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Regulatory compliance and standard requirements
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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
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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
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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
30
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
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July 09, 2013
09
Jul'13
Privacy International challenges US and UK internet spying
Lobby group Privacy International has filed a legal challenge to internet surveillance programmes by US and UK intelligence agencies
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July 05, 2013
05
Jul'13
Tougher EU penalties for cyber crime not enough, say security experts
The European Parliament has adopted a draft directive to toughen up EU penalties for cyber crime, but security experts say this is not enough on its own
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July 05, 2013
05
Jul'13
Security Think Tank: Prism unlikely to change much
Does the data collected by Prism put the US Government at risk from other state or non-state sponsored activists?
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July 05, 2013
05
Jul'13
Is Switzerland turning into a cloud-haven in the wake of Prism scandal?
Enterprises are using Swiss cloud providers to host data, because of their tighter privacy culture, following the NSA surveillance revelations
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July 05, 2013
05
Jul'13
UK joins EU demands for Google to rewrite privacy policy
The UK’s privacy watchdog has joined data protection authorities in France, Spain, Germany and Italy in demanding changes to Google’s privacy policy
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July 05, 2013
05
Jul'13
NSA Prism scandal could hit US cloud providers, says EC vice-president
EC vice-president Neelie Kroes says US cloud services providers could lose business because of fears over US Prism surveillance programme
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July 02, 2013
02
Jul'13
Senior MPs flout EU cookie law
Two years after the EU cookie regulation and UK law came into force, not all UK websites are compliant, including the sites of 13 senior MPs
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June 28, 2013
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Jun'13
Secure Wi-Fi and digital documents set to transform UK courts
Courtrooms will be fitted with secure Wi-Fi as part of a £160m programme to improve the efficiency of the Criminal Justice System
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June 27, 2013
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Jun'13
US consumer watchdog wants sponsored search returns clearly marked
US trading authorities have ordered the world’s most popular search engines to clearly identify search returns sponsored by advertisers
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June 26, 2013
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Jun'13
Storage firm Guardtime relies on maths for transparent data security
Estonian storage company Guardtime claims its security technology makes data more transparent, but will it be embraced by Europe?
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June 24, 2013
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Jun'13
Identity management key to browser-based IT strategy
A cloud-based identity management system is key to enabling a browser-based IT strategy at online recruitment firm Reed.co.uk
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June 21, 2013
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Jun'13
ICO takes further action on Google’s collection of Wi-Fi data
The ICO has taken further action against Google over the collection of Wi-Fi data by its Street View cars, but has stopped short of a monetary penalty
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June 21, 2013
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Jun'13
EU data protection regulators begin action against Google
Privacy regulators across Europe are beginning to take action against Google for failing to change the way it manages user data
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June 20, 2013
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Jun'13
Microsoft reverses Xbox One game restrictions
Microsoft has reversed its controversial decision to impose restrictions on pre-owned games for its latest Xbox One console
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June 20, 2013
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Jun'13
DuckDuckGo trebles searches after Prism surveillance scandal
DuckDuckGo, which does not track users' activities, has shot to prominence since US Prism online monitoring programme was revealed
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June 19, 2013
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Jun'13
Lock up admin accounts to defeat hackers, says Cyber-Ark
Hackers typically target privileged admin accounts to gain access to all computer systems, says David Higgins, senior sales manager Cyber-Ark
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June 18, 2013
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Jun'13
Yahoo joins tech firms declaring US data request numbers
Yahoo is the latest technology firm to reveal statistics on US government surveillance requests
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June 18, 2013
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Jun'13
PM calls meeting to tackle online porn
Prime Minister David Cameron has called a meeting with internet firms to discuss ways of blocking images of child sex abuse and to prevent children from viewing pornography online
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June 12, 2013
12
Jun'13
UK cloud users more positive about security than non-users, study shows
UK SMEs see security, privacy and reliability benefits in cloud-based services, a study from comScore shows
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June 12, 2013
12
Jun'13
Universities minister David Willetts backs Chinese telecoms firm Huawei
Universities and science minister David Willetts praises Huawei a week after the ISC voiced concerns over its involvement in UK infrastructure
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June 12, 2013
12
Jun'13
Technology companies call for more transparency over data requests
Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft call on US government to allow them to publish greater detail about requests to hand over user data
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June 11, 2013
11
Jun'13
CISOs must shape up or ship out, says Forrester
Chief information security officers (CISOs) must evolve into data risk managers if they are to survive in the future, says Forrester Research
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June 11, 2013
11
Jun'13
Security tech market set to grow 8.7% in 2013, says Gartner
The worldwide security technology and services market will reach $67.2bn in 2013, up 8.7% from 2012, according to research firm Gartner
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June 11, 2013
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Jun'13
UK links to US internet surveillance remain unclear
The government insists that UK spy agencies operate within the law, but questions remain
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June 07, 2013
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Jun'13
PM urged to criminalise internet rape porn
Campaigners are calling for the criminalisation of possessing internet pornography depicting rape
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June 05, 2013
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Jun'13
Human error causes most data breaches, Ponemon study finds
Human errors and system problems caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012, according to a study from Symantec and the Ponemon Institute
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June 05, 2013
05
Jun'13
Backup and recovery challenges most small businesses, study shows
Most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are experiencing difficulties with data backup and recovery, a study has shown
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June 05, 2013
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Jun'13
UK authorities begin tackling pirate websites
The City of London Police and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau have started contacting websites suspected of profiting by breaking copyright laws
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June 03, 2013
03
Jun'13
Transparency, not security, is biggest cloud challenge, says Verizon
Transparency is the biggest challenge to moving to cloud computing, not security, according to Verizon
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June 03, 2013
03
Jun'13
Google ordered to comply with FBI data demands
A US judge has ordered Google to comply with FBI demands for customer data, despite ruling previously that such demands were unconstitutional
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May 29, 2013
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May'13
