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Internal and external threats to IT systems continue to increase, while the business expects greater flexibility from technology. Recent high-profile cases demonstrate that the information your organisation holds can be easily lost if correct information and data security principles are not in place. Virus attacks remain a constant threat to brand reputation and IT infrastructure.
Latest Security news
Hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott
Hungarian hacker demanded a $150K job, free hotel room and the right to work whenever he wanted
VeriSign finally admits 2010 hack but details hidden in SEC filing
Managers not told according to admission buried in regulatory report
Credit Suisse traders manipulated IT systems to hide losses
Two traders at Credit Suisse have pleaded guilty to wire fraud and falsifying data after authorities said they had manipulated the bank's record systems, as the credit crunch approached, in order to help conceal over half a billion dollars' worth of losses.
Trojan gang targets BT, Talk Talk and Sky customers
Thieves target phone service logins to fool verification checks
Met Police data breach shares victims' emails
The Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed that it "inadvertently" shared the email addresses of more than a thousand victims of crime with other victims.
Government failing to protect people from malware, say MPs
The government has been urged by MPs to do more to protect the public from malware and other online attacks.
Fraud accounted for record £3.5 billion loss in 2011
More than £3.5 billion worth of fraud was recorded in 2011, a record year, as a result of the continuing poor economic conditions, a study has revealed.
UK lags well behind cyber-attackers, says report
McAfee and SDA also ranks Finland, Sweden and Israel as the countries most prepared
ICO fines Midlothian Council £140,000 for child data breaches
The Information Commissioner has fined Midlothian Council outside Edinburgh £140,000 for a series of data breaches in which child protection data was sent to individuals not involved in the cases.
Murdoch's News International surrenders emails to police
Rupert Murdoch's News International has reportedly handed over to police a data file containing hundreds of millions of its emails, as part of ongoing phone and email hacking investigations.
Security in depth
CIOs need to put an end to Bring Your Own Collaboration
The fine line between freeing up file-sharing tools and a free-for-all has to be drawn
The Megaupload investigation illustrates how prevalent unmonitored file-sharing is within the corporate environment, exposing businesses to illegal activity within their own walls more...
JD Williams CIO rises to the multi-channel challenge
The extended economic slump is driving retailers to redraw their clicks to bricks ratios
Economic pressures, a confidence in online payments and increasing adoption of smart mobile devices has shifted retailers perspectives on sales channels more...
CIOs find little room for personal devices at work
research indicates a potential rift between staff and employers over control of workplace tech
Supplier research tallies with CIO UK readers who find the workplace is not quite ready to allow staff to use their own devices to access corporate data more...
Maximising IT Investment adds up to a safer future for accountants
An inside view of how the accountancy trade is moving with the times
Accountants as early adopters of technology, embracing remote working and home working, which has led to a greater need within the industry for robust, reliable and secure IT infrastructure. more...
CIO Profile: Gwyn Thomas of the Welsh Assembly is building a united nation
Wales CIO sees leadership that delivers agreed services across sectors as the route to efficiency and innovation in the Welsh economy
Wales CIO sees leadership that delivers agreed services across sectors as the route to efficiency and innovation in the Welsh economy more...
Four tech issues that keep CEO awake at night?
The CEO of recruiter Harvey Nash confesses the root of his insomnia
Your CEO is worried and, as the head of the IT department, there is much you can do to calm their nerves and give them a good night's sleep more...
Banking tech investments tanking along
The low-down on the banking industry over the last month
Despite the continuing turmoil within the FS sector, there have been some big tech investments too more...
Firms face a data deluge, says CIO Hitachi survey
CIOs are reassessing their data storage and management strategies in the face of an ever-increasing tide of information
CIOs are reassessing their data storage and management strategies in the face of an ever-increasing tide of information more...
Daily Mail CIO reveals consumerisation of IT experience
The Monday morning iPad experience
A&N Media CIO David Henderson describes his experience of introducing and promoting the consumerisation of IT more...
E-crime risk management still a DIY job
Half of businesses still lack clear strategies for dealing with e-crime risk, says KPMG
Is e-crime insurance worth it, asks Malcolm Marshall, UK head of the Information Protection unit at KPMG more...
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Analysis
When business data goes walkabout
It's vital that business information is kept together, in a business information system, says Colin Beveridge, Principal Analyst, Freeform Dynamics, not a privately-owned service that is unavailable to colleagues and stakeholders more...
Opinion
Talking testing
Testing professionals are too concerned with technical design and execution processes, neglecting the strategic frameworks that will win the approval of the board more...
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