As a security professional, justifying a budget for a product that may never be needed is a constant bugbear. So, when you find a solution that will deliver safety as well as save you money, you know you’re onto a good thing. As ...
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Only 6%of UK citizens think the government has made a clear and compelling argument for the Draft Data Communications Bill,a survey has revealed. In contrast,71%of more than 1,800 adults polled said they do not trust that the data will be ...
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The U.S.Supreme Court has refused to overturn a lower-court decision upholding legal immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly participated in a National Security Agency surveillance program during the last decade. The ...
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The UK’s Draft Data Communications Bill – aimed at making it easier for authorities to spy on electronic communications – will be ineffective against terror, says the Information Commissioner’s Office. Information ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn legal immunity for telecom carriers that allegedly participated with a U.S. National Security Agency surveillance program during the last decade. The Supreme Court, without ...
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Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has opened a new office in Singapore, in a bid to meet the increasing needs of clients in the Asian insurance market. The newly launched office, located at One Finlayson Green, will be managed by a ...
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Police across Europe could soon find themselves monitoring Facebook,Google and Twitter for content related to terrorism. A leaked report about a"Clean IT"initiative by the European Union(EU)revealed the plan for police officers ...
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A leaked document from a project set up by the European Commission to fight terrorism online reveals suggestions for wide-ranging surveillance. The CleanIT project was set up to create voluntary guidelines to stamp out terrorism ...
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Indonesia,a country that's basically an archipelago of more than 70,000 islands that has infrastructure issues in electricity and limited bandwidth,is rolling out the world's most ambitious biometrics-based national identity card project ...
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A senior Republican senator on Thursday insisted there is no partisan dissent over the need for a strong national cybersecurity policy but added that a bill with Democratic backing that is stalled in the Senate is not the answer. In a ...
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The White House has announced that US President Barack Obama is considering issuing orders compelling or encouraging private companies in critical industries to improve their cyber defences. The announcement comes a week after Congress ...
The U.S. government -- minus key spy operations -- spent $11.36 billion to protect classified data in 2011, according to the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) The number has increased substantially over the past decade, from ...
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Vocal launch new Warn and Inform strategy in Bristol. Learn how Vocal are delivering a multi-agency initiative in partnership with the local services to promote continuity awareness and information sharing on local issues. COLCHESTER, UK, ...
Ireland has fined UBS AG's life insurance subsidiary for violating a regulation of 2010, intending to prevent money laundering law and the financing of terrorism. The Central Bank of Ireland fined EUR65,000 and alleged that UBS had not ...
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Google has reported an increase in the number of requests by governments to remove political content from the internet. Statistics for the past six months show an increase of 47%in requests for content removal and an increase of 65%in ...
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