US anti-piracy group proposes locking infringing computers
The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property has proposed pre-installing software on computers to identify copyright-violating activity
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May 23, 2013
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May'13
Economic future depends on e-ID, says Security Identity Alliance
The digital economies of Europe could comprise 28% of GDP by 2020 but only with secure electronic IDs, says the Secure Identity Alliance (SIA)
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May 22, 2013
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May'13
UK data breaches largely hidden, says Stroz Friedberg
The true extent of UK data breaches is unknown because most companies do not report them says Stroz Friedberg
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May 21, 2013
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May'13
Privileged accounts key to most APT attacks, says Cyber-Ark
The theft, misuse and exploitation of privileged accounts is becoming an increasingly key tactic in advanced persistent threat attacks
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May 20, 2013
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May'13
Twitter uses open source to automate security
Twitter is increasingly using open source automation tools to ensure security processes are taken care of in all the code it produces
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May 15, 2013
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May'13
Microsoft declares conformance with ISO 27034-1
Microsoft has declared conformance with ISO 27034-1, the first part of an international standard for secure software development
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May 13, 2013
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May'13
Cyber criminals hack Washington court system
Hackers gain access to the personal data of 160,000 US citizens after compromising Washington State court service servers
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May 10, 2013
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May'13
Eight hackers charged with $45m cyber fraud
US federal authorities have charged eight hackers in connection with a $45m debit card fraud scheme
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May 09, 2013
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May'13
Information assurance certification gives SMEs the edge
IT consultancy Purple Frog Systems says the IASME information assurance standard for SMEs gives it a competitive edge
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May 09, 2013
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May'13
Solihull council saves time and money with BYOD
At least one in five local authorities in the UK could allow staff to use their own devices at work, due to demand from employees
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May 08, 2013
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May'13
Spirit of snoopers’ charter lives on in Queen’s Speech
The draft Communications Data Bill did not make the Queen’s Speech, but there was mention of proposals for investigating cyber crime
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May 07, 2013
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May'13
Symantec helps NHS trust cut security costs by a quarter
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust cut security costs by 25% in its partnership with security supplier Symantec
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May 03, 2013
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May'13
Netherlands considers hacking powers for police
The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails
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May 03, 2013
03
May'13
Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: Winners
The winners are in for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security. See who made the top spots.
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May 01, 2013
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May'13
NIST revises US federal cyber security standards
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has revised federal cyber security standards to address threats since 2005
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April 30, 2013
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Apr'13
Big data security: getting a grip on multiple data sources
Big data analyses multiple data points, but how do you ensure that ecosystem is secure? In this podcast, Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, outlines the key steps in achieving big data security
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April 29, 2013
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Apr'13
Another online firm hit by data breach
Online deals service LivingSocial is the latest company to report a breach of its computer systems that may mean attackers accessed customer details
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April 26, 2013
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Apr'13
Case study: Omnicom improves security and cuts costs without disruption
The Omnicom Media Group has cut costs and reduced risk without business disruption by deploying ForeScout’s CounterACT network access control system
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April 26, 2013
26
Apr'13
ICO warns GP practice over hacked webmail account
A GP practice is acting on a breach of the Data Protection Act linked to the surgery’s hacked webmail account
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April 26, 2013
26
Apr'13
Government must work with business to avert cyber disaster, says Kaspersky
Greater collaboration between government and private sector is needed to address the threat of cyber warfare, says Kaspersky
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
Lib Dems will block Snoopers’ Charter, says Nick Clegg
The draft Communications Data Bill will not go ahead while the Lib Dems are in government, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
(ISC)2 and the CSA announce certification for cloud security
Information security professional body (ISC)2 and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new professional certification for information security
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April 24, 2013
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Apr'13
Infosec 2013: ICO expects clarity on EU data rules only in 2014
The ICO expects a clear picture of the coming European data protection framework in early 2014, says deputy commissioner David Smith
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April 24, 2013
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Apr'13
Global enforcement of law in cyberspace years away, says BCS
Governments and international law enforcement have much to do to catch up with the criminals who have adapted to the online world, claims a report by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
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April 23, 2013
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Apr'13
Infosec 2013: Every business in the cyber war frontline, says Kaspersky
Every business is on the frontline of the fight against cyber threats, says Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive of security firm Kaspersky Lab
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April 23, 2013
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Apr'13
Infosec 2013: Cost of cyber breaches rises three-fold, research shows
The cost of cyber breaches rose three-fold in the past year, says the government's latest annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey
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April 23, 2013
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Apr'13
Infosec 2013: Cyber threats, challenge and opportunity for UK, says minister
Cyber threats are a challenge to UK businesses, but they also present exciting opportunities, says Cabinet Office minister, Chloe Smith
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
Business skills key to CISO’s survival
Business skills are key components of any CISO says Paul Swarbrick, CISO at aeronautical information service, NATS
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April 18, 2013
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Apr'13
Communication key to risk management in security, says CISO
Challenges to security risk management are largely due to incorrect perceptions by the business, says News International CISO Amar Singh
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April 15, 2013
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Apr'13
Enterprise security moving to the cloud, says Gartner
By 2015, 10% of IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud, according to a report by research company Gartner
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April 15, 2013
15
Apr'13
Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities
Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices
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April 12, 2013
12
Apr'13
Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns
Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action