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Derek Gannon stepped from IT to COO of newspaper company Guardian News & Media and now moves the company into new horizons. Kevin O'Brien, head of IS at Comet sees networking as the key to the future of the electronics retail giant.
TOP TEN CONCERNS > Security > NEWS
25/06/2008
Most businesses 'still failing' on PCI data security standard
The vast majority of businesses are still failing to comply with the Payment Card Industry’s data security standard, over two years after it became compulsory, according to a report.
Almost 900,000 Scots ambulance centre personal details lost
The Scottish Ambulance Service has admitted it has lost a disc containing the personal details of nearly a million emergency calls.
Virgin loses 3,000 customer bank details
Virgin Media has lost the bank details of 3,000 of its customers.
23/06/2008
More than four-fifths of enterprises have endpoint holes
More than four out of five businesses fail basic security tests according to Sophos. Research carried out by the security vendor found that 81 per cent of corporate endpoints failed basic tests.
20/06/2008
Morgan Stanley's IT failed to detect £61m rogue trader
Morgan Stanley’s IT systems were at the heart of a failure to prevent a rogue trader in London from costing the company £61 million.
Desktop virtualisation gets military-grade security
Tresys Technology has released a desktop virtualisation platform with a difference - it is designed from the ground up for organisations needing tight security, including military bodies.
19/06/2008
Mozilla struggles to fix 'severe' Firefox 3.0 bug
Security researchers at Tipping Point have found the first vulnerability in the new Firefox 3.0 web browser, ranking the severity of the bug as 'high'.
18/06/2008
Most data breaches avoidable - report
Nearly nine in ten data breaches could have been avoided by taking reasonable security measures, according to a new report.
16/06/2008
Enterprises left vulnerable as glitch prevents Microsoft patching
Microsoft has confirmed that businesses using one of its patch distribution tools have not been able to install last week's security updates.
12/06/2008
Cotton Traders clam up after hack exposes customer details
Cotton Traders, the clothing retailer, is refusing to give details of the security arrangements in place when its website was hacked and customer card details stolen.
03/06/2008
Smartphones 'bigger security risk' than laptops
Smartphones are seen as a more of a security risk than laptops and mobile storage devices, according to new research.
02/06/2008
Bank loses 4.5 million unencrypted customer records
Bank of New York Mellon have confirmed that a box of unencrypted data storage tapes holding personal information of more than 4.5 million individuals was lost more than three months ago by a third-party vendor during transport to an off-site facility.
30/05/2008
Police e-crime unit must make 'visible arrests' says industry
The e-crime police unit promised by the government must result in visible arrests of cybercriminals and look beyond fraud, members of the IT industry and parliament told CIO sister title Computerworld UK.
28/05/2008
Social networking faces EU regulation call
Europe's top Internet security agency, ENISA, has called for new legislation to police social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
23/05/2008
Mobile security races up CIOs' agenda
The security threat posed by mobile devices and remote working is racing up the CIO agenda according to a major survey published this week.
21/05/2008
E-crime unit gets Home Office rubber stamp
The proposed £5.3 million national e-crime police unit has been given the go-ahead by the government.
NHS Trust loses 38,000 patient records on tape
Personal health records of more than 38,000 patients have gone missing after a computer back-up tape was lost while being sent by courier to a software company, an NHS trust has confirmed.
19/05/2008
Govt overlooks e-crime unit in key communications bill
The UK government has missed another opportunity to commit to an internet crime response unit, despite vowing to better police communications data in the interests of national security.
15/05/2008
NATO to build cyber warfare centre
NATO plans to set up a cyber defence centre in Estonia to research and help fight cyber warfare. The Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence will operate out of Tallinn, Estonia, with a staff of 30.
07/05/2008
