CIO Security Concerns

Virus attack on London hospitals hits patient care

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:51:00 GMT

Ambulances diverted as hospitals revert to paper systems

Computer systems at three London hospitals were hit on Wednesday morning after PCs were apparently infected with malware.

Socitm spells out data handling standards

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:41:00 GMT

Information Commissioner backs new approach

Socitm, the public sector IT directors’ organisation and the Local Government Association have jointly produced new guidelines for data handling in local councils.

World's computer systems vulnerable to cyberattack

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:34:00 GMT

Study: 'Critical infrastructure not secure enough'

Good news for the ailing financial services industry: it's the only part of the world's critical infrastructure with a secure computer system. According to a survey, the computer systems that run the world's critical infrastructure are not nearly as secure as they ought to be. And this is upsetting those who work in the industry.

UK businesses 'struggle with software asset management'

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:42:00 GMT

Federation Against Software Theft tries soft cop approach

UK businesses are struggling with software asset management, according to a new survey from analyst group IDC.

Business calls on government to boost cyber crime fight

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:35:00 GMT

57% say local police can't help with high-tech crime

UK businesses are reticent to report high-tech crimes and are frustrated by the government's failure to provide adequate policing resources after the National High Tech Crime Unit was closed and its work subsumed Serious Organised Crime Agency in 2006.

Government Gateway shutdown in new data scandal

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:29:00 GMT

User names and passwords for a key government system found in pub car park

The Government Gateway was shutdown after a memory stick containing user names and passwords for the wed site that gives access to everything from tax returns to parking tickets, was found in a pub car park.

RSA Europe: Enterprises face losses from trade secret thefts

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:59:00 GMT

The high cost of a simple slip

Enterprises are stepping up efforts to counter spying operations that aim to steal their trade secrets, according to a former US Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who now works for Xerox.

Homeland Security man defends security record

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Robert Jamison says continuity essential

An under-secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today called for continuity of a concerted approach to protection of national protection, regardless of the identity of the country's next President.

Virtualisation 'presents security risks'

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:20:00 GMT

VoIP, open source and cloud computing also bring risks

IT professionals pushed to implement virtualisation and to use open source software to cut costs could introduce security risks into the business, according to a panel of industry experts.

Companies should take data protection into their own hands

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMT

New European rules years away

Europe's data-protection regulatory framework needs updating, but it will be two to three years before companies even see proposals, according to Europe's top data protection official.

Vodafone pension data on stolen Deloitte laptop

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:44:00 GMT

Mobile carrier staff details joins BSkyB, British Transport Police and Network Rail

Vodafone has joined the list of organisations, including the British Transport Police, Network Rail and BSkyB to find its staff's pension details was stolen from a Deloitte auditor.

World Bank denies report of massive data breaches

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:27:00 GMT

Fox story 'riddled with errors' says banking group

Count the World Bank Group (WBG) among the high-profile organisations suffering major data breaches - maybe.

Deloitte loses BSkyB employee data on laptop

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:48:00 GMT

Sky urging Deloitte to review processes

A laptop, containing the sensitive information of the pension plan members of broadcaster BSkyB and other undisclosed firms, has been stolen from an employee of accountancy firm Deloitte.

Report says World Bank servers were breached

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:29:00 GMT

Unclear how much data may have been stolen

According to reports, a number of servers at the World Bank Group were repeatedly breached for more than a year by different intruders but it is not clear how much data might have been compromised in the attacks.

Online banking fraud losses hit £21.4m

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:01:00 GMT

Figures for first half of 2008 up by 185 per cent

Losses from online banking fraud hit a record £21.4m in the first half of 2008 - an increase of 185 per cent on the previous year, says APACS.

Gaping security hole found in RFID chips

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT

More question marks over e-passport security.

Data on radio chips can be cloned and modified without detection, according to a security researcher, raising question marks over the use of so-called e-passports that use RFID chips.

UK government coughs up for new e-crime unit

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:57:00 GMT

Crime team takes a year to be approved

The UK government has finally committed funding to a specialist national e-crime unit, a year after a proposal was submitted by the Metropolitan Police.

IBM previews virtualisation security products

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:25:00 GMT

Big Blue's 'Phantom initiative' emerges

IBM has lifted the lid on products it says will address security issues associated with virtualisation.

CIO News View: The ID card honeypot

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:14:00 GMT

If you build it, crackers will come

In 1671, a soldier dressed as a priest attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. In 1963, masked men including Ronnie Biggs ambushed a train in bucolic Buckinghamshire to steal 120 mail bags containing used notes -- the scam became known as the Great Train Robbery. In 1983, 6800 gold bars went missing from a lock-up in Heathrow in what became known as the Brinks Mat robbery, and in the same year, the great racehorse Shergar went missing. In 2001, a police sting caught villains red-handed (as they say in tabloids) in an attempt to steal £200m worth of diamonds from the Millennium Dome.

New business benchmarks measure IT security

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:06:00 GMT

Group supplies free download to enterprises

The latest CIS project is aimed at resolving the confusion and lack of uniformity in ways to measure whether an enterprise or organisation's IT security is improving or not, said Bert Miuccio, CIS's CEO.

"The problem that we've come to recognise is that information security professionals really are growing more confused on how to define success," Miuccio said. "They...

Software lobby groups join forces

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:31:00 GMT

FAST and IiS become single entity to improve licence compliance

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) and Investors in Software (IiS) have joined forces in a bid to provide more clarity on licence compliance and software asset management to the end user community.

UK airport tests facial-recognition technology

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:08:00 GMT

Security trial to run at Manchester Airport

Manchester Airport is testing facial-recognition technology as part of the UK £1.2bn e-Borders scheme to tighten controls.

Proctor & Gamble picks IBM for outsourced security

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:37:00 GMT

Five-year deal, frees up P&G security teams for other work

Proctor & Gamble, the global manufacturer of household products has chosen IBM ISS to provide managed security services.

Forrester: Poor database archiving is compliance risk

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:24:00 GMT

Legal summons could demand instant information retrieval

Businesses could fall foul of regulation because of their failure to optimise database archiving and make information readily accessible, Forrester has warned.

Police to get access to child protection database

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:23:00 GMT

Privacy advocates slam government on ContactPoint

The Department for Children, Schools and Families is trying to play down reports that its ContactPoint database of children will be used by police to prosecute offenders.