m in tackling cyber threats
The UK government is to invest more than £850m to develop and maintain cutting-edge capabilities to tackle cyber threats
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July 29, 2013
29
Jul'13
High Court gags UK scientist who cracked car security codes
The High Court has banned UK scientist Flavio Garcia from publishing a paper on how he cracked car security codes
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July 26, 2013
26
Jul'13
Business support security spending set to rise, survey shows
Information security spending in support of the business is expected to rise, according to a survey from GDS International
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July 25, 2013
25
Jul'13
Germany calls for new global online privacy charter
German government officials are calling for a new global charter to safeguard privacy online in the wake of revelations about the US Prism surveillance programme
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July 22, 2013
22
Jul'13
UK to block online porn by default
The UK is to block online pornography by default to all new internet users, David Cameron is to announce
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July 19, 2013
19
Jul'13
Technology firms appeal to Obama over Prism scandal
A technology industry alliance has appealed to President Obama for greater transparency to reduce the harm of links to Prism
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July 17, 2013
17
Jul'13
GCHQ’s use of Prism not illegal, MPs find
Allegations that GCHQ circumvented UK law by using the US Prism programme are unfounded, says intelligence and security committee
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July 17, 2013
17
Jul'13
Yahoo wins legal fight on Prism documents
Yahoo has won the fight to have papers from a key 2008 court case declassified and published in a bid for greater transparency about the US Prism internet surveillance programme
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July 16, 2013
16
Jul'13
G-Cloud key to government SME spending target
G-Cloud is key to channeling 25% of central government spending through SMEs by 2015, says Mark Smitham, principal cyber security advisor
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July 16, 2013
16
Jul'13
Public cloud secure, G-Cloud conference told
Public cloud is more secure than any private cloud is likely to be says Richard Sykes, chair of the Cloud Industry Forum
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July 15, 2013
15
Jul'13
UK defence industry to fast-track supply chain security
The UK’s Defence Cyber Protection Partnership seeks to implement controls to quickly increase supply chain security
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July 15, 2013
15
Jul'13
UK police use powers to seize personal data at borders
UK police are using counter-terrorism laws to seize the mobile phones of people entering the UK and download personal data
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July 15, 2013
15
Jul'13
Germany to push for better internet data protection
Germany wants internet firms to be more transparent about how they are using personal data, says chancellor Angela Merkel
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
Lloyds Risk Index: Cyber crime is a top three issue for CEOs
An Ipsos survey for Lloyds Risk Index 2013 has found that cyber risk is a major concern for CEOs and senior executives
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
ICO issues £200,000 penalty for failed IT disposal
The Information Commissioner’s Office penalises NHS Surrey with a £200,000 fine for leaving patient data on discarded PCs
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
Microsoft denies helping NSA to spy
Microsoft has denied that the company helped US intelligence services spy on users’ web chats, emails and data in cloud storage facilities
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
OpenCorporates makes company data public
Company data is being made available as part of an initiative to place more government data in the public domain
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
Yahoo wants Fisa objections revealed
Yahoo is the latest company implicated in the Prism internet surveillance programme to call for more transparency around its involvement
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July 10, 2013
10
Jul'13
Microsoft notches up over 3,000 copyright cases
In its battle against piracy, Microsoft says it has settled 3,265 copyright cases in the past year and warns of links to malware distribution