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UK to appoint cyber-sec tsar?
Blog The UK is to appoint a cyber security tsar along the lines of the US, according to a story in the Telegraph this morning. The story is similar to one that appeared in the Guardian ten days ago. There is a press briefing at the Cabinet Office this...
[June 24, 2009, 12:00]
Privacy tsar: Gov't comms database 'a step too far'
News The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised database of all UK communications. Speaking at the launch of the Information Commissioner's Office's Annual Report 2008, information commissioner Richard...
[July 16, 2008, 10:54]
US cybersecurity tsar marches on
News He's the first US cybersecurity tsar to hold the title of assistant secretary. The top US cybersecurity official wants Congress to come up with ways to promote adoption of security technologies, and he sees a tax break as one possible incentive.
[February 20, 2007, 16:32]
Yahoo appoints click fraud tsar
News Yahoo has promoted one of its staff attorneys to an executive-level position that is akin to being click fraud tsar at the second largest web search provider. For seven years, Reggie Davis helped the web search company defend itself against...
[March 22, 2007, 9:24]
Security industry doesn't want a cybersecurity tsar
News Security vendors and high-tech police see little need for a 'cybersecurity tsar', as demanded by a Conservative MP last week . It's difficult to understand what kind of role a cybersecurity tsar would have that's not already covered by Ian Watmore.
[November 29, 2005, 17:25]
MP calls for cybersecurity Tsar
News An MP has called for the creation of a 'Cybersecurity Tsar' and a national agency to combat the growing threat of cybercrime. Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin, used an adjournment debate last Wednesday to call for more action to...
[November 28, 2005, 13:30]
Security industry doesn't want a cybersecurity tsar
Talkback Security requires total solutions since security can only be as strong as the weakest link and there's much ground that needs to be covered. Given that in the tradional government model many departments tend to get in the way of each other without...
[November 29, 2005, 21:58]
MP calls for cybersecurity Tsar
Talkback Ironic really as he's been caught out spamming forums to advertise one of his own companys.http://markpritchard.blogspot.com/2005/07/mark-pritchards-blog-or-lack-of-it.html Further links to Mark's lack of technical prowess; http://www.bloggerheads...
[November 29, 2005, 10:28]
Tech Tsar is spot on.
Talkback Why don't they open our post too while they are at it? Why not put cameras into every home as well, after all, those that constantly say they have nothing to hide.
[September 5, 2008, 10:25]
Privacy tsar: Gov't will collect less data
News The outgoing information commissioner has predicted that government will reverse the trend to collect more personal data. Richard Thomas made the forecast as part of his farewell speech at a conference in London organised by his office.
[May 15, 2009, 15:37]
Government appoints digital engagement tsar
News The government's deputy CIO has been named as the UK's first director of digital engagement. Andrew Stott, a Cambridge graduate with a degree in mathematics and law who has been deputy CIO since September 2004, started his new job yesterday...
[May 14, 2009, 15:30]
Privacy tsar: 277 data breaches since November
News The information commissioner has criticised the mishandling of personal data by the private and public sectors, in the light of hundreds of data breaches reported to his office over the past year. In a speech to the RSA Conference Europe 2008 on...
[October 29, 2008, 12:14]
Labour tech tsar attacks gov't comms-database plan
News The Labour chairman of an influential technology group has warned that government plans to monitor UK email and internet records could collect too much data to be useful. Home Office proposals that will see records of phone, email and internet...
[September 5, 2008, 8:21]
Gov't appoints tech tsar to cut IT costs
News The government has drafted in a former blue-chip chief executive to help slash the £13bn spent on public-sector IT each year. Martin Read, former chief executive of IT outsourcer Logica, will help achieve "significant savings" and address the...
[June 24, 2008, 8:57]
Tech tsar to develop government strategy
News The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has appointed Iain Gilmour Gray as chief executive of the Technology Strategy Board. The board was launched as an executive Non Departmental Public Body on 1 July, 2007, with a remit to...
[September 20, 2007, 8:37]
Microsoft's merger tsar departs
News A former investment banker who oversaw Microsoft's merger and acquisition strategy has left the company, the software maker confirmed on Friday. Richard Emerson, a former managing director at international investment bank Lazard Freres, was hired...
[September 22, 2003, 11:05]
Privacy tsar: Data protection should be 'way of life'
News Breaking the government's 'culture of secrecy' while protecting the privacy of UK citizens is one of the key challenges facing the new Information Commissioner as he settles into his role. Richard Thomas, 53, formerly the director of public policy...
[January 8, 2003, 9:52]
Works of Leo Tolstoy. Huge collection. (60+ Works) FREE Author's Biography and Stories
Downloads Table of ContentsLeo Tolstoy Biography List of Works Included in this CollectionBibliography by yearNovels :: Dramatic Plays :: Autobiographical writings :: Stories :: EssaysNovels: Anna Karenina Boyhood Childhood The Cossacks, A Tale of 1852 The...
[October 5, 2007, 7:00]
Data-breach admissions may become mandatory
News Banks, other businesses and authorities could soon be forced to confess to data breaches, according to the EU privacy tsar. European data-protection supervisor Peter Hustinx said there is growing pressure within the European Parliament to create a...
[October 28, 2008, 14:48]
Congress critical of Homeland Security's tech efforts
News In what has become a familiar refrain, a chorus of Republicans and Democrats — all from the US House of Representatives panel on telecommunications and the Internet — urged the agency to get its act together and appoint a long-awaited...
[September 14, 2006, 8:55]
