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Media lobbying 'watered down' data-misuse laws
News It will take another data scandal before tougher sentences are imposed for data misuse, according to the information commissioner. Speaking at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London on Tuesday, information commissioner Richard Thomas used his...
[April 23, 2008, 10:30]
Councils sack staff over misuse of DWP data
News Computer Weekly used Freedom of Information requests on councils to uncover information on the misuse of the CIS data. Local authorities have dismissed employees who viewed personal data on the Department for Work and Pensions' Customer Information...
[August 10, 2009, 12:05]
Anonymous Data Broadcasting by Misuse of Satellite ISPs
White Papers This paper discusses how to misuse satellite ISPs to allow any subscribed user to broadcast arbitrary content to a group of anonymous receivers. Exploiting the fact that the satellite downstream signal, containing the data requested by a user, is...
[October 19, 2007, 1:00]
No deterrent
Talkback "Internal" disciplinary action is a grossly inadequate response to data misuse in the IPS and to me smacks of lax and idle management covering their weakness. The supervisory or managerial individual(s) responsible for preventing such data misuse...
[November 3, 2008, 14:17]
Police 'misusing national computer'
News Misuse of the Police National Computer (PNC) by officers is undermining public confidence in the police's ability to handle data, according to the deputy chair of the police complaints commission. Speaking on 15 July, 2004, John Wadham said that...
[July 16, 2004, 12:00]
UK banks deny planning database of sacked staff
News The British Bankers Association (BBA) has hit back at reports that it is developing a database to share details of staff that have been fired for misuse of data. The BBA did reveal that it is currently in discussions with its members about...
[November 1, 2005, 15:45]
Comprehensive Compliance Controls for BusinessObjects Environments: Combining Intelligent Business Policy Controls With BusinessObjects XI and Database Auditing to Ensure Effective GRC Process
White Papers In fact, most cases of data theft and misuse are committed by authorized insiders. As more data is centralized in larger databases accessed by a growing numbers of people and applications, the risk of data misuse is increasing.
[September 2, 2009, 1:22]
Inland Revenue to take measures against tax record snooping
News The Inland Revenue is to introduce tough disciplinary penalties for computer misuse, after it was discovered that staff have been browsing through taxpayers' records, and may have breached data protection laws by disclosing tax information to...
[January 17, 2003, 13:20]
America debates data retention
Talkback Data retention laws may be the wet dream of people sitting behind a desk running their part of the world on paper but in reality it's nothing but a burden that's begging for misuse and abuse by white board criminals and won't stand in the way of...
[April 20, 2006, 23:53]
Law may be updated to cover DoS attacks
News The government is considering amending the Computer Misuse Act (CMA), amid concern within the Internet industry that denial of service (DoS) attacks may not be covered by the law. Our advice from the Crown Prosecution Service is that denial of...
[December 11, 2002, 16:52]
Cable company sacks six for email "misuse"
News Another six employees have lost their jobs for alleged "misuse" of email as Cable & Wireless confirmed Tuesday it has dismissed six people from its Birmingham office. Sacking employees for perceived misuse of email is nothing new.
[November 29, 2000, 15:13]
Home Office admits to database breaches
News A range of protection and procedures are in place to prevent the misuse or abuse of official systems, and to detect it where it does occur. IPS is committed to investigating any such misuse or abuse, and will deal with it in the strongest manner...
[August 31, 2006, 9:40]
IPS dismisses 14 staff for data-protection breaches
News A range of procedures are in place to prevent misuse or abuse of official systems, and to detect it where it does occur," the spokesperson added. IPS investigates any unauthorised access to, misuse or abuse of the information entrusted to it.
[November 3, 2008, 6:49]
Carnivore cleared by Department of Justice
News However, the system is a tool without safeguards to prevent misuse, according to the report. In addition, the report warned that misuse of the system could result in significant privacy violations, confirming the accusations of many privacy advocates.
[November 22, 2000, 16:12]
Web bookies demand higher security standards
News The UK Parliament will have ten minutes on Tuesday to decide whether to update the Computer Misuse Act (1990). Derek Wyatt's efforts to re-start a debate in Parliament regarding the Computer Misuse Act are to be applauded, but a paltry ten minute...
[April 5, 2005, 16:55]
It's time for the Government Misuse Act
Leader While it is laudable that lawmakers have finally woken up to the threat posed by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and are attempting to amend the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) accordingly, their response can best be described as "too much...
[May 22, 2006, 15:45]
Data theft tops IT security agenda
News Through misuse of tools such as Vomit, an open-source diagnostic tool, hackers can intercept internet calls at layer 2 in the OSI model. Corporate IT professionals are concerned about data theft and regulatory compliance, but threats to their VoIP...
[April 19, 2007, 17:08]
DATA PROTECTION
Talkback Are not accountable For The Misuse Of Data Lost This Data, Lost That Data, Its About Time They Got the House In Order, AND Be Accountable, & not be Above The Law Why Is The Goverment & Its Subsidiary Departments
[January 31, 2008, 12:43]
UK firms falling into data protection pitfalls
News Nearly half of UK companies could be breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) through the misuse of customer data, according to research published on Monday. The study involved 100 UK IT directors, and found that 44 percent were using genuine...
[July 3, 2006, 12:30]
Three Steps You Need to Know to Stop Data Loss
White Papers Sensitive data exposed to misuse or loss.it is the stuff of nightmares. Indexing and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies can help, but in today's economy when resources are limited and when asked to do more with less, these strategies take...
[June 26, 2009, 11:43]
