A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation–such as the data protection directive–than their own local laws,a study has revealed. Some 34%of UK CIOs and 30%across Europe regard EU regulation as more important than ...
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The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has announced four face-to-face competitions for the next round of the current challenge. Cyber Security Challenge UK runs a series of national inspirational competitions aimed at attracting ...
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Many UK organisations are still failing to understand the implications of data breaches and estimate the costs of recovery accurately,a study has revealed. Of the UK companies that have not yet suffered a breach,58%told the Ponemon ...
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This November marks the ninth year for which we will be announcing the Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards... To refresh your memories,these awards recognize those individuals,companies or entities that don't,won't or can't come to grips with ...
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Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft,data theft,snooping,impersonation and malware infection.That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services,but VPNs are no ...
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IDG News Service-Analysts have predicted a trend towards moving IT from on-premise to off-premise,new cloud applications and an increase in spending on cloud services next year. IDC head of research Matthew Oostveen said with cloud ...
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Google's Android mobile operating system(OS)is under siege by attackers,with malware and information stealing adware targeting the platform up 483%in the last quarter. While Apple's relatively rigorous approach to vetting apps before ...
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Salaries for most information security professionals are continuing to trend upward as demand increases, particularly for technical skills. According to the latest figures from recruitment specialist Acumin, the skills most in demand are ...
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UK domain registrar 123-reg is helping website owners to protect themselves and their visitors with a new tool that identifies and helps remove malicious code from legitimate websites. According to the latest Anti-Phishing Working Group ...
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Jason R.Howe,CEO of Vaporstream Inc.,a Recordless Transitory Communication Service(RTCS)provider that offers private and secure messaging channels for business communications,joins information management and governance professionals at the ...
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More than 50% of devices running Google's Android mobile operating system (OS) have unpatched vulnerabilities, opening them up to malicious apps and other attacks. Security provider Duo Bulletin assessed 20,000 Android devices worldwide ...
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Organisations are struggling to cope with increasing datacentre complexity according to a global survey of 2,453 IT professionals from Symantec. The vast majority(79%)of organisations globally said their datacentres were getting more ...
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Information security awareness needs to be company-wide, according to Julie Peeler, director of the (ISC)2 Foundation. "Organisations need to think beyond IT when planning IT security awareness training, and tackle it from the bottom up, ...
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De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester is launching a centre dedicated to cyber protection and the growing need for effective systems in the face of a growing cyber crisis. The creation of the Cyber Security Centre (CSC) is a direct ...
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Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a quantum silicon chip that they say guarantees"absolute security"for computers and smartphones.The technology could be available commercially in less than five years. Unlike ...
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