28 March 2013 Monetary penalties issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office to organisations over the past 12 months has increased by over 200%, with 2012 being the most abundant year for serious enforcement action. The ICO actions in 2012 included 25 fines, 3 enforcement notices, 6 criminal prosecutions and 31 undertakings. When compared with 2011 […]
7 March 2013 A survey has revealed that businesses seem to have a relaxed approach regarding using personal devices for work purposes. With nearly 50% of UK employees using their personal device (laptop, tablet or smartphone) for work purposes without the sufficient knowledge on how to use them safely and in accordance with the data […]
The US media have reported that the former US President, George H. W. Bush, has had his personal emails as well as photographs stolen by a hacker. The computer hacker invaded email accounts of several members of the Bush family The emails include addresses and personal details of a number of members of the Bush […]
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24 January 2013 Millions of customer’s personal details have been compromised following the hacking of the Sony Playstation Network Platform in April 2011. Personal details compromised includes, names, addresses, email addresses, account passwords as well as payment details, leaving many customers at risk of identity theft. The substantial monetary penalty reflects the seriousness of the […]
26 October 2012 The definite need to encrypt sensitive data has been highlighted once again. The ICO have reminded organisations that it is essential to encrypt personal information which is stored or electronically sent. Monetary penalties and the unnecessary damage caused to individuals are avoidable through the use of encryption. Encryption is a widely used […]
17 October 2012 The ICO imposed a monetary penalty of £150000 after an investigation into a data breach at Greater Manchester Police Force. The Force paid the discounted sum of £120000 for early payment. The breach occurred following a theft at an officer’s home, where a memory stick was stolen containing sensitive data of over […]
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The days of leaking information through physical means is long over; email is by far the top source of government data leaks at present. This was realised through a recent study by MeriTalk,”The Encryption Enigma”. The study considered federal IT security and email security including the encryption challenges faced by government. The findings concluded: 47% […]
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4 Oct 2012 The ICO have confirmed that businesses will remain responsible for data that is stored by cloud network providers. The businesses will be accountable for the safety of the data. Many businesses are moving to cloud computing to take advantage of the services it provides however it is concerning that not all these […]
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24 September 2012 At present the ICO are enforcing the data protection law through monetary penalties but are pressing for a change. There is not yet a timeline for the introduction for custodial sentences however the ICO have been pushing for this for some time now. The ICO clarified that the sentences would be for […]
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July/August 2012 Dropbox have confirmed that user accounts have been hacked. Users realised something was wrong when they began receiving spam mail through email accounts solely linked to their Dropbox accounts. After an investigation it has been confirmed that access was gained through an employee account where a number of user email addresses were stolen […]
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Cloud storage explosion! Cloud storage has exploded in the last 24 months, and has become the predominant file and folder storage mechanism globally. Recently whilst interviewing a small service provider in the UK the director told me that their company stored over ten petabytes of data for their clients. Most of these clients were small […]
