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Responsibility all round
Talkback Users must be educated, but no-one can pretend they don't have responsibility. I nearly agree with you, SAS. Security is about preventing intrusions, and information leakages, from all sides, and that means both individuals and businesses.
[August 13, 2007, 18:21]
Vendors urged to take responsibility for security
News Using someone else's software does not abdicate you from responsibility for the security of the code," MacClean said, and added that the constant updates and service packs made life especially difficult for in-house IT people.
[April 23, 2008, 12:18]
Gerstner tells industry to take responsibility
News When technology changes, the industry responsible for change is always called upon to take responsibility for the impact of those changes," he said. On Monday, IBM chief executive, Lou Gerstner, exhorted his fellow tech leaders to "step up" and...
[March 7, 2000, 12:20]
XML variant will boost corporate responsibility says UN
News But while UNEP is keen to point out the promise of technology such as XBRL to improve company's environmental and social responsibility, it claims that other technological developments may be hindering the process.
[November 8, 2004, 17:03]
Corporate social responsibility hindered by poor data
News Chief information officers are failing to seize the opportunity to play a bigger role in corporate social responsibility initiatives across their organisations, according to new research. The survey of 150 organisations in France, Germany, the UK...
[April 4, 2007, 10:22]
EC: Web 2.0 means power and responsibility
News This also increases the need to raise awareness on security issues and make all citizens and businesses part of a more efficient chain of responsibility," Reding added. The move towards Web 2.0 will stir the debate over internet governance and make...
[October 31, 2006, 13:14]
Managerial responsibility
Talkback It is a matter of managerial responsibility and failure penalties. Individuals at every level must accept personal responsibility for their allocated work and understand that failure can lead to dismissal or demotion.
[January 7, 2009, 9:37]
Coding in corporate responsibility
News A: Chief executives from 150 of the largest companies in the United States, at a business roundtable on cybersecurity last year, said it's a shared responsibility between customers and vendors to secure cyberspace.
[May 16, 2005, 11:20]
Whose Responsibility?
Talkback Just whose responsibility is it to bring awareness of IT benefits (generally) and IT projects (specifically) to the elected members? Typical bleating from SOCITM and all too typical of IT/Computing representative groups.
[March 20, 2007, 10:58]
Government widens net of responsibility for kids
News Home secretary Jack Straw has invited representatives from the Internet industry, child welfare organisations, the police and government to join the forum, and for the first time has acknowledged the need for computer manufacturers and vendors to...
[March 29, 2001, 16:18]
Thus bends law to avoid responsibility for child porn
News It's more a question of them wanting to avoid responsibility for their content -- giving a simple answer. British telco Thus is arguing that it cannot legally check for paedophile content, despite making a pledge in February to actively remove...
[March 28, 2001, 16:37]
Time for some personal responsibility
Talkback While such thoughts are certainly to be vehemently rejected by the civil service, I think it is time that Data Protection law made it an individuals responsibility whenever a data loss occurred. Individual civil servants must accept responsibility.
[February 13, 2009, 16:56]
Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill
Talkback While I can see that point that large changes in usage should ring alarm bells with the network, if you go abroad, you're highly likely to have a large change anyway. Do we want everyone that uses their phone abroad to have their line barred within...
[May 25, 2006, 15:26]
Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill
Talkback Surely, in this day and age, one uses a PIN number on a SIM card. Then, provided you don't lose a SIM in a phone which is already logged into the network, you are at little risk of anyone running up bills on the account if the SIM is stolen.
[May 25, 2006, 16:54]
Cabinet Office relinquishes XML responsibility
News The Cabinet Office e-Government Unit (eGU) announced on 23 March, 2005 that it would hand over the management of the XML schemas to the Local e-Government Standards Body (e-SB) on 1 April, 2005. As part of the process local government XML schemas...
[March 24, 2005, 16:45]
Vendors urged to take responsibility for security
Talkback Security begins with the software creator, and most large companies have the tools to test before it hits the shelves. OS makers should be at the forefront of security, and they should collaborate with third party writers to ensure security continues.
[April 24, 2008, 13:45]
Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill
Talkback If you lost your wallet with £850 in it, who would you try and get the money back from? Use a Pin code, stop being a Baby and take responsability of your own belongings!
[May 25, 2006, 17:53]
Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill
Talkback I am in the same dispute with Vodafone.Except my bill is £2,900! I have gone as far as Otello who so far have taken the side of Vodafone. Vodafone have only offered me the VAT. They failed to give me the information requested on three ocassions to...
[October 16, 2006, 19:31]
Making business see the cents in responsibility
News Can you name some of the companies from the technology industry that have embraced the concept of social responsibility in their reporting to investors? Ligteringen is chief executive of GRI, a Netherlands-based not-for-profit organisation that...
[November 9, 2004, 10:48]
Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill
Talkback I'll definitely stick with Pay-as-you-go then.
[May 25, 2006, 13:54]
