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| 29 Oct 2008 |
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Finance sector poor at achieving outsourcing success
As if the banks didn't have enough to contend with at the moment, they now stand accused of being the least effective when it comes to outsourcing IT projects. |
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DLP useless when companies fail to classify data
British companies are still failing to take simple steps to protect valuable data – mainly because they have still not classified which information is the most sensitive. |
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| 23 Oct 2008 |
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UTMs creep into the enterprise market, despite some resistance
Promising reduced costs, more powerful hardware and a lower carbon footprint, vendors are finally convincing some larger organisations to use unified threat management (UTM) produc... |
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| 16 Oct 2008 |
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Reports show security awareness and training are still lagging
Two new reports have confirmed that technology is the least of our problems when it comes to security -- it's the people and processes that still need fixing. |
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| 15 Oct 2008 |
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Email confusion could look bad in court
Despite discovery laws, many businesses are still unable to dig up email messages sent three years ago. |
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| 14 Oct 2008 |
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Three times unlucky for armed forces applicants
Over 1.7 million names may be on the drive lost by EDS. To make matters worse, no one is really sure what is on the disk, or whether it was encrypted. |
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| 10 Oct 2008 |
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Latest data loss could cost EDS, and some staff, dearly
After losing an unecrypted hard drive containing the personal details of 100,000 members of the British armed services, IT contractor EDS could face stiff financial penalties. |
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| 08 Oct 2008 |
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Mobile technology may limit harm of laptop data loss
New products are being introduced that protect stolen laptop data and possibly even catch thieves in the act. |
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| 03 Oct 2008 |
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Major security revamp seals NHS trust against data leakage
An NHS trust may have improved its security defences and prevented internal and external threats by updating security products and adding in one particular vendor's endpoint securi... |
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| 01 Oct 2008 |
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New Police Central e-crime Unit created to fight e-crime
The government is pumping more than £7m into a new police unit dedicated to battling Internet-based crime, but the person in charge says industry will have to help if it is t... |
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| 24 Sep 2008 |
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(ISC)2 targets software developers with secure accreditation
The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium will launch a certification program that aims to make security a higher priority among software developers. |
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