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Data Breaches Cost An Average Business £1.4m
News The main cause of data breaches was the loss of laptops or other devices, accounting for 36 percent of breaches; followed by lost paper records, at 24 percent. In a report, released on Monday, the researchers received responses from 21 UK-based...
[February 25, 2008, 15:37]
Don't Blame 'stupid Users' For Data Breaches
News There has been a spate of high-profile security breaches dating back to mid-2007, which has led the government watchdogs to demand action be taken against organisations and individuals who fail to safeguard data and information.
[April 2, 2008, 14:30]
BCS: Gov't Data Breaches Have Eroded Public Trust
News The British Computing Society has criticised the government, claiming its high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust. The criticism follows a number of high-profile UK government data breaches recently, including the HMRC loss, numerous...
[April 30, 2008, 12:11]
PGP: Encryption Alone No Cure For Data Breaches
Comment The most recent study by the Ponemon Institute, which tracks the cost of breaches, estimates that each compromised record costs an affected company $197, up eight percent from 2006 and 43 percent from 2005.
[February 4, 2008, 15:46]
Companies Urged To Tell Customers Of Data Breaches
News More than four-fifths of UK consumers think companies that suffer data security breaches should let their customers know, according to a recent survey. UK companies should warn customers if their personal data has been put at risk, according to the...
[July 17, 2007, 14:31]
Public Confidence Shaken By Data Breaches
News Public confidence in the government's ability to safeguard data would have been shaken further by other recent government data breaches, said Beer. The majority of UK citizens do not trust the government with their data following the HM Revenue...
[December 13, 2007, 11:56]
Over 600 HMRC Staff Disciplined For Data Breaches
News HMRC has faced widespread criticism over recent high-profile data breaches. Breaches of this policy are taken seriously and any breach will result in the commencement of disciplinary proceedings. HM Revenue & Customs has had to discipline over 600...
[May 1, 2008, 14:38]
The Russian Approach To Tackling Data Breaches
News ZDNet.co.uk caught up with Natalya, now divorced from Eugene, at the Infosecurity Europe event in London last week to find out how her mainly consumer-focused company is looking to help businesses with data security.
[April 29, 2008, 17:41]
UK Nears 100 Data Breaches In Six Months
News Organisations are continuing to lose sensitive personal data — despite high-profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach — and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has warned chief executives to protect staff and...
[April 23, 2008, 8:54]
Application Auditing: Guidelines For Investigating Internal Data Breaches
White Papers Mainframe data security has become a critical IT issue--one that businesses have thus far addressed by locking down applications to keep unauthorized outside users from accessing them. This white paper explores the dangers posed by internal data...
[May 17, 2007, 0:00]
Reduce The Risk Of Costly Data Breaches: Three Pillars Of Data Protection
White Papers There are numerous regulations that govern the protection of private, personal and confidential data regardless of whether the data resides on a secure mainframe computer, desktop PC or mobile device such as a laptop PC.
[November 26, 2007, 23:00]
Protect Your Cardholder File Transfers Against Data Breaches: Satisfying Payment Card Industry (PCI) Requirements
White Papers All sensitive electronic data needs to be protected, but enterprises should be aware that the low hanging fruit for the criminals is electronic card and checking account numbers, as well as user IDs and passwords for online financial accounts...
[September 13, 2007, 0:00]
ICO: Data-breach Spate 'no Worse' Than Normal
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said that the rash of data-breach reports in the past five months is due not to more data breaches, but to more people admitting to them. More people are stepping forward as they realise the importance of...
[February 15, 2008, 16:01]
Watchdog Calls For 'reckless Data-breach' Offence
News The Information Commissioner's Office has called for amendments to UK data-protection laws, including making "reckless" data breaches an offence. The Commissioner is proposing the introduction of a new penalty, limited to breaches that are...
[January 30, 2008, 16:52]
Meeting The Data Security And Privacy Challenge: Best Practices For Securing Your Message Streams
White Papers As large-scale breaches of personal information make news headlines on an almost daily basis, data protection is on the top of minds of many organizations. At the same time, the growing adoption of electronic communication channels (from email to...
[September 29, 2006, 0:00]
MPs Demand Tougher Data-breach Sanctions
News A group of MPs wants to see tougher sanctions for government bodies that commit serious breaches of data-protection law. Under current law, neither government departments nor agencies can be held criminally responsible for data-protection breaches.
[January 3, 2008, 13:45]
Asia Urged To Strengthen Data-breach Laws
News Jerry Cox, CA's director of security sales for the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, said in an interview: "Strong laws would force a company to disclose security breaches often involving the loss of customer data.
[September 28, 2007, 9:37]
FSA Warns Banks: Shape Up On Security
News Following an audit of 39 banks, building societies, insurance companies and financial advisors, the FSA called on financial services firms to adopt a more transparent stance towards customers, rather than fearing adverse media coverage when data...
[April 28, 2008, 8:56]
Fresh Calls For Data-breach Law
News In some cases [of data breaches] the financial penalties are not strong enough. Data breaches run from the corner-shop owner who loses customer notes, right through to corporations losing data. Evans said that the Data Protection Act currently does...
[September 14, 2007, 10:08]
Security Chief: Data-breach Laws Must Be Fair
News He added data breaches are a "serious business", damaging consumers and also causing brand damage, so businesses need to be given some leeway to deal with such situations and re-evaluate how they use data.
[September 20, 2007, 8:50]
