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22 May 2012
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We’ve all heard stories about phones being bought on eBay that are still full of personal information. Data security companies like to buy up batches of them – and hard drives too from time to time – just to remind us how we fail to clean devices before willingly parting with them.
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22 May 2012
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Are Mac users too complacent about OS security?
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22 May 2012
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Companies often collect high volumes of data in order to analyse, learn and become more proficient.
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04 Apr 2012
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HMRC has missed its deadline to create teams of cyber crime investigators, due to be completed by the end of November 2011.
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04 Apr 2012
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He spent 10 years nurturing a fledgling IRIS into an industry high-flier. Now Martin Leuw is following the entrepreneurial trail and extolling the virtues of data security.
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04 Apr 2012
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Should our smartphones be as security primed as our desktops?
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08 Feb 2012
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As more auditors switch on to the benefits of using electronic systems and databases,
George Quigley reminds us that not everything can be automated.
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08 Feb 2012
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For all the great things email allows us to do it also has its irritations. Study after study suggests that dealing with email can use up signi¬ficant amounts of the working day, often with little benefit.
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08 Feb 2012
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It isn’t easy thinking up passwords, but lots of us put so little effort into it we produce some dreadfully insecure offerings.
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08 Feb 2012
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Microsoft software has been tightened up significantly, says Leo Waldock. But will the firm be able to shake off a reputation for poor security?
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28 Nov 2011
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You can’t be in business today without being aware of your legal responsibilities for the data, particularly personal data, that you hold.
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28 Nov 2011
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On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, how would you answer the question: ‘Are we any safer, stronger or wiser?’
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28 Nov 2011
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To the best of my recollection I bought my first PC in 1998. I already owned an Amstrad word processor for mundane tasks such as writing letters, and had been using various clunky computers at work since the mid-80s, so I cannot claim that I needed a PC.
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20 May 2011
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Intel goes mobile
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15 Feb 2011
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Implications of the US agreement with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).
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15 Feb 2011
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On 24 February Microsoft gave us a late Valentine’s gift and shut down the Waledac Botnet.
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15 Feb 2011
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The Conficker/Downadup worm is so dangerous that Microsoft has offered a bounty of US$250,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who unleashed it on the world.
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30 Mar 2010
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Security specialist Symantec's new 2010 State of Enterprise Security study suggests that 75% of businesses have experienced cyber attacks over the last 12 months.
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07 Jan 2011
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Dick Price, director of Beacon IT, outlines the new standard intended to help organisations proactively protect customer account data.
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01 Jan 2011
The twin issues of Internet security and Internet privacy are coming to a head in China.
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01 Jan 2011
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Research suggests that 48% of UK companies have policies that require checking job candidates' online profiles, and 41% have rejected people as a result
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07 Jan 2011
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Windows 7 has failed to make a major impression, the ‘new’ software is little more than a revision of Windows Vista.
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07 Jan 2011
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Rumours are flying that the latest version of Apple OS X 10.6 a.k.a. Snow Leopard includes a package of anti virus/anti malware software which sounds like good news.
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24 Jun 2009
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Backing up is more important than ever, and that means for your home computer as well as at work
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15 Feb 2011
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Kirstin Gillon reports back from the 2009 American Accounting Association conference, where the IT Faculty ran a panel session on information security
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15 Feb 2011
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Information security is an issue which regularly appears amongst the top five business technology issues in surveys of technology related risk.
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30 Oct 2009
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Despite high profile data losses companies seem reluctant to encrypt data transfers
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30 Oct 2009
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According to security specialist Symantec phishing attacks are on the decrease while spam continues to be a major issue
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15 Feb 2011
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Microsoft knows full well that it has a lousy reputation when it comes to security although it has been working hard to put things right.
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20 Aug 2009
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According to one study 70% of UK organisations were hit by a data breach in the last year, a significant rise on the previous year
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28 Jul 2009
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UK Government announces first cyber security strategy
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27 May 2009
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Computer technology has been used to watch you as you shop for some time. It is also used to advertise specifically at you.
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27 May 2009
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2008 saw an explosive growth in malware with peaks towards the end of the year, and the credit crunch is thought to be responsible.
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27 May 2009
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Cybersquatting is on a growth curve, and the implementation of new Top Level Domains could cause huge problems for trademark holders.
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30 Mar 2009
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Data loss trends to rise in 2009
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30 Mar 2009
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Destroy your hard drive to destroy data
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11 Feb 2009
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That is a startling figure and it comes as part of an in-depth look at worldwide data security and threats from Cisco.
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08 Jan 2009
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Research carried out by Internet security specialist Secure Computing suggests that despite increased legislation and regulation most critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attack.