A new rule, approved by the Secretary of State for Justice and expected to come into force on 6th April 2010, will enable The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to issue fines of up to £500,000 for serious data security breaches. This new power is in no doubt a reaction to several high profile data losses from large organisations including …
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Report shows employees to steal data 0
According to the ‘the global recession and its effect on work ethics’ survey by Cyber-Ark, 48 percent of respondents admitted that they would take company information with them if they were dismissed tomorrow. A third of workers would steal data to help a friend get a job while 13 per cent would take access and …
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Hacker threat second to employee mistakes 0
New research from IDC and security vendor RSA, that included 400 top level executives, revealed that organisations are more likely to suffer from accidental data security leaks than malicious insider attacks. The research shows that the accidental data leaks often cause more damage than insider attacks; giving reason to doubt the traditional assumption that theft is the highest …
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Welcome! You have arrived at the website page to register for the free “I Give In to Sin (No More)” webinar that will be presented by CurrentWare on October 15, 2009. The “I Give In to Sin (No More)” webinar will demonstrate how the use of suitable Internet and Endpoint Security solutions can help to …
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Ealing council pay £500,000 for infected USB stick 0
A USB stick infected with malware brought Ealing council to it’s knees for several days after a town hall employee plugged it in to a work computer. Despite the use of anti-virus software, the virus spread through Ealing council’s IT network, preventing the use of phones and making it impossible to process payments and fines …
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Web Policies: Everyone needs to Know! 0
It is increasingly important for companies to effectively communicate their web at work policy to everyone in the organisation to ensure safe and productive browsing and to avoid confusion. Firms have generally become more relaxed about the personal use of IT at work, as the costs of supplying internet and PCs have come down. They should …
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How to Obtain the IP Address of your computer 0
The IP address is the unique network identifier for your computer. You will need to know what your IP address is if you want your computers to communicate. To obtain the IP address from a Windows computer, follow the steps below: Go to Start Menu > run > type in CMD In command prompt, type …
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Survey: U.K. workers could be tempted into selling company secrets 0
Ever since the start of the credit crunch, security people have been warning that workers could be tempted into crime. Now a survey of 600 London commuters appears to confirm those fears.
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HSBC fined £3m for data losses 0
HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank, has been fined £3m by the financial regulator for failing to protect customers’ confidential details after data was lost in the post on two occasions. Three companies belonging to the bank’s insurance division have been fined by the Financial Services Authority after it found that large amounts of unencrypted customer details …
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Web socialising at work reduces output 0
Facebook at work amounts to social “not-working”, according to a new survey that shows employee productivity is hit by people socialising on the internet during office hours. A new study by Boston IT advisory firm, Nucleus Research found that, companies that allow users to access Facebook in the workplace lose an average 1.5% in total …
